Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
There’s something about mid-century British films that make them distinctively British. While it’s hard to describe, you can recognize...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Dec 19, 2022
- 3 min
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
If nothing else, The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967) is beautiful to watch. It’s the only color, full-length feature film included...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
Crypt of the Vampire (1964)
When I first watched Crypt of the Vampire (1964), it was to include it in an article about film adaptations of Sheridan Le Fanu’s novel,...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
The Castle of the Living Dead (1964)
There are a number of interesting things about The Castle of the Living Dead (1964), but they didn't add up to a pleasurable experience...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)
Secret of the Red Orchid (1962) is one of the least twisted adaptations of an Edgar Wallace novel that I’ve seen. It’s a straight-forward...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Bloody Pit of Horror (1965)
As “racy” as it is for 1965, I can’t help but think Bloody Pit of Horror would have been more effective had it been made a few years...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 31, 2022
- 3 min
Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
From the time I was a very young kid I didn’t want to do anything but make movies the rest of my life. Bert I. Gordon With Picture Mommy...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 29, 2022
- 2 min
Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1966)
Unfortunately, "Hillbillys in a Haunted House" was Rathbone’s last film -- a sad epitaph for one of the world’s greatest actors. Marcia...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
Mr. Sardonicus (1961)
When my master says, "Krull, do this thing," I do the thing, whatever it may be. Krull (Oskar Homolka) Director William Castle emerges...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 7, 2022
- 2 min
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Since you know that I'm dead, I suppose you know that you can't kill me. Dr. Emil Zurich (Henry Daniell) There may be a fair number of...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 5, 2022
- 3 min
Master of the World (1961)
What you did was an act of pure barbarism, and were it not for the love I bear my daughter, and for the respect and esteem in which I...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Jun 13, 2022
- 3 min
Night Tide (1961)
Curtis Harrington (1926-2007) "I was now reaching the age where the idea of sex began to go beyond the theoretical into the actual, and I...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Apr 25, 2022
- 2 min
Eye of the Devil (1966)
Eye of the Devil (1966) fits into that odd and wonderful era of 1960s British genre films that gave us Village of the Damned, Day of the...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
Eye of the Cat (1969)
David Lowell Rich should be a familiar name to those who join us on Fridays for TV Terror Guide. Beginning his career in the 1950s, he...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Feb 28, 2022
- 3 min
Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
Although I can find no evidence of this, I remember a horrible VHS cover box for Mill of the Stone Woman (1960.) It was light brown with...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
Horror Castle (1963)
With its plot happening within the span of a couple days, much of Horror Castle, aka The Virgin of Nuremberg (1963), plays like one of...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
Challenge the Devil (1963)
The second film Christopher Lee made during his three months in Italy beginning In May of 1963 was originally titled, Faust ’63. Written...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Dec 20, 2021
- 4 min
The Whip & the Body (1963)
In an instance of the age-old style vs substance argument, I find myself struggling with my thoughts about The Whip & the Body (1963.)...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
Sherlock Holmes & the Deadly Necklace (1962)
One thing I am not is a Sherlock Holmes aficionado. A couple friends who are, and who have read the books and seen the movies, tell me...
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Classic Horrors Club
- Oct 16, 2021
- 3 min
Snow Devils (1967)
Here we go again. I guess after four movies in the “Gamma 1” series, it’s time to admit that any continuity is spotty at best, regardless...
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