Category: Occult Age
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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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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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The Vampire Doll (1970)
Written by Hiroshi Nagano, Ei Ogawa Directed by Michio Yamamoto Starring Kayo Matsuo, Akira Nakao, Atsuo Nakamura, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoko Minakuze Released July 4, 1970 (Japan) RT 71 min. Home Video Arrow Video (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) It’s strange to hear thunder crashing behind the familiar Toho logo at the beginning of The Vampire Doll (1970),…
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From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Written by Raymond Christodoulou, Robin Clarke Based on stories by R. Chetwynd-Hayes Directed by Kevin Connor Starring Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors, Margaret Leighton, Donald Pleasence, David Warner, Ian Ogilvy, Lesley-Anne Down Released November 7, 1975 (United States) RT 97 min. Home Video Warner Archive Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Although it was the final anthology…
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The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
Written by Max Ehrlich, based on his novel Directed by J. Lee Thompson Starring Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer O’Neill, Margot Kidder Released April 25, 1975 (New York City) RT 105 min. Home Video Coming on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Classics on May 29, 2018 Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Here’s one of the things wrong with the United States.…
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The Twilight People (1972)
Written by Eddie Romero, Jerome Small Directed by Eddie Romero Starring John Ashley, Pat Woodell, Jan Merlin, Charles Maculay, Pam Grier Released June, 1972 RT 81 min. Home Video VCI Entertainment (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Can a home video release magically transform a bad movie into a good one? Maybe not, but it can…
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Grave of the Vampire (1972)
Written by David Chase (screenplay), John Hayes (screen treatment) Based on novel The Still Life (uncredited) by David Chase Directed by John Hayes Starring William Smith, Michael Pataki, Lyn Peters, Diane Holden Released October 13, 1972 RT 95 min. Home Video Amazon Prime (streaming) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) You discover all the time about famous actors, directors…
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Deep Red (1975)
Written by Dario Argento, Bernardino Zapponi Directed by Dario Argento Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Meril Released March 7, 1975 (Italy) RT 126 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) More than one of the bonus materials on Arrow Video’s new two-disc Blu-ray release of Deep Red (Profundo Rosso) emphasizes the importance…
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Images (1972)
Written by Robert Altman Directed by Robert Altman Starring Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois Released December 18, 1972 RT 104 min. Home Video Arrow Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) At just over an hour into Images (1972), and I don’t know what took me that long, I realized that no matter what happened, there wasn’t going to be…