If you’re not a fan of cheesy alien design in 1960s science fiction films, stick with Warning from Space (1966); the creatures soon forego their natural appearance for human disguise, and the rest of the movie might surprise you. If you are a fan, the rest of the movie might disappoint you. In either case, if you’re expecting giant aliens to…

It breaks my heart to write this. Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966) has never been one of my favorite Hammer Dracula films, but I’ve wanted to revisit it for years now to see if my opinion has changed. I gave it four stars on IMDb (below average on my scale) on November 3, 2008, and after watching…

We’ve previously discussed Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror (1968), and you can click here to refresh your memory. However, watching it in 3D on the recent Kino Cult Blu-ray is a new experience and I want to make a few comments about that. First, I enjoyed it immensely! I sat back in my chair and placed the…

Chances are you’ve seen Planeta Bur (Planet of Storms) and don’t even know it. Roger Corman took footage from the 1962 film and hired then-film student Curtis Harrington to add footage and Americanize it. He somehow got Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue to appear in it and, in 1965, AIP released it for television (and maybe…

If I knew more about film noir, I have a feeling parts of Brainstorm (1965) would seem familiar. I say “parts” because, from the noir I have seen, this one explores new territory as it escalates into pure horror, at least from one character’s point of view. William Conrad also explores new territory when compared…

During the opening credits of Ladybug Ladybug (1963), a blurry image of a hand holding a stopwatch comes into focus. It’s simply the elementary school principal, John Calkins (William Daniels), telling students that their achievement test has ended. However, when the civil defense alert sounds in his office and the yellow light means there will…

Not a made for television movie, This is Not a Test (1962) was nevertheless never released in theaters and aired on TV sometime in 1962. In it, Deputy Sheriff Dan Colter is instructed to set up a road block in the mountains in an undisclosed location, probably California. He’s simply following orders so sincerely has…

13 Ghosts (1960) starts strong. For the first half, maybe two-thirds, it holds its own with William Castle’s two previous films, House on Haunted Hill and The Tingler, both released a year earlier. I was enjoying it greatly, but then I grew weary.  This was about the time young Buck Zorba (Charles Herbert) goes down…

Curse of the Crimson Altar (or The Crimson Cult in the United States) is not usually recognized as a “good” movie. Watching it, there were times I’d call it, “bad.” However, I read that Christopher Lee, who plays  the owner of an old dark house, regarded it as one of the worst films in his…