Category: Movie Discussions
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The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944)
Written by Bertram Millhauser Directed by Ford Beebe Starring Jon Hall, Leon Errol, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Evelyn Ankers US Release June 9, 1944 RT 78 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) This movie should really be called “An” Invisible Man’s Revenge, not “The” Invisible Man’s Revenge.…
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The Mummy’s Shroud (1967)
Written by John Gilling and Anthony Hinds Directed by John Gilling Starring Andre Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars, Maggie Kimberly US Release March 15, 1967 RT 90 min. Home Video Anchor Bay (VHS), Shock (Blu-ray – Australia) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Although it sounds an awful lot like Peter Cushing to…
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The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)
Written by Michael Carreras Directed by Michael Carreras Starring Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jeanne Roland, George Pastell, Jack Gwillim US Release December 31, 1964 RT 81 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964) blends the basic premise of most mummy…
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The Mummy (1959)
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…
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The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)
Written by Griffin Jay and Henry Sucher Directed by Harold Young Starring Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox, George Zucco, Wallace Ford, Turhan Bey, Lon Chaney Jr. US Release October 23, 1942 RT 60 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Note: I’ve previously posted reviews of The Mummy…
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It’s Alive (1974) and It Lives Again (1978)
Written by Larry Cohen Directed by Larry Cohen Starring John P. Ryan, Sharon Farrell, James Dixon US Release October 1974 RT 91 min. Home Video Warner Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Of all the 70s movies I’ve re-watched recently, I think the one that maintains the best feel of the decade is It’s…
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) & Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Written by James Whiton & William Goldstein Directed by Robert Fuest Starring Vincent Price, Joseph Cotton, Virginia North, Peter Jeffrey, John Cater US Release May 18, 1971 RT 94 min. Home Video MGM Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Like Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, I don’t remember the first time I saw The Abominable Dr. Phibes.…
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The Body Snatcher (1945)
Written by Philip MacDonald & Val Lewton, Robert Louis Stevenson (short story) Directed by Robert Wise Starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade US Release May 17, 1945 RT 77 min. Home Video Turner Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Cocky Dr. Wolfe “Toddy” McFarlane (Henry Daniell) and his assistant, Donald…
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She-Wolf of London (1946)
Written by George Brickner, Dwight V. Babcock (original story) Directed by Jean Yarbrough Starring Don Porter, June Lockhart, Sara Haden, Jan Wiley, Lloyd Corrigan US Release May 17, 1946 RT 61 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Spoiler Alert: The following contains revelation of key plot elements, which…
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Night Key (1937)
Written by Tristam Tupper, Jack Moffitt, William A. Pierce (original story) Directed by Lloyd Corrigan Starring Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers US Release May 2, 1937 RT 68 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Night Key is in no way, shape or form a horror movie, although it…
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