Written by Erik Blomberg Directed by Erik Blomberg, Mirjami Kuosmanen Starring Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissila Released July 25, 1952 (Finland) RT 67 min. (restored version) Home Video Filigra Nowa (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) If you watch The White Reindeer (1952) like I’m going to encourage you to do, try to find a better copy…

Written by Kare Bergstrom Based on the novel by Andre Bjerke Directed by Kare Bergstrom Starring Andre Bjerke, Bjorg Engh, Henki Kolstad, Per Lillo-Stenberg Released Dec. 17, 1958 (Norway) RT 76 min. (restored version) Home Video Sinister Cinema (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Lake of the Dead (1958) is soaked in atmosphere, but I found…

Written by Richard H. Landau, George Worthing Yates Directed by Howard W. Koch Starring Boris Karloff, Tom Duggan, Jana Lund, Don “Red” Barry US Release July 20, 1958 RT 83 min. Home Video Warner Brothers Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Victor Frankenstein (Boris Karloff), the great-great grandson of the original Frankenstein, rents his castle…

Written by Franklin Coen and George Callahan Directed by Joseph M. Newman Starring Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason US Release June 10, 1955 (New York City premiere) RT 87 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) In recent years, a creature from a space adventure has been…

Written by Jimmy Sangster Directed by Terence Fisher Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux US Release December 16, 1959 RT 88 min. Home Video Warner Brothers Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) Hammer’s 1959 version of The Mummy is not a remake of Universal’s 1932 classic; instead, it uses some of the best components…

Written by Filippo Sanjust Directed by Riccardo Freda Starring John Merivale, Didi Sullivan, Gerard Herter, Daniela Rocca US Release Sept. 20, 1960 RT 76 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Unaware of any historical significance of, or widespread critical opinion about, Caltiki, The Immortal Monster, I must say I really enjoyed…

Written by John Sherwood Directed by Arthur A. Ross Starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden US Release April 26, 1956 RT 78 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) For what I would consider to be the final Universal Monsters movie, The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) seems fairly ambitious.…

Written by Martin Berkeley Directed by Jack Arnold Starring John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva US Release March 29, 1955 RT 82 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Unless there were two of them, the Gill-man survived being shot at the end of Creature from the Black Lagoon…

Written by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross Directed by Jack Arnold Starring Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning US Release March 5,  1954 RT 79 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) By the early 1950s, the classic, earth-bound creatures that served Universal so well for 20 years had become guest…

Written by David Zelag Goodman Directed by Terence Fisher Starring Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson, Andrew Cruickshank US Release July 5, 1962 RT 93 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. There’s a simple reason I haven’t watched most of the Hammer adventure movies…