Edward Mann is credited as one of the writers for a favorite classic horror film, Island of Terror (1966.) His nine-film career went downhill from there. He not only co-wrote Cauldron of Blood (1968), but also “co-directed” it. I use quotation marks because, while I can find no information about the making of the movie,…

Crucible of Horror (1971) opens on a dreary day with drops of rainwater hanging from bare tree limbs. A man snips a dead flower from a plant in front of the house. This is the kind of movie I love to watch in a movie theater on a day as dreary as the one depicted.…

It’s kind of sad that one of the four movies IMDb says Brian Clemens is “known for,” Highlander II: The Quickening (1991), is listed, but Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) is not. The latter even has an average rating that’s two point higher than the former. Oh, well, the 1960s British television show The Avengers…

Crucible of Horror… Crucible of Terror… two 1971 horror films that have caused me perpetual confusion. Even when I popped in the new Severin Films Blu-ray for the latter, I thought I was going to be watching the former. I don’t know the difference because I’ve never seen Horror. The most confounding thing about Terror…

Penny Gold (1973) opens like a poor man’s giallo. As a woman takes a shower, a man dressed in black and wearing black leather gloves breaks into her apartment and throws the breaker. When she investigates, he attacks her. It’s not gory at all, but when the crime scene is later investigated, there’s blood everywhere.…

In Craze (1974), Neal Mottram (Jack Palance) never forsakes his god, the African idol, Chuku. When a woman dances naked and slices her stomach in front of it, he says, “I pray that the bloodletting pleased you.” When he discovers gold coins in his desk, he tells it, “We shall always serve you.” And when…

10 Rillington Place (1971) is another film I never watched because of the VHS cover box. I couldn’t tell what it was, really… it seemed like more of a a drama or a stuffy British film with people of whom, at the time, I’d never heard. I was interested only in movies that were clearly…

As the camera floats around the bedroom, we hear moaning and see a generous splatter of blood against the wall; then a bloody straight razor and clothing on the floor. We then cut to a trunk tumbling down the dark stairs to the cellar. When it hits the bottom, a body falls out. A plump…