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  • The Fifth Cord (1971)

    The Fifth Cord (1971)

    Written by Mario di Nardo & Mario Fanelli & Luigi BazzoniBased on the novel by David McDonald DevineDirected by Luigi BazzoniStarring Franco Nero, Silvia Monti, Ira von Furstenberg, Edmund Purdom, Rossella Falk, Renato Romano, Luciano Bartoli, Agostina Belli, Maurizio Bonuglia, Pamela TiffinReleased August 17, 1971 (Italy)RT 92 min.Home Video Arrow VideoClassic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) On his…

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  • Hump Day Headlines #21

    Hump Day Headlines #21

    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! Unfortunately, nobody correctly guessed that last week’s Hump Day Headline was from House of Horrors (1946).        

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  • Zombie (1979)

    Zombie (1979)

    Written by Elisa Briganti Directed by Lucio Fulci Starring Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver, Auretta Gay, Stefania D’Amario Released August 25, 1979 (Italy) RT 91 min. Home Video Blue Underground (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10)At Panic Fest Saturday night, my podcasting partner (Richard Chamberlain) and I had the thrill of…

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  • Hump Day Headlines #20

    Hump Day Headlines #20

    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 Rich Chamberlain who correctly guessed that last week’s Hump Day Headline was from The Brute Man (1946).    

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  • The Thing with Two Heads (1972)

    Written by Lee Frost & Wes Bishop and James Gordon White Directed by Lee Frost Starring Ray Milland, Roosevelt Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry Released July 19, 1972 RT 91 min. Home Video Olive Films (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 3 (out of 10) A dying surgeon develops a way to keep himself alive when his body fails…

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  • The Brute Man (1946)

    The Brute Man (1946)

    Written by George Bricker and M, Coates Webster Original story by Dwight V. Babcock Directed by Jean Yarbrough Starring Rondo Hatton, Tom Neal, Jan Wiley, Jane Adams Released October 1, 1946 RT 58 min. Home Video Amazon Prime (streaming) Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) I thought The Brute Man was all right, but it was…

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  • Hump Day Headlines #19

    Hump Day Headlines #19

    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! Unfortunately, no one correctly guessed that last week’s Hump Day Headline was from The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953).

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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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