Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
A low key monster movie from producer Roger Corman (his first) and director Wyott Ordung. What struck me as creepy were the rules the monster played by — werewolf rules. He only came out at night and he only came…
City of the Living Dead (1980)
“The Gates of Hell” is another masterpiece directed by one of the best horror directors Lucio Fulci.Fulci,who sadly died in 1996,was a real artist.Anyway this film concerns a priest committing suicide and opening the gateway to Hell,allowing the dead to…
Looking Back, Moving Forward
There are faint rumblings of change. I imagine that it can take some time to fully fathom that things have turned almost overnight. I see massive shifts in the way studios are perceiving themselves and are ardently trending towards restructuring…
Macabre (1958)
What set this film apart from all others playing at the time, was an insurance policy, issued by Lloyds Of London, given out at the box office, and insuring the patron against “death by fright” during the viewing. Of course,…
Monster of Terror (1965)
Originally filmed under the more atmospheric title ‘The House At The End Of The World’, sadly both the American (‘Die, Monster, Die!’) and British (‘Monster Of Terror’) titles reflect the quality of the movie. An adaptation of H P Lovecraft’s…
King of the Rocket Men (1949)
One of Republic’s Best Latter Day Serials bsmith555226 August 2002 “King of the Rocket Men” was the first appearance of the man in the flying suit. In later years it would become associated with the Commando Cody character both in…
Journey to the Lost City (1960)
One of the last cinematic projects to be worked on by legendary German film director Fritz Lang, Journey to the Lost City is really a combination of two films made in serial-like fashion set in India. The films tell the…
Friday Foster (1975)
Friday Foster is probably the most fun of all the 70’s Pam Grier flicks. Though not as good overall as Coffy or Foxy Brown, both had a certain amount of serious content; not Foxy Brown. Here Pam’s intrepid reporter discovers…
The Bubble (1966)
Director Arch Oboler (“The Twonky”) pioneered a new 3-D process called “Spacevision” which used polarized glasses to separate the right-and-left images for the audience. The 3-D effect works remarkable well, especially in a scene involving a serving tray which floats…
Horror Castle (1963)
This is a popular title in the Gothic tradition of Italian Horror cinema – from one of its most prolific exponents but, in hindsight, not really among the best examples – that I had been rather longing to see. In…
The Long Hair of Death (1965)
“I lunghi capelli della morte” by Antonio Margheriti is a classic b/w Gothic movie. Take a flickering candle, go down into the crypt, past the spider webs – and you wouldn’t be surprised if Bela Lugosi was lurking in the…
Nightmare Castle (1965)
A mad scientist finds his wife cheating on him with the butler. After torturing them with electric shock and other gruesome methods (whippings, beatings) he finally kills them. But to get the inheritance from his wife’s family, he has to…
The Ghost (1963)
Barbara Steele is great as the conniving wife of Dr. Hitchcock in this, Freda’s sequel to The Horrible Dr. Hitchcock. She conspires with Dr. Hitchcock’s physician (who is also her lover) to do away with her old, sick and wealthy…
Delirium (1979)
PSYCHO PUPPET is certainly trying to be something though just what that is remains unclear. Today the film is best known for something other than any of its attributes — It was infamously included on the list of “Video Nasty”…
The Clonus Horror (1979)
The Clonus Horror” quickly developed a cult and underdog reputation because there’s an ongoing lawsuit between the makers of this low-budget Sci-Fi gem and Dreamworks/Michael Bay, who “stole” the concept for their massively budgeted film “The Island”. Personally I haven’t…
The Aztec Mummy (1957)
When I first saw this I was 6 years old and it scared men almost to death. Even though the trilogy ended a few months later (in 1958) I remember I was disappointed with the “human robot” ending of the…
Slimed (2010)
This movie is just hilarious. The actors are over the top, but perfectly so; the plot keeps taking strange twists that somehow make perfect sense at the time so you never feel “stranded”; and the special effects are incredibly well…
Escaping Hollywood
The fire blazed and the village surrounding the fire awaited what was next. A regal looking man makes his way through the crowd surrounding the fire. He stood for a second and began to tell a story. The crowd hung…
Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
Gojira vs. Biorante (or Godzilla vs. Biollante as it’s know here in the USA) opens up right where Godzilla 1985 left off. A group of scientists searching through the rubble that was once Tokyo make an interesting discovery: Godzilla Cells….
The Legend of Blood Castle (1973)
Blood Ceremony is another film based around the Elizabeth Bathory legend. Unfortunately, despite the fact that this legend makes for a great story and is one of the backbones of the horror genre’s overall influence, there hasn’t really been a…