Bats. I don’t know how to spell the sound that comes out of my mouth when I watch a movie with bats, as I curl into a ball shuddering in my seat. I don’t cov...

Air Date: Feb. 14, 1975 Written by: Arthur Rowe Directed by: Don McDougall . Monster of the Week: Aztec mummy . Kolchak suspects the supernatural when he d...

On the news last week, I saw a clip of a young man in Florida for spring break during the current COVID-19 crisis. In a sunburned, what looked to me like dru...

Air Date: Feb. 7, 1975 Written by: Stephen Lord & Michael Kazoli and David Chase Directed by: Don Weis . Monster of the Week: Succubus . Kolchak suspects t...

From time immemorial the Earth has been bombarded by objects from outer space, bits and pieces of the universe piercing our atmosphere in an invasion that ne...

Air Date: Jan. 31, 1975 Written by: Steve Fisher and David Chase Story by: Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale Directed by: Bruce Kessler . Monster of the Week: Hea...

Do not ask how or why; simply enjoy Assignment Terror (1970.) I did… immensely. The set-up is incredibly fun, even if the result doesn’t take full advantage ...

Air Date: Jan. 24, 1975 Written by: Rudolph Borchert Directed by: Don Weis . Monster of the Week: Witch . Kolchak is supposed to be writing about extortion...

The 1930s had been a golden decade for Lionel Atwill. He was one of Hollywood's most highly respected and sought-after character actors. He was earning subst...

Air Date: Jan. 17, 1975 Written by: Bill Ballinger & David Chase Directed by: Robert Scheerer . Monster of the Week: Ape man . Kolchak suspects the superna...

When I got to the point in this review that I was going to reference actor Larry Vincent, I was going to say, “…and in the role of John Carradine, Larry Vinc...

With merely a passing fancy and the purchase of only a few issues during my formative years, I never really "got into" Vampirella. However, I feel like I'm s...

Air Date: Jan. 10, 1975 Written by: L. Ford Neale & John Huff Directed by: Gene Levitt . Monster of the Week: Robot . Kolchak is supposed to be writing the...

Inspiration comes from the strangest places and, oftentimes, when under pressure. To think that had Arch Hall’s movie, The Choppers (1961), not needed a seco...

Air Date: Dec. 20, 1974 Written by: Jimmy Sangster Directed by: Michael Caffey . Monster of the Week: Rakshasha . Kolchak is supposed to be writing about ...

Air Date: Dec. 13, 1974 Written by: Arthur Rowe and Rudolph Borchert Story by: Arthur Rowe Directed by: Alexander Grasshoff . Monster of the Week: Matchem...

It started in 1972 with an ABC-TV movie called The Night Stalker, continued in 1973 with a sequel called The Night Strangler, and culminated in 1974 with a 2...

Its title, Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory, does the movie no service, other than to place butts in car seats at the drive-in when it was released in 1961 (on...

Air Date: Dec. 6, 1974 Written by: Alvin R. Friedman and David Chase Story by: Alvin R. Friedman Directed by: Gordon Hessler . Monster of the Week: Pere M...

Known by several names, including Deliria and Bloody Bird, I watched StageFright: Aquarius (1987) on a terrific DVD edition from Blue Underground. The movie ...