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Written by Garrett Fort Directed by Lambert Hillyer Starring Otto Kruger, Gloria Holden, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Gilbert Emery, Irving Pichel Released May 11, 1936 RT 71 min. Home Video Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) One thing I love about the Universal Monsters sequels is the attention paid to continuity between…
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Written by Eduardo Manzano, Ernesto Gastaldi, Sauro Scavolini Directed by Sergio Martino Starring George Hilton, Anita Strindberg, Alberto de Mendoza, Ida Galli, Luigi Pistilli Released August 16, 1971 (Italy) RT 90 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) If The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971) is truly considered a giallo, then it’s the…
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Join Jeff and Rich in welcoming a special guest at this month’s meeting. When he heard our Dark Shadows episode, Steve Turek was inspired to watch the entire series during 2018. He finished in only four months… and lived to talk about it, which he does in this episode. He also shares his Monster Bash…
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Written by Jean Rollin & Christian Meunier Directed by Jean Rollin Starring Marie-Georges Pascal, Felix Marten Released July 5, 1978 (France) RT 85 min. Home Video Redemption (multi-format) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Don’t take away my Euro Horror-cred card, but The Grapes of Death (1978) is the first Jean Rollin film that I’ve seen, and…
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Written by Narciso Ibanez Serrador Based on the novel El juego de los ninos (The Children’s Game) by Juan Jose Plans Directed by Narciso Ibanez Serrador Starring Lewis Flander, Prunella Ransome, Antonio Iranzo Released April 26, 1976 (Spain) RT 112 min. Home Video Mondo Macabro (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) It comforts me to read that…
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Written by Frank R. Saletri Directed by William A. Levey Starring John Hart, Ivory Stone, Joe De Sue, Roosevelt Jackson, Andrea King, Nick Bolin Released 1973 RT 87 min. Home Video Severin Films (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 3 (out of 10) Thinking it would be as entertaining as Blacula (1972), I’ve wanted to watch Blackenstein aka The Black Frankenstein (1973) for some…
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Written by Wes Craven Directed by Wes Craven Starring Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, Marc Sheffler, Richard Towers, Cynthia Carr Released August 30, 1972 RT 84 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Of the early 1970s films from future horror masters, Wes Craven’s The Last House on…
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Written by Lee Frost and Wes Bishop Directed by Jack Starrett Starring Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit, Lara Parker, R.G. Armstrong Released June 27, 1975 RT 88 min. Home Video Shout! Factory (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) If you mixed two parts Smokey & the Bandit with one part Rosemary’s Baby, and added just…
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Written by Crane Wilbur Directed by John Brahm Starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Patrick O’Neal, Jay Novello Released May 19, 1954 (New York City) RT 72 min. Home Video Twilight Time Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) It’s not shameful to say you’ve never seen all the movies of your…
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Written by Samuel Newman & Paul Gangelin Directed by Fred F. Sears Starring Jeff Morrow, Mara Corday, Morris Ankrum, Louis Merrill Released June, 1957 RT 75 min. Home Video Icons of Horror Collection: Sam Katzman (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Its reputation preceding it, I’ve never been in too big a hurry to see The Giant…
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