Category: Movie Discussions
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Hump Day Headlines #6
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 below.) Good luck! Congratulations to last week’s winners! Rich Chamberlain, Josh Lycans and Richard from https://pureblather.com/ correctly guessed that the Hump Day Headline was…
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Andrew Llewellen on Sisters (1972)
ABOUT OUR GUEST Andrew Llewellyn is a UK based freelance writer who began bagging various writing assignments two years ago at the ripe old age of 46 when he submitted two pieces for the book Unsung Horrors. Since then Andrew has been a regular contributor to We Belong Dead magazine (“Mysterious Island”, issue 19 /…
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Schlock (1973)
This week’s classic horror release is conveniently, for the Countdown, one I’ve never seen… Written by John Landis Directed by John Landis Starring John Landis, Saul Kahan, Joseph Piantadosi, Richard Gillis, Eric Allison Released December 12, 1973 (Hollywood, California) RT 80 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT…
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Neil Pike on Night Fright (1967)
ABOUT OUR GUEST I “met” Neil when we co-authored a chapter on the 1970s in the soon-to-be-published retrospective of the genre during the 20th century, from the folks at We Belong Dead. I enjoyed the experience greatly; he is a conscientious and responsive collaborator. I’d work with him again in a heartbeat. Neil has contributed to a…
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Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Jerome Bixby Directed by Edward L. Cahn Starring Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, Luis Van Rooten, Joseph Garland Moore Jr., Felix Locher, Jan Arvan, Bob Bryant Released August, 1958 RT 67 min. Home Video Kino Lorber (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT…
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Island of Terror (1966)
Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Edward Mann and Al Ramsen Directed by Terence Fisher Starring Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Carole Gray, Eddie Byrne, Sam Kydd Released June 20, 1966 (UK) RT 89 min. Home Video Scream Factory (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT Yes, it stars Peter Cushing…
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Jon Kitley on Corpse Eaters (1974)
ABOUT OUR GUEST It’s a true honor to welcome Jon Kitley to Classic Horrors! Kitley’s Krypt was one of the first blogs I followed and was a huge inspiration for me to start my own blog. It remains the gold standard. Jon was one of the first people with whom I interacted online, and his…
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The Killer Shrews (1959)
Next off my list of unwatched movies… Written by Jay Simms Directed by Ray Kellogg Starring James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon, Baruch Lumet, Judge Henry Dupree, Alfredo de Soto Released June 25, 1959 (Dallas, TX) RT 69 min. Home Video Public Domain Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) WHY I’VE NEVER SEEN IT The reputation…
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Hump Day Headlines #5
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. Last week must have been a tough one; nobody correctly guessed that the headline was from Creature with the Atom Brain (1955). Therefore, we have an easy one…
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Mike Perry on The Premonition (1976)
ABOUT OUR GUEST I don’t recall how I discovered Mike’s Take on the Movies, but once I did, I began following it immediately. (It may have been because Mike liked one of my posts). The blog is an extension of Mike Perry’s “passion for old movies of all genres, notably westerns, noir and horror.” He frequently…
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