Year: 2019

Want a good (well, you know) old Italian vampire film? Slaughter of the Vampires, on Amazon Prime. I mean, it's no Black Sunday, but it'll scratch that itch.

These are repeats, but I thought it would be nice to spend a week or two shouting out to Amazon Prime, who has been quietly adding a LOT of schlock cinema over the last year or so. Since I basically subscribe for the free 2 day shipping, the gigantic amount of streaming video they…

Warning: This is the worst of the three movies released in the States in the early '70s under the title Dracula vs. Frankenstein.

I can't imagine anyone going to see Dr. Phibes and being disappointed, because it's great. Still, that poster promises a film that tonally is very different than the actual movie.

This Italian poster actually gives us one of the better looks at the monster than most of the foreign posters. I guess I admire the fact that they don't want to completely blow what is, after all, pretty much the film's climax. On the other hand, it's not good ballyhoo. Screw whether the patron…

Well, the Italians certainly knew how to market the film to me, anyway. (Not sure about the red sub, though.)

Neat! Wow, late Thanksgiving means Christmas is rushing right up. Maybe this year I'll actually watch some of the tons of Christmas movies I've bought on DVD over the years.

I think pharmaceutical companies now name drugs via use the same list that was previously used to name monsters.

This is probably a repeat, but what a great cover. Man, I REALLY love those deep colors they had on these olds covers. That rich orange--also seen on The Thing over on the FF covers--is just spectacular.

I mean, it's a great cover, but I'm kind of scratching my head about the terror-invoking potential of a giant scarecrow.