Written by Gilbert Ralston Based on the Novel by Stephen Gilbert Directed by Daniel Mann Starring Bruce Davison, Sondra Locke, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine US Release July 30, 1971 RT 95 min. Home Video Scream Factory Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Note: Willard and its sequel, Ben, were the subjects of the sixth episode…

Written by Christopher Wicking Directed by Seth Holt Starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, George Coulouris, Mark Edwards US Release May 17, 1972 RT 94 min. Home Video Lionsgate Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Hammer’s cycle of mummy movies provides evidence of the evolution of the studio, as well as film making…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Written by Robert Bloch Directed by Roy Ward Baker Starring Barbara Parkins, Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Charlotte Rampling, Herbert Lom US Release Nov. 17, 1972 RT 88 min. Home Video Dark Sky Films Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) One Monday morning at school, my friend Tommy Terrell ran up to me to tell me…

Written by Jimmy Sangster and Michael Syson Directed by Jimmy Sangster Starring Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Peter Cushing US Release Oct. 1974 RT 94 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. The final film in Hammer’s original psychological thriller cycle, Fear in…

Written by John Peacock Directed by Peter Collinson Starring Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant US Release August, 1974 RT 96 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains major plot spoilers; ending of movie revealed. By the time it was over, I think I liked Straight on Till…