Written by John Gay Based on the novel by Frank M. Robinson Directed by Byron Haskin Starring George Hamilton, Suzanne Pleshette, Richard Carlson, Yvonne De Carlo, Earl Holliman, Arthur O’Connell, Nehemiah Persoff, Aldo Ray, Michael Rennie Released February 21, 1968 RT 108 min. Home Video Warner Archive (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Just look at…

Written by Joseph Green Directed by Joseph Green Starring PJason Evers, Virginia Leith, Anthony La Penna, Adele Lamont Released August 10, 1962 RT 852min. Home Video Shout! Factory (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Despite its reputation, it has taken me many years to finally watch The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962).  In spite…

Written by Newt Arnold Based on the novel Les Mains d’Orlac by Maurice Renard (uncredited) Directed by Newt Arnold Starring Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey, James Noah Released April 22, 1962 RT 85 min. Home Video Warner Archive Collection (DVD) Classic Horrors rating =  (out of 10) With its very noir pre-credits sequence, it seems like Hands…

Written by Alan Calliou (screen story by Bert I. Gordon) Based on the novel The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells Directed by Bert I. Gordon Starring Tommy Kirk, Beau Bridges, Toni Basil, Ron Howard Released October 20, 1965 RT 81 min. Home Video MGM (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Generally, I don’t…

Written by Teruo Ishii, Masahiro KakefudaDirected by Teruo IshiiStarring Teruo Yoshida, Toyozo Yamamoto, Masumi TachibanaReleased January 9, 1969 (Japan)RT 89 min.Home Video Arrow VideoClassic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) According to authorPatrick Maccias (TokyoScope: The JapaneseCult Film Companion), “pinky violence” refers to a subgenre that emerged in Japan during the late 1960s when audiences were staying at home…

Written by Stanley Clements, Laura Jean MathewsDirected by Charles R. RondeauStarring Edgar Buchanan, Jean Allison, Richard Crane, Spencer Carlisle, Byron Foulger, Ed NelsonReleased September, 1961RT 73 min.Home Video Alpha VideoClassic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) As I’ve stated previously, I proudly have the Netflix package that sends me physical DVDs and Blu-rays one at a time.  When I hear about…

Written by Lucio Fulci & Roberto Gianviti & Jose Luis Martinez Molla Directed by Lucio Fulci Starring Jean Sorel, Marisa Mell, Elsa Martinelli, Alberto de Mendoza, John Ireland Released August 15, 1969 (Italy) RT 108 min. Home Video Mondo Macabro (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) With a title like Perversion Story (1969), I’d expect a story that’s……

ABOUT OUR GUEST Loey Lockerby is a “colleague” from the Kansas City Film Critics Circle that offered to participate in the Countdown.  I don’t know her very well, but would like to remedy that situation because she has an interest in horror films that I sometimes forget.  Usually, the Critics Circle members are focused primarily…

ABOUT OUR GUEST Of my guests this month, I feel like I know Dominique Lamssies the least.  I’ve heard her when she’s been a guest on Monster Kid Radio and enjoy her voice… not just vocally, but also what she actually has to say.  She shares a unique perspective on the aspects of horror about…

Next off my stack of unwrapped, unwatched movies… Written by Jerry Sohl Based on The Color Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft Directed by Daniel Haller Starring Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, Suzan Farmer, Terence de Marney, Patrick Magee Released October 27, 1965 RT 80 min. Home Video Shout! Factory (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) WHY…