The Black Scorpion (1957)
Another stop motion classic from the atomic age. Giant scorpions awakened by volcanoes menace...
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Robot Monster (1953)
If you could pick one single movie which fueled the bad sf/horror movie cult...
Circus of Horrors (1960)
I recall seeing this film as a child in 1960. My mother was quite...
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
This is one of those films from 1965 that my friends and I went...
The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962)
Upon first seeing this film as a youngster, I was frankly disappointed at the...
Horrors of Spider Island (1960)
It doesn’t take you long to suspect that this movie was made quickly and...
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
That’s the tag-line American International Pictures used to exploit this fantasy/horror film. Based on...
Conspirator (1949)
In her first adult role Elizabeth Taylor was all of 17 years old, but...
The Curse of the Screaming Dead (1982)
In “The Curse of the Screaming Dead” three irritating friends and their equally annoying...
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
Daniel Haller’s “Die, Monster, Die!” is a solid gothic horror film, about ten times...
Anatomy of a Psycho (1961)
Ronnie Burns, the star of this movie, is the adopted son of George Burns...
Honeymoon Horror (1982)
A husband goes out for cigarettes while on his honeymoon but when he returns...
The Sound of Fury (1950)
Despite a catch-penny tile, “Try and Get Me” (aka Sound of Fury) remains a...
The Kid from Texas (1950)
The real attraction here is war hero Audie Murphy in one of his first...
Masters of Your Own Destiny
Leadership, true leadership, is a very rare thing. Extolled in art and in literature...
The Tingler (1959)
“The Tingler” is the name that Vincent Price’s likable scientist character gives to the...
Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
The picture concerns upon Chinese communists (leader is Martin Benson as general goes berserk...
World Without End (1956)
Space pioneers are returning to Earth from a trip to Mars when their spaceship...
Crack in the World (1965)
Yes, let’s put this to bed right away. The scientific premise is flawed. We...
Abby (1974)
Scary, hilarious, and vastly better than its reputation suggests, Abby has a number of...