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  • The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970)

    Written by Ernesto Gastaldi, Mahnahen Velasco Directed by Luciano Ercoli Starring Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simon Andreu, Osvaldo Genazzani, Nieves Navarro Released November 27, 1970 (Italy) RT 93 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) With the exception of a leather-gloved hand reaching out from under a table to grab

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  • Village of the Giants (1965)

    Written by Alan Calliou (screen story by Bert I. Gordon) Based on the novel The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells Directed by Bert I. Gordon Starring Tommy Kirk, Beau Bridges, Toni Basil, Ron Howard Released October 20, 1965 RT 81 min. Home Video MGM (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Generally, I don’t

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  • The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 26: The Cat, Canary & Ghost Breakers are Scared Stiff!

    Come gather ’round for the song of the enchilada man… or the discussion of three “horror comedies”: The Cat & the Canary (1939), The Ghost Breakers (1940), and Scared Stiff (1953).  For a change of pace, instead of Vincent Price, we talk about Bob Hope; and, instead of Karloff and Lugosi, we talk about Martin

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  • Hump Day Headlines #18

    Hump Day Headlines #18

    Guess the movie in which this headline appears.  Please send your answers to classichorrors.club@gmail.com so everyone has a chance to play.  We’ll announce winners during next week’s contest.  Good luck! Congratulations to Richard Chamberlain who correctly guessed that last week’s Hump Day Headline was from Willard (1971)!

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  • Written by Jun Fukuda Story by Takeshi Kimura, Shin’ichi Sekizawa Directed byJun Fukuda Starring Katsuhiko Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kawase, Yutaka Hayashi, Robert Dunham Released March 17, 1973 (Japan) RT 81 min. Home Video Media Blasters (Blu-ray); Prime Video Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Exactly 40 minutes into Godzilla vs. Megalon, I stopped screaming about how

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  • Hump Day Headlines #17

    Hump Day Headlines #17

    Guess the movie in which this headline appears.  Please send your answers to classichorrors.club@gmail.com so everyone has a chance to play.  We’ll announce winners during next week’s contest.  Good luck! Nobody correctly guessed that last week’s Hump Day Headline was from Cry of the Werewolf (1944).  

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  • The Exorcist (1973)

    The Exorcist (1973)

    Written by William Peter Blatty, based on his nvel Directed by William Friedkin Starring Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Jason Miller, Linda Blair Released December 26, 1973 RT 122 min. Home Video Warner Brothers Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) What can I possibly say about The Exorcist that hasn’t already been said?

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  • Hump Day Headlines #16

    Hump Day Headlines #16

    Guess the movie in which this headline appears.  Please send your answers to classichorrors.club@gmail.com so everyone has a chance to play.  We’ll announce winners during next week’s contest.  Good luck! Nobody correctly guessed that last week’s Hump Day Headline was from Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964).  I assume it’s because nobody played;  I mean, it was a gimme.

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  • Santa Claus (1959)

    Santa Claus (1959)

    Written by Adolfo Torres Portillo and Rene Cardona Directed by Rene Cardona Starring Jose Elias Moreno, Jose Luis Aguirre ‘Trotsky’ Released November 26, 1959 (Mexico) RT 94 min. Home Video VCI Entertainment (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) “Away up in the heavens, far out in space, in a beautiful golden crystal palace right above

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  • Hump Day Headlines #15

    Hump Day Headlines #15

    For the holidays, here’s an easy one!   Guess the movie in which this headline appears.  Please send your answers to classichorrors.club@gmail.com so everyone has a chance to play.  We’ll announce winners during next week’s contest.  (See last week’s winner.)  Good luck! Congratulations to Dan Cornell who correctly guessed that last week’s Hump Day Headline was from Angry Red

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