Classic Horrors ClubSep 26, 20184 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: The Baby (1973)Watching The Baby (1973) has left me in a rare state: I don't know what to say. If I thought there was a real condition in which an adul...
Classic Horrors ClubSep 24, 20184 minMovie of the Week: Magic (1978)"Abracadabra, I sit on his knee. Presto, change-o, and now he's me! Hocus Pocus, we take her to bed. Magic is fun...when you're dead." I ...
Classic Horrors ClubSep 19, 20185 minArrow Video Blu-ray Releases: Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) & The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)Several times during the first few minutes of Horrors of Malformed Men (1969), I thought I was going to have to turn it off. It reminded ...
Classic Horrors ClubSep 17, 20183 minMovie of the Week: The Devil's Rain (1975)At some point in the mid-1970s, my memories of seeing movies at the drive-in shift from the Enid Drive-In out by the fairgrounds, to the ...
Classic Horrors ClubSep 10, 20184 minMovie of the Week: Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)Nearly ¼ of the movies I watched and loved in the 70s were released by American International Pictures, and 2/3 of those were also produc...
Classic Horrors ClubAug 15, 20184 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)My education in Eurofilm continues with my first poliziotteschi, What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974). The term describes a subg...
Classic Horrors ClubJul 11, 20184 minMondo Macabro Blu-ray Release: Who Can Kill a Child? (1976)It comforts me to read that Who Can Kill a Child? (1976) was “virtually unavailable” until the last decade or so. That may explain why I’...
Classic Horrors ClubJul 7, 20183 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)If The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971) is truly considered a giallo, then it’s the smartest one I’ve seen. It features a killer dress...
Classic Horrors ClubJul 3, 20186 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: The Last House on the Left (1972)Of the early 1970s films from future horror masters, Wes Craven’s The Last House on the Left (1972) is my least favorite. In fact, I don’...
Classic Horrors ClubMay 22, 20183 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)Knowing absolutely nothing about it, I popped Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) into the Blu-ray player expecting, as the name indicates,...
Classic Horrors ClubMay 15, 20182 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: The Bloodthirsty Trilogy: The Vampire Doll (1970)It's strange to hear thunder crashing behind the familiar Toho logo at the beginning of The Vampire Doll (1970), the first in the "Bloodt...
Classic Horrors ClubMay 9, 20184 minMondo Macabro Blu-ray Release: The Devil Incarnate aka El Caminante (1979)Never shown theatrically in the United States, El Caminante (1979), what is perhaps Paul Naschy's most acclaimed film, finally makes its ...
Classic Horrors ClubApr 25, 20183 minVCI Blu-ray Release: The Twilight People (1972)Can a home video release magically transform a bad movie into a good one? Maybe not, but it can certainly elevate a nearly unwatchable on...
Classic Horrors ClubApr 10, 20185 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: Deep Red (1975)More than one of the bonus materials on Arrow Video's new two-disc Blu-ray release of Deep Red (Profundo Rosso) emphasizes the importance...
Classic Horrors ClubMar 20, 20183 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: Images (1972)At just over an hour into Images (1972), and I don't know what took me that long, I realized that no matter what happened, there wasn’t g...
Classic Horrors ClubFeb 28, 20184 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: Scalpel (1977)In the 14-minute bonus feature interview with director John Grissmer on the new Arrow Video Blu-ray release, Scalpel, Grissmer says he an...
Classic Horrors ClubFeb 14, 20184 minMondo Macabro Blu-ray Release: The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)My first encounter with The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) was in the form of the Gorgon Video VHS release sometime during my nearly 20-yea...
Classic Horrors ClubJan 10, 20185 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971)From the bonus materials included with Arrow's limited edition release of The Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971), it's easy to conclude that the mo...
Classic Horrors ClubNov 22, 20173 minVCI Blu-ray Release: Satan's Cheerleaders (1977)Unless you’re extremely fond of a particular movie, there’s sometimes no reason to upgrade from a perfectly adequate DVD to a supposedly ...
Classic Horrors ClubNov 15, 20173 minArrow Video Blu-ray Release: J.D.'s Revenge (1976)Neither an expert on the sub-genre nor a particular fan of it, I’d nevertheless categorize J.D.’s Revenge (1976) as a blaxploitation film...