Classic Horrors ClubOct 29, 20163 minHammer Suspense: Straight on Till Morning (1972)By the time it was over, I think I liked Straight on Till Morning. However, it was a tough sell at the beginning and I wasn't sure I'd...
Classic Horrors ClubOct 28, 20163 minHammer Suspense: Demons of the Mind (1972)Demons of the Mind is a challenging movie to watch. I can't decide if it's too smart for its own good, too ambitious for its own good,...
Classic Horrors ClubOct 27, 20165 minHammer Suspense: Die! Die! My Darling (1965) & Crescendo (1970)Die! Die! My Darling! (aka Fanatic) is a departure from the usual formula for a Hammer "mini-Hitchcock" thriller. The story is...
Classic Horrors ClubOct 23, 20165 minHammer Adventure: Creatures the World Forgot (1971)When you go on a movie binge like I have, watching more than 35 movies in one month, you’re bound to have surprises and disappointments....
Classic Horrors ClubOct 22, 20163 minHammer Adventure: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)Ten years after director Val Guest made Stop Me Before I Kill! for Hammer Films, he returned in 1970 with When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth....
Classic Horrors ClubOct 21, 20164 minHammer Adventure: The Lost Continent (1968)When I wrote about The Vengeance of She, I called it "odd." However, it has nothing over The Lost Continent. It's actually a...
Classic Horrors ClubOct 8, 20164 minHammer Sci-Fi: Moon Zero Two (1969)Oh my goodness, what do I make of Moon Zero Two? From the animated opening credits and song, I knew I was in for something bizarre. ...
Classic Horrors ClubSep 24, 20164 minReview: Horror Express (1972)If there’s ever a case for giving a movie a second chance, let me make it here. I don't remember how long ago I first saw Horror...
Classic Horrors ClubSep 24, 20164 minReview: The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)You learn all you need to know about supervillian Fu Manchu in the first few minutes of The Blood of Fu Manchu, the fourth film in a...
Classic Horrors ClubSep 17, 20163 minReview: Dracula's Dog aka Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (1978)When you have a dog that recognizes other dogs on TV and barks at them every… single… time, you realize how many dogs there actually are...
Classic Horrors ClubSep 3, 20164 minReview: Marooned (1969)The opening of Marooned sets the calm, some may say "leisurely," pace at which the 134-minute movie will unfold. There's a lovely view of...
Classic Horrors ClubAug 3, 20163 minReview: Piranha (1978)In 1975, the movie Jaws started a phenomenon called “the summer blockbuster”, forever changing the way movies are made, marketed and...
Classic Horrors ClubJul 27, 20164 minRemake Rewind: The Amityville HorrorIt's rare, if not impossible, to find a horror remake that undeniably improves upon its predecessor. Some come close, but usually only...
Classic Horrors ClubJul 16, 20164 minReview: The Stepford Wives (1975)Urban Dictionary defines “Stepford Wife” as a term “used to describe a servile, compliant, submissive, spineless wife who happily does...
Classic Horrors ClubJul 1, 20165 minFrom Page to Screen: CarrieBeginning in May, 2010, until it expanded its content to include more than just the horror genre as Boom Howdy.com, I wrote features for...
Classic Horrors ClubJul 1, 20166 minRemake Rewind: CarrieBeginning in May, 2010, until it expanded its content to include more than just the horror genre as Boom Howdy.com, I wrote a column for...
Classic Horrors ClubJun 30, 20169 minCarmilla: Archetype of the Lesbian VampireOriginally published October 6, 2012. . In 1872, 25 years before publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Irish author Joseph Sheridan Le...
Classic Horrors ClubJun 27, 20165 minHammer Horror: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)We can likely credit my love of Hammer Films to the first two of them I saw when I was growing up: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and...
Classic Horrors ClubJun 25, 20165 minReview: Dead of Night (1974)Bob Clark's 1974 film, Dead of Night (aka Deathdream) finally appeared on so many different lists of "the best horror movies you've never...
Classic Horrors ClubMay 30, 20164 minReview: Scream & Scream Again (1970)Although produced by Max Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky, Scream & Scream Again was not made through their company, Amicus Productions. The...