Category: Movie Discussions
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
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…
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Dracula (TV-1974)
Written by Richard Matheson Directed by Dan Curtis Starring Jack Palance, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Fiona Lewis US Airdate Feb. 8, 1974 RT 98 min. Home Video MPI Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) According to imdb, the most filmed character of all time is Dracula. As horror fans, I’m sure we’ll all seen at…
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The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
Written by Curt Siodmak Directed by Robert Florey Starring Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish US Release Feb. 8, 1947 RT 88 min. Home Video Warner Archive Collection Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) IMDb Synopsis. In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a one-handed, wheelchair-bound pianist, with a…
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The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Written by Lester Cole & Curt Siodmak Directed by Joe May Starring Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey US Release Jan. 12, 1940 RT 81 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) The Universal sequel The Invisible Man Returns (1940) was made seven years after The Invisible Man,…
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The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)
Written by Griffin Jay & Henry Sucher & Brenda Weisburg Directed by Reginald Le Borg Starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, George Zucco, Robert Lowery US Release Dec.31, 1944 RT 61 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Although they’re not great, the movies…
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The Invisible Woman (1940)
Written by Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Gertrude Purcell Directed by A. Edward Sutherland Starring Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charles Ruggles US Release Dec. 27, 1940 RT 72 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) With the exception of the “Abbott & Costello Meet…” movies, I…
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The Mummy’s Curse (1944)
Written by Bernard Schubert Directed by Leslie Goodwins Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine US Release Dec 22, 1944 RT 60 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) The Mummy’s Curse (1944) strays ever so slightly from the recipe established in the previous four Universal Monsters…
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The Mummy (1932)
Written by John L. Balderston Directed by Karl Freund Starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Bryan, Edward Van Sloan US Release Dec. 22, 1932 RT 73 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Of all the wonderful elements in Universal’s The Mummy (1932), there’s one that’s largely…
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The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
Written by William Sachs Directed by William Sachs Starring Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey, Michael Alldredge, Ann Sweeny US Release Dec. 19, 1977 RT 84 min. Home Video Shout! Factory Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Oh, Incredible Melting Man, how bad are you? Let me count the ways… Your budget is so low…
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Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
Written by William Pugsley & Samuel M. Sherman Directed by Al Adamson Starring J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., Russ Tamblyn, Zandor Vorkov, John Bloom US Release Dec. 19, 1971 RT 90 min. Home Video Shriek Show Classic Horrors rating = 1 (out of 10) Sometimes memory does not fail me, but I wish it would. Just…
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