B Movie Nation

Foundational Cinema

Year: 2021

Lust for a Vampire (1971)

‘Lust for a vampire’ is the second film in the Karnstein Trilogy based on the novels by Sheridan le Fanu. The sequel to ‘Vampire lovers’ starring Ingrid Pitt, and prequel to ‘Twins of Evil’ starring playboy playmate twins Mary &…

The Maze (1953)

A woman and her aunt go to Scotland to locate her evasive fiancé. This is a much-maligned film because of its denouement, but up to that point, it’s interesting, well-acted, eerie, and with fine set design (by William Cameron Menzies,…

Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)

As a series of strange murders plague a small area of Paris, the lack of clues force the police to team up with the prime suspect in the case to find the maniac responsible when he claims a friend’s trained…

The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

Having been exiled from Karlstaad, and with their creature gunned down on a mountaintop, The Evil Of Frankenstein opens with a now skint Baron (Cushing) and his apprentice Hans (Elès) moping around the forests like a Gothic Steptoe and Son,…

Dead of Night (1945)

Dead of Night is responsible for so many films made in the horror genre, because it was the first that took a huge gamble and pieced several unconnected stories together within a narrative that loosely keeps them together. Tales From…