Month: January 2020

Is this the first film to bring Dracula into the modern day? Admittedly, we're talking Movie 50s, so it's not the most realistic take on 'modern day'. No, I guess that would be Son of Dracula, although again, that movie maintains a distinct timeless vibe about it. The Return of Dracula is no classic,…

The copy of Return of the Ape Man is a bit soft, but hey, that's how it looked on TV back in the day. It's a fun movie, goofy as heck (the image of Lugosi in a tux walking late night "city" streets holding a lit blowtorch whilst looking for a caveman is so…

The second of director Eugene Lourie's three sea monster movies, although when you start with Beast from 20,000 Fathoms there's nowhere to go but down. Originally titled, and inspiring much japery, as The Giant Behemoth, somebody finally figured out how silly that title is and now it seems to be called Behemoth the Sea…

There are a couple of channels on YouTube that have posted The Abominable Dr. Phibes, I think the sharpest copy is the one posted by Pit Stop 1969. I'm not sure of the legality of some of these posts, so I'm sure they get pulled down occasional, but this copy has been up for…

There's still lot's of stuff on Amazon Prime we haven't covered, well, I know not everyone has Amazon Prime. How about YouTube? There's a channel called Flick Vault, and they have been posting full movies. Some of them are (mainly British) horror movies. One is the fun Island of Terror with Peter Cushing, a…

Varan the Unbelievable is no classic, but hey, it's free on Amazon Prime. I think the only only Toho giant monster movie there is Space Ameba (aka Yog Monster from Space). You could do worse, certainly.

Although the two Dark Shadows movies aren't available (you can rent them, though) on Amazon Prime, the show is there, broken into hunks and story arcs. Of course it ran five days a week so there's a lot of it. Meanwhile, there's a pretty good documentary on the program and creator Dan Curtis called…

FoJ Michael C suggested this cult classic (you ever noticed how EVERY horror movie is called a "cult classic" by someone? I think this actually falls into that category, though). Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things was one of the first Romero-influenced zombie films that had a bit more humor to it. As such…

"Cecil, NOOO!" Looking for crappy boring schlock to watch over the long weekend? Phantom of 10000 Leagues on Amazon Prime. Have an absolutely terrific weekend, everyone.

The Herzog Nosfertu. Never saw it, but I'm sure it's good, and since I can watch it for free, why not? Starring, of course, Klaus Kinski. The advantage there is that you don't need to spend any money on makeup or anything.