Category: Movie Discussions
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The Last House on the Left (1972)
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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Race with the Devil (1975)
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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The Mad Magician (1954)
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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The Giant Claw (1957)
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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Creature with the Blue Hand (1967)
Written by Herbert Reinecker Based on the novel The Blue Hand, by Edgar Wallace (1925) Directed by Alfred Vohrer Starring Harald Leipnitz, Klaus Kinski, Carl Lange, Ilse Steppat, Diana Korner Released April 28, 1967 (West Germany) RT 87 min. Home Video Amazon Prime Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) We’ve all seen comedies spoofing dramatic revelations in movies…
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Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Written by Anthony Hinds Directed by Peter Sasdy Starring Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Linda Hayden, Peter Sallis, Anthony Higgins, Isla Blair, John Carson, Martin Jarvis, Ralph Bates, Roy Kinnear, Michael Ripper Released May 7, 1970 (UK), June 7, 1970 (US) RT 91 min. Home Video Warner Brothers (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Off a dirt road…
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The Atomic Brain (1963) aka Monstrosity
Written by Vy Russell & Sue Dwiggins and Dean Dillman Jr. Directed by Joseph V. Mascelli Starring Marjorie Eaton, Frank Gerstle, Frank Fowler, Erika Peters, Judy Bamber, Lisa Lang Released September, 1963 RT 65 min. Home Video Moth Inc (Blu-ray) Note: playing this month on Comet TV Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Can death be outwitted? Is the…
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Deranged (1974)
Written by Alan Ormsby Directed by Jeff Gillen, Alan Ormsby Starring Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson, Robert Warner, Marian Waldman, Pat Orr Released March 6, 1974 (San Francisco) RT 84 min. Home Video Kino Lorber (Blu-ray) Note: playing this month on Comet TV Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Alan Ormsby began his career in feature films working…
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Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)
Written by Claudio Bernabei, Aristide Massaccesi, Romano Scandariato Directed by Aristide Massaccesi Starring Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski, Angela Bo, Sergio Dorla, Attilio Dottesio, Marco Mariani, Luciano Rossi, Giacomo Rossi Stuart Released July 11, 1973 (Italy) RT 92 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Knowing absolutely nothing about it, I popped Death Smiles…
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Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Written by Roger Vadim & Pascal Cousin, Louis Malle & Clement Biddle Wood, Federico Fellini & Bernardino Zapponi, Daniel Boulanger Based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe Directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, Federico Fellini Starring Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Terence Stamp Released July 23, 1969 (United States) RT 121 min. Home Video Arrow Films Classic Horrors…
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