Ah, AIP. The company that famously came up with an exploitable title first, then some poster art which they shared with owners on the drive-in circuit. If the response was positive, *then*… Read Article →

Although I’m not nearly as conversant with his work as Bill Paxton’s, this week also say the passing of Neil Fingleton, formerly the tallest man in Britain. As often happened with people… Read Article →

Farewell, sir. You will very much be missed. Mr. Pullman (ARGGGH) Paxton made a lot of genre films, and I’m sure we’re all generally conversant with them. However, his best performance might… Read Article →

Despite being called (here, at least) Dracula vs Frankenstein, the film’s monster battle involved neither of them. It was Paul Naschy’s Werewolf vs the film’s Mummy, probably because that was a rare… Read Article →

We’ve featured Waldemar Daninsky before, but none of the films seem to be in continuity with each other, so I guess he’s sort of a different monster each time. Anyway, he’s the… Read Article →

A rather run of the mill Dracula (and not even Dracula in the Euro version, I think), but still head and shoulders above the other two we’ve featured lately. Does he actually… Read Article →

This Spanish/German/Italian co-production is not nearly as good as you’d hope it to be, although it has it’s points. Amusingly, the plot is not that far off from Plan 9 from Outer… Read Article →

Sorry about Friday, I had Internet issues. Anyway, this ends our Jess Franco DvF stuff, although there were some rather generic pretty girl vampires. Again, though, this is a HIGHLY tedious film…. Read Article →

Wow, that was my exact expression watching this film. (It’s the stitches drawn on with an eyebrow pencil that really sell this design.)