Welcome to Mario May, where we’ll be discussing the films of Mario Bava. Now, we’ve already discussed several of them over the years, so be sure to review our thoughts on those by searching “mario bava” from the Home page (or by clicking the links in the filmography below.) This month, we’ll discuss some Bava…

Welcome to Mario May, where we’ll be discussing the films of Mario Bava. Now, we’ve already discussed several of them over the years, so be sure to review our thoughts on those by searching “mario bava” from the Home page (or by clicking the links in the filmography below.) This month, we’ll discuss some Bava…

Vinegar Syndrome describes its Reviver sub-label as releasing: …lost films and missing movies found within the Vinegar Syndrome Film Archive. Each release is a “mystery box” of archival curios scanned from their best-surviving film elements and programmed by VS archivist & vault manager Oscar Becher. Purchases of Reviver releases directly fund archival expenses and day-to-day…

Would you like to play a game? I’m going to share my notes about Blood Bath (1966) before I read anything about it. I thought it would be fun to see how my impressions match my subsequent research. For example, it’s an American International Pictures (AIP) production from 1966, written and directed, in part, by Jack Hill.…

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…