Category: Psychological Age
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Cone of Silence (1960)
Peter Cushing once claimed to have played only four villains during his lengthy film and television career. One of these was Captain Judd in Cone of Silence (1960) aka Trouble in the Sky. Sandwiched between two Hammer horrors, The Mummy and The Brides of Dracula, and following The Flesh & the Fiends, Cone of Silence…
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The Whale God (1962) aka Killer Whale
Twice recently I’ve seen a giant monster movie in which the characters and story steal the spotlight from the destruction and mayhem. The first, or course, was Godzilla Minus One, and now it’s The Whale God (1962) aka Killer Whale aka Kuijira gami. To be clear, though, this one features a real monster rather than…
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The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
October 30, 1964 The seventh film out of Roger Corman’s eight-film cycle based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death (1964) is perhaps the best, but not necessarily the most entertaining. In some ways, it’s Corman’s “art film,” with imagery that evokes The Seventh Seal (1957), a concern that…
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A Bucket of Blood (1959)
October 21, 1959 Back in late November of 2020, I wrote an unplanned series on early Roger Corman films such as Beast from Haunted Cave, Creature from the Haunted Sea, Last Woman on Earth, and The Little Shop of Horrors. Missing from the group was A Bucket of Blood (1959.) If you recall, this was…
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Chamber of Horrors (1966)
October 19, 1966 Chamber of Horrors (1966) was intended as a pilot for a series, but was too “intense” for television, so additional footage was added and it was released as a theatrical motion picture. Neither these circumstances, nor the movie itself, is as strange as what the series might have been: a period detective…
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The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
October 14, 1964 What a great title! However, screenwriter Harry Spalding supposedly never liked it. In a 2003 interview with Tom Weaver, he claimed that someone said the title as a joke and “somehow it kind of stuck.” As I said, it’s a great title, but not necessarily for this movie. In fact, it’s ironic…
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Color Me Blood Red (1965)
October 13, 1965 If we judge Herschell Gordon Lewis movies based on the amount of over-the-top gore, then Color Me Blood Red is the mildest one I’ve seen. With its story of a creatively stalled painter who can’t get his colors right until he discovers blood is the perfect shade of red, you’d think it…
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The Brain (1962)
October 9, 1962 For some reason, I’ve never been fond of Donovan’s Brain… or any of its versions. When I watched three of them for discussion on the podcast, I rated Donovan’s Brain (1953) average, The Lady & the Monster (1944) slightly below average, and The Brain (1962) slightly above average… so it was my…
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Repulsion (1965)
October 3, 1965 Purposeful or not, the opening of Repulsion evokes Psycho. However, instead of the camera slowly zooming-in on an eye, it slowly zooms out. This indicates we’re going to see events from the character’s (also a lovely blonde woman) point of view. At full frame, we immediately know something’s not right with Carol…
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Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Note: After today’s review, Classic Horrors is taking a late summer vacation during the month of September while classichorrors.club gets a fresh coat of paint in preparation for October and the Halloween season. Follow us on social media for quick fixes so you don’t get out of the habit… There’s an explosive opening to Night…