Alligator (1980)
What a classic. I will admit that the main reason I watch so many horror movies is mainly because I can make fun of them. I bought Alligator from a video store that was going out of business. I vaguely…
Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
50s Republic Studios serial that very much resembles other 50s Republic work like Commander Cody and Radar Men From The Moon. Firstly, I was not a child of the 50s, I was a child of the 70s, so perhaps I…
Killer On Wheels (1976)
Two guys and their women constantly get harassed by a group of young motorcycle outlaws on a small island. The situation becomes deadly when one of them gets killed.WU FA WU TIAN FEI CHE DANG mixes elements of the biker…
The Concession Difference
When I operated a drive-in, the first thing I would do is inspect my concession stand/projection booth and the second thing I would do is start making popcorn. I was taught most of my concession knowledge by my mentor Buck…
Beware the Black Widow (1968)
IT SMASHES THE DIRTY BUSINESS OF CALL GIRLS, DRUGS, BURLESQUE & THE KILLERS! Investigators enlist the aid of a call girl to capture a dangerous killer praying on local mobsters. Director: Larry Crane Writer: Walter M. Berger Stars: Rose Conti,…
The Snow Creature (1954)
Some of the Himalayan scenes are interesting. There is a conflict as to who is running the show. It’s typical of Westerners to try to run roughshod over their “inferiors.” Anyway, the Yeti is out there and if we bring…
Quatermass 2 (1957)
This movie sees Brian Donleavy reprise the role of Bernard Quatermass,who when the movie opens is not a happy man,the British government having turned down his plans for a Moon colony.Distraction arrives in the form of objects from outer space…
Beware! The Blob (1972)
Yes, this is a horror spoof and a seventies horror spoof at that. It is loaded with some big(okay, fairly big Hollywood names like Cindy Williams, Burgess Meredith, Carol Lynley, Larry Hagman, and others) in cameos and somewhat meatier roles….
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
The last entry in Hammer’s legendary Frankenstein cycle by far isn’t the best one, but it probably is the most appealing chapter to enthusiast horror buffs due to the excessive use of blood and ugly make-up effects. “Frankenstein and the…
Destination Inner Space (1966)
Destination Inner Space is our own Earth’s oceans and some folks from another planet are showing an interest in it as a place to live. A group of scientists headed by Gary Merrill who live in an under water sea…
Night of the Howling Beast (1975)
THE WEREWOLF AND THE YETI is really a misnomer, but then NIGHT OF THE HOWLING BEAST (the title borne by the print I watched) doesn’t do it justice either as the story spans not one but several nights, none of…
The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
This movie is clearly not for everyone as it was made during a more innocent time when surfing and beach movies were all the rage. And while it obviously didn’t win any Academy Awards, it was still a cute movie…
Horror Castle (1963)
It’s astonishing: this Italian B-movie is very close to 18th century Gothic novels like the classic “The Castle of Otranto” by Horace Walpole (1765). Like in Walpoles novel the plot centers around a young woman, freshly married to a count…
The Atomic Man (1955)
1955’s “The Atomic Man” was a very early example of British science fiction, before the landscape was changed by the release of “The Quatermass Xperiment” from Hammer Films (“The Creeping Unknown” in the US). Its American title somewhat gives the…
Ennio Morricone Passes
In the ’40s, Morricone used to play the trumpet in jazz bands. After that he became a studio arranger for RCA Victor and in 1955 he started ghost writing for film and theater. Then he started working with Paul Anka,…
Children of the Night (1991)
The horror/comedy is such a hard thing to pull off. Few films get that delicate balance just right. These films include Re-animator, Bubba Ho-tep, and Return of the Living Dead. They do not include Children of the Night. I had…
Cyborg 2087 (1966)
The term, cyborg, meaning cybernetic organism, relates to a human enhanced with mechanical parts, often robotic in nature. Thus gave us the first glimpse into this genre. Albeit low budget (I mean, instrumentation from the future labeled with Dymo Label…
The Midnight Hour (1985)
The Midnight Hour (1985) is a very hard movie to find but i found it to be enjoyable and good fun so i’d recommend it to horror/ 80’s movie fans!!! On Halloween night at Pitchfork Cove, a nice little town,…
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
I agree with many that this movie has many shortcomings, but I don’t consider it ”the worst movie of all time”. Yes, it is poorly made, it was cheaply made, but I think that there are many movies that are…
The Man with Two Heads (1972)
It’s easy to mix up Andy Milligan’s THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS with THE THING WITH TWO HEADS, a cult movie that came out the same year about a two-headed monster. This film’s two-headed creature is a metaphorical one; the…