Welcome to the five-week series I’m calling, “GaMAYra.” I have to start by saying that I’ve never (until now) seen a Gamera movie (that I...

It’s been years since I’ve seen King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) and, until now, I’d never seen the original Japanese version, Kingu Kongu...

Before I removed the plastic on The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh Blu-ray that my daughter gave me for Christmas, I hadn’t realized it was...

When I can’t locate mentions in my collection of vintage monster magazines or horror movie reference books, I like to find original...

We all know about the big Hollywood names that started their careers with Roger Corman; however, we hear mostly about the actors and...

It’s impossible to know how much I would have liked The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) had I never seen its musical counterpart from 26...

This week’s review of Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) is an unintentional continuation from last week’s review of Beast from Haunted...

In Horrors from Screen to Scream, Ed Naha calls Dinosaurus! (1960) an: Amusing romp for the small fry… It’s been a long time since I’ve...

How many times have you watched a movie that’s really good, and then... it’s ruined by a horrible-looking creature? I don’t know that...

Thanks to Derek M. Koch and Monster Kid Radio’s Social Distance Saturday, I discovered a real gem from 1964, La jena di Londra (The Hyena...

Inspiration comes from the strangest places and, oftentimes, when under pressure. To think that had Arch Hall’s movie, The Choppers...

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...

Since I take every chance I can to defend the appearance of the bird that's as big as a battleship in The Giant Claw (1957), it would be...

The way that The Vampire & the Ballerina (1960) begins, you’d think we were going to experience a standard vampire tale. Brigida, a...

Supposedly based on the real-life Boston Strangler, The Strangler (1964) wants us to take it seriously. It opens with some words that...

The final third of Queen of Blood (1966) is a great little film; however, the first two-thirds is a hot mess. You can easily find trivia...

Here’s one justification for not rushing to consume every movie in a particular genre, from a particular studio, or from a particular...

Let’s get one thing out of the way up front. While The Old Dark House (1963) is technically a remake of the superior 1932 version, any...

Night Must Fall (1964) is an odd film that feels like a distant relative of Night of the Hunter (1955) or Cape Fear (1962). Here, it’s...

Let’s be honest, the movies I’ve chosen for this year’s Countdown to Halloween may have been fun, but they haven’t exactly been the...