The Black Sleep (1956)
Sir Joel Cadman (Basil Rathbone), a mad scientist, kidnaps his victims and cuts open their brains in an effort to discover a means to cure his wife’s brain tumor. Okay, so you have a 1950s mad scientist story about a…
Mil máscaras (1969)
Máscaras also starred in a series of 20 luchador action films beginning with his self-titled debut in 1966 at age 24. In 1966, Mexican movie producer Luis Enrique Vergara was looking for a new “enmascarado” to star in his wrestling/horror…
Black Angels (1970)
This movie begins with a young man by the name of “Jimmy” (James Young-El) who aspires to become the leader of a black motorcycle gang known as the Choppers. So to gain some notoriety he decides to set up a…
Tale Of Two Pandemics
What’s past is truly prologue. The business of motion picture exhibition is changing and changing more rapidly than we are even perceiving. I know that within my own perception things have changed. I am now concerned about who has sat…
Hot Rod Hullabaloo (1966)
Wanting to go to college but not having enough money, a high-school student enters a demolition derby. What he doesn’t know is that his main competitor is a ruthless, no-holds-barred driver who plays dirty, carries a gun and has no…
Yukon Gold (1952)
Corporal Rod Webb (Kirby Grant)of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police follows a murder trail deep into the Klondike. He becomes involved with the niece,Marie Briand (Martha Hyer), of the murdered man, and with Nan Duval (Frances Charles), who is a…
The Glory Stompers (1967)
Excellent riding sequences and plenty of action made this a great movie to watch. You won’t see the excessive carnage that I saw in “The Savage Seven” and “The Losers” but this movie has more than enough brutality to qualify…
Murder Death Kill (2014)
A nameless psychopath who videotapes the horrific murders of beautiful, young women discovers that he may actually be a character in someone else’s snuff film.
Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror (1968)
First time in which Waldemar stricken by ancient curse that turn into Werewolf at the full moon . Paul Naschy is turned into a werewolf when an annoyed Wolfman attacks and bite him . Daninsky looks desperately for a cure…
Tom (1973)
By going for the DVD of Hi-Riders (1978) this was but on as an extra. There’s not that much action going on and it contains a lot of blah blah but still it’s worth watching only to see how America…
Destination Moon (1950)
More historical curiosity than entertaining science fiction film, “Destination Moon” is a must see for those interested in the evolution of the genre and the political climate of the early cold war years. Don’t expect any cheap thrills or exploitation…
White Zombie (1932)
You have to change your way of looking at movies to really enjoy old horror movies like this one. Don’t be in a rush to see action, violence and don’t expect to see any bloodshed at all. Most of the…
Horror Hospital (1973)
A worn out musician decides to take break and go a relaxing vacation. He chooses to stay at health farm located out in the country and on the way there, he meets a girl on the train going to the…
Beware! The Blob (1972)
More of a comedy than a horror flick with an all-star cast in this rarely seen 1972 sequel to the original 1958 “The Blob”. This version starts out as a mysterious substance in a sealed container that reads “Specimen–keep frozen”,…
The Creeper (1948)
Although the film’s director and actor Onslow Stevens have done similar work for Universal, this film is more reminiscent of Val Lewton’s horror thrillers for RKO. The film title itself refers to a black cat and many of the key…
City of the Living Dead (1980)
Like most of Fulci’s horror movies and Italian horror in general, plot and logic take a back seat to gore and stunning visual set pieces. I don’t think that ‘City Of The Living Dead’ quite reaches the heights of Fulci’s…
A Summer Place: The Explosions Of The Drive-ins
We are living in the most interesting times. I personally think we were all moving a bit too fast. I was looking out in my backyard this week, taking joy in the growth of my tomato plants and realizing that…
Cannibal Attack (1954)
In 1948, Johnny Weissmuller was signed by Columbia Pictures to make a series of films starring him as “Jungle Jim,” the character originated(in 1934) and drawn (through the 30s and early-40s) by Alex Raymond but owned outright by King Features…
Valley of Head Hunters (1953)
In the 12th of the “Jungle Jim” series from Sam Katzman’s production unit at Columbia, Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) is assigned to accompany a government agent into the interior to get the native’s approval for copper mining. Unknown to Jim, Arco…
The Electronic Monster (1958)
” Electronic Monster” that sounds a heck of a lot scarier then the original title, “Escapement”. Directed by Montgomery Tully, and David Paltenghi. and written by Charles Erick Maine. The quirky film could also have been titled, “the Adventures of…