Category: Movie Discussions
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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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I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Written by Curt Siodmak, Ardel Wray Directed by Jacques Tourneur Starring James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett US Release April 30, 1943 RT 69 min. Home Video Turner Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Betsy Connell (Frances Dee) travels to the Caribbean island of Saint Sebastian to play nurse to Jessica…
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Caltiki, The Immortal Monster (1959)
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…
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The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
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.…
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Panic in Year Zero (1962)
Written by Jay Simms and John Morton Directed by Ray Milland Starring Ray Milland, Jean Hagen, Frankie Avalon US Release July 5, 1962 RT 93 min. Home Video Kino Classics Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Try as I might, I have a hard time enjoying Panic in…
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Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller Directed by A. Edward Sutherland Starring Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott US Release March 31, 1933 RT 62 min. Home Video Universal Studios Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) IMDb Synopsis. A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and…
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Revenge of the Creature (1955)
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…
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Sisters (1972)
Written by Brian De Palma & Louisa Rose Directed by Brian De Palma Starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning US Release March 27, 1973 RT 93 min. Home Video The Criterion Collection (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) When I was a child, there were no video stores. There was no Netflix, Amazon Instant Video…
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