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The Mummy’s Hand (1940) is not a sequel to Universal’s 1932 hit, The Mummy; instead, it’s a variation of the tale that introduces some of the stereotypes about the monster that we’ve come to know and love today. Unfortunately, it’s an inferior product in nearly every way. Most egregiously, it plays like a test run
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Written by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen Directed by Ewald Andre Dupont Starring Robert Shayne, Richard Crane, Robert Long, Joyce Terry, Jeannette Quinn US Release June 19, 1953 RT 78 min. Home Video Shout! Factory Classic Horrors rating = 3 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. At risk of ruining any credibility I’ve
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From time to time, Classic Horrors will feature movies released after 1978 when they have a direct connection to those released before 1978. Beginning in May, 2010, until it expanded its content to include more than just the horror genre as Boom Howdy.com, I wrote a column for Downright Creepy.com called “Remake Rewind.” With permission of Boom Howdy, we present an
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Written by Frank Ray Perilli Directed by Albert Band Starring John Levin, Reggie Nalder, Jose Ferrer US Release June, 1978 RT 90 min. Home Video Lionsgate Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. When you have a dog that recognizes other dogs on TV and barks at them every…
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Written by Robert Hardy Andrews, Karl Brown Directed by Nick Grind Starring Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan US Release Sept. 17, 1940 RT 62 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Unless you grew up during a particular
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Written by Robert C. Dennis Directed by Leon Benson Starring Howard Da Silva, Marianna Hill, Leonard Nimoy, Peter Brocco, Ford Rainey First Aired Nov. 14, 1964 RT 51 min. Watch On iTunes Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of episode revealed. Though not a literal “Frankenstein” story,
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Written by Robert Pirosh and Marc Connelly Directed by Rene Clair Starring Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway US Release Oct. 30, 1942 RT 77 min. Home Video Criterion Collection Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. “Long, long ago, when people still believed in
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Written by George Baxt Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey Starring Christopher Lee, Dennis Lotis, Tom Naylor, Betta St. John, Venetia Stevenson US Release Sept. 12, 1962 RT 78 min. Home Video VCI Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of the movie revealed. If memory serves, Horror
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Written by Mark Hanna Directed by Nathan Juran Starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers US Release May 19, 1958 RT 65 min. Home Video Warner Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. You don’t have to be overly optimistic to say there’s a nugget of a
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Written by Alfred A. Cohn Directed by Paul Leni Starring Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall US Release Sept. 9, 1927 RT 80 min. Home Video Kino Lorber Films Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Made near the end of the silent film area and
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