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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 features for Downright Creepy.com. With permission of Boom Howdy, we present a version of one of…
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Originally published October 6, 2012. In 1872, 25 years before publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu wrote a Gothic novella called Carmilla. First appearing in the magazine, The Dark Blue, and then in a collection of Le Fanu’s short stories called In a Glass Darkly, Carmilla is the tale of…
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Written by Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston Based on the play by Garrett Fort Directed by Tod Browning Starring Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler US Release Feb. 14, 1931 RT 85 Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: reviews contain plot spoilers. With so many screen…
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Written by Bert Batt Based on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Directed by Terence Fisher Starring Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward US Release Feb. 11, 1970 RT 101 min. Home Video Warner Home Video (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. We can likely credit my love of Hammer…
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Written by Alan Ormsby Directed by Bob Clark Starring Richard Backus, John Marley, Lynn Carlin US Release Aug. 29, 1974 RT 88 Home Video Blue Underground (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Watch the trailer on the Classic Horrors YouTube channel. Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Bob Clark’s 1974 film, Dead of Night…
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Written by Richard Matheson Based on The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson Directed by Jack Arnold Starring Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, Paul Langton US Release April, 1957 RT 81 Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: the following contains plot spoilers. What I remember from first…
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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 Christopher Wicking Based on the novel by Peter Saxon Directed by Gordon Hessler Starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing US Release Feb. 13, 1970 RT 95 Home Video Twilight Time (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Watch the trailer on the Classic Horrors YouTube channel. Warning: review contains plot…
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Written by Donald Ford, Derek Ford Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis Starring Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Tevarthen, Kate O’Mara US Release Dec. 4, 1968 RT 91 Home Video Grindhouse Releasing (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. After a three-hour surgery, Dr. Steve Harris (Noel Trevarthen) tells his…
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