The problem with invisible man movies, as I’ve said before, is that no one seems to take advantage of the power invisibility potentially provides. Be honest, if no one could see you, would you simply play pranks on your friends, or would you at least consider using it in some way to make financial gain?…

It’s been on my watch-list forever and I can’t count the number of times I’ve recorded it on TCM, but then never watched it. Why did Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) prove so elusive to me for so long? Now that I’ve seen it, prompted by the recent death of Carol Lynley on September 3,…

At an hour and 19 minutes, Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965) is about 19 minutes too long. It starts out great and I thought I was going to have a new bad movie to love. It runs out of steam, though, and at just past the one-hour mark, it squanders its chance to end on…

For a movie that turns the fog machine so high that it’s hard to distinguish the actors, The Slime People (1963) isn’t concerned with hiding its monsters. The first thing we see, even before the opening credits, is one of them climbing to the surface. It’s a great monster, too! I’m not surprised to read…

Not the first, and certainly not the last, The Frozen Dead (1966) belongs in the subgenre of “disembodied head” movies. What seems like a ridiculous subject on the surface can, in fact, be treated with genuine thrills and chills, although it’s usually treated with humor (whether intentional or not.) The Frozen Dead does a pretty…

Interested in clearing something off my DVR, The House That Screamed (1969) piqued my interest one night last week, probably because I was aware that its director, Narciso Ibanez Serrador, had recently died. I happened to record it from Comet TV and figured its dark, muddy presentation was the best I could expect to see.…

The way author Allan Bryce depicts the production of The Deadly Bees (1966) in his book “Amicus: The Friendly Face of Fear,” it’s amazing that the movie is as good as it is… which is to say, not that good. It proves how important the editing process can be. Producer Milton Subotsky explains it like…

Revered for its portmanteau films, Amicus Productions seemed just as interested in science fiction during its early years in the mid-1960s… with mixed to mostly negative success. Dr. Who & the Daleks (1965) was a big hit in the UK, but not in the United States where the popular British character and series were unknown.…

Written by Edward Bernds Based on the novel, Career of a Comet by Jules Verne Directed by Edward Bernds Starring Cesare Danova, Sean McClory, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz Released November, 1961 RT 82 min.  Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Derek M. Koch from Monster Kid Radio and Svengoolie must be in cahoots. Two days following…

Written by Joan Gardner Directed by Jon Hall Starring Jon Hall, Sue Casey, Walker Edmiston, Elain DuPont, Arnold Lessing Released September, 1965 RT 70 min. Home Video Prime Video (streaming) Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Ever since I saw Jon Hall in The Invisible Agent (1942), I’ve wanted to watch The Beach Girls…