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Believe it or not, summer nears its end and it’s our final trip to the drive-in for 2026. Our headliner is The Devil’s Bride (1968) aka The Devil Rides Out. But we didn’t pair it with the logical choice from the three movies playing at the Sheridan Drive-In (Brides of Dracula.) Instead, we took the…
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It’s been a while since we’ve discussed a Poverty Row film, and this is a good one to discuss. Although it falls into the “when you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all” formula of many early film talkies, with a fast-talking female news reporter investigating a murder and getting further with it than the police,…
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When Kathryn Leigh Scott, the “first lady of Dark Shadows,” took the stage an hour and a half into the Friday panels at the Dark Shadows 60th Anniversary Celebration last Friday (July 31), she challenged the audience to ask her a question she’d never heard before. Someone shouted what seemed like an easy enough query, but she…
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Night of Bloody Horror (1969) is neither very good nor sophisticated, but I’ll be darned if I didn’t like it quite a bit. After the trying experience of watching Bigfoot (1970) for a guest appearance on The Die Cast Movie Podcast, the opening felt familiar in tone and style. However, something grabbed me and I remained interested through the…
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For two discussions in a row, I’ve brought a movie that isn’t really horror. However, Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) carries enough geek cred that I don’t want to exclude it. Forgive me for focusing on the murder mystery aspects thinking it was a thriller loosely fitting into the classic horror mold. It’s really a…
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Except for a horrific ending, we can’t classify Last Summer (1969) as a classic “horror” film. However, it elicits the feeling of nostalgia that accompanies many of the movies we discuss. Plus, if you’ve ever been the victim of psychological bullying, you know it’s a form of horror, especially if it goes as far as to erupt…
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A 1970s drive-in movie by any other name would be as good… You say Alice, Sweet Alice, I say, Communion, Richard says, Holy Terror, and no one, including this month’s special guest, Bill Mize, says The Mask Murders. (Actually, in a rare disagreement, we don’t agree how good it is.) Then, after Bill heads home…
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When I watch a film from the Golden or Atomic Age of horror, I’m not bothered by the primitive special effects. I find them charming, and I’m often impressed by how much was accomplished with so little technology. Why then do I watch a movie from the Occult Age and judge it so harshly for…
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For me, The Devil-Doll (1936) is one of the real curiosities of the Golden Age of horror. With some obvious content, it reminds me of Bride of Frankenstein, released a year earlier. For example, one of the main characters, Malita (Rafaela Ottiano), has a white stripe in her piled hair. Ottiano gives an over-the-top performance that evokes someone…
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I’m a little perplexed to read about the critical and popular success of The Human Vapor (1960), the third movie in the Japanese “Transforming Human Series” that includes The H-Man (1958) and The Secret of the Telegian (1960.) I mean, I’m thrilled that a film like this is so beloved, but I just didn’t get that much out of it. Others…