Category: Movie Discussions
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Dracula’s Dog (1978) aka Zoltan, Hound of Dracula
Written by Frank Ray Perilli Directed by Albert Band Starring John Levin, Reggie Nalder, Jose Ferrer US Release June, 1978 RT 90 min. Home Video Lionsgate Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. When you have a dog that recognizes other dogs on TV and barks at them every……
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Before I Hang (1940)
Written by Robert Hardy Andrews, Karl Brown Directed by Nick Grind Starring Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan US Release Sept. 17, 1940 RT 62 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Unless you grew up during a particular…
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I Married a Witch (1942)
Written by Robert Pirosh and Marc Connelly Directed by Rene Clair Starring Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway US Release Oct. 30, 1942 RT 77 min. Home Video Criterion Collection Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. “Long, long ago, when people still believed in…
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City of the Dead (1960) aka Horror Hotel
Written by George Baxt Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey Starring Christopher Lee, Dennis Lotis, Tom Naylor, Betta St. John, Venetia Stevenson US Release Sept. 12, 1962 RT 78 min. Home Video VCI Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of the movie revealed. If memory serves, Horror…
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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Written by Mark Hanna Directed by Nathan Juran Starring Allison Hayes, William Hudson, Yvette Vickers US Release May 19, 1958 RT 65 min. Home Video Warner Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. You don’t have to be overly optimistic to say there’s a nugget of a…
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The Cat & the Canary (1927)
Written by Alfred A. Cohn Directed by Paul Leni Starring Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall US Release Sept. 9, 1927 RT 80 min. Home Video Kino Lorber Films Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Made near the end of the silent film area and…
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Written by Perley Poore Sheehan Directed by Wallace Worsley Starring Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry US Release Sept. 6, 1923 RT 117 min. Home Video Flicker Alley (or Amazon Prime) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. It’s more challenging for me to write about silent movies…
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Lured (1947)
Written by Leo Rosten Directed by Douglas Sirk Starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, George Zucco US Release Sept. 5, 1947 RT 102 Home Video Kino Video Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. As Lured began with a spotlight exploring a London street to…
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Logan’s Run (1976)
Written by David Zelag Goodman Directed by Michael Anderson Starring Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter US Release June 23, 1976 RT 119 Home Video Warner Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. I distinctly remember the first time I did not see Logan’s Run. My best…
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Marooned (1969)
Written by Mayo Simon Directed by John Sturges Starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman US Release Dec. 11, 1969 RT 134 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. The opening of Marooned sets the calm, some may…
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