Creature from Black Lake (1976)
This was one of the many low-budget Bigfoot movies made in the 70s, all of which were probably attempts to cash in on the success of “The Legend of Boggy Creek,” which somehow took in $20 million. Despite being unoriginal,…
Ricco (1973)
The title suggests that Cauldron of Death is going to be another Giallo-styled thriller (Italian marketing campaigns…), but it turns out that this film is actually a part of seventies Italy’s other big export; the Dirty Harry-influenced cop flick! Cauldron…
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
It seems like this clever sequel has been rather commonly dismissed as inferior over the years. Well, I just watched the film for the very first time with the new DVD release. What a surprise! It is every bit as…
J.D.’s Revenge (1976)
Accomplished, but unspectacular blaxploitation horror with a tremendously ripe lead performance by Glynn Turman in presenting two very different (from placid to extreme) personalities. He plays a genuinely high flying and collected law student Isaac that during a hypnosis session…
Women’s Prison Massacre (1983)
This film has been identified in some secondary sources as an alternate title for the one released in US as CAGED WOMEN but they are in fact different, though not *too* different. For the greater part, WIP fans do prefer…
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
Principal roles in I Was A Shoplifter fell to Scott Brady (Lawrence Tierney’s brother), the evergreen Mona Freeman, Andrea King and the young `Anthony’ Curtis. Smaller, almost invisible parts go to Charles McGraw, Peggie Castle and Rock Hudson. That’s not…
The Tingler (1959)
William Castle was a great filmmaker. Many people would disagree because no one Castle film stands out as being great. Yet Castle was a great innovator that made going to the movies more than just a way to spend time…
Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)
A large asteroid falls on earth and from that emerges a group of aliens who try to take over the ancient world by bringing an evil witch back to life. The story is, like some many of these films, incidental…
Looking For Something New: Pondering A Theatrical Netflix
As the Streaming Wars ramp themselves up, it is becoming evident that in this increasingly crowded field consumers might be left out in the cold. Services like Netflix and Amazon are quickly beginning to see that consumers are not that…
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
A decade not over-endowed with great movies this has to be one of the most under-rated and underplayed. Don Siegle even stops Rooney from over-acting. No mean feat. The result is a chilling portrayal that has to rate with Rooney’s…
Hell Night (1981)
“Hell Night” is a fun little 1981 horror film from the producer of “Halloween”. The plot is as follows – Twelve years ago, a man savagely murdered his wife and three of their deformed and disabled children, leaving only one…
Crime Zone (1989)
An agreeably stark and rough post-apocalyptic little Sci-fi b-grade film by Roger Corman’s Concorde productions, which depicts a neon-glazed future where citizens are put into categories as they carry out daily routines, are run by strict rules (like state-sanctioned sexual…
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Four dangerous patients from a mental institution escape one evening and go after their doctor in “Alone in the Dark”. Dr. Dan Potter is just starting his job at an high security/high-tech asylum, run by Donald Pleasence’s character Dr. Bain….
The Being (1983)
Dump a few barrels of radioactive waste on the outskirts of a small Idaho town and—Hey presto!—hideous slimy mutants are springing up out of the ground to attack the locals. Martin Landau and Jose Ferrer get top billing in this…
Death Ship (1980)
This is a 1980’s video and cable classic. Many was the night that this played on HBO and other pay services that I stayed up late to watch. It was also a perennial renter. Working at a video store in…
Amuck (1972)
Probably one of the harder to find horror films from Italy, that is actually worth seeking out. I wasn’t expecting too much from this film. I usually go by the idea that when a film has drawn artwork for a…
Invasion of the Animal People (1959)
Actually it’s a Swedish-American collaboration. A spaceship (that looks VERY much like a meteor) crashes in Northern Sweden before the eyes of some Samis. Some people, including the young geologist Erik Engström and the American Dr Wilson, travel up to…
Frightmare (1983)
Frightmare begins with a horror movie icon killing a director and then his servant before he is laid to rest. This icon, who has some Christopher Lee qualities to him, then continues to haunt those around him when a group…
Deadly Blessing (1981)
After the mysterious death of her husband, soon after leaving a strict religious sect known as the Hittites. Martha is left as a lonely widow expecting a child, and inherits the country house. Soon two of her friends Vicky and…
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Hammer’s last Frankenstein outing is one of their best; despite the great sadness that went in its production (inherent in the film’s overall effect but thankfully not swamped by it), the film emerges as a pretty solid and well-crafted chiller…