Monster of the Day #1242
Have to admit, I didn’t love this, or the two Hensen puppet movies, but hey, different strokes for different folks.
Have to admit, I didn’t love this, or the two Hensen puppet movies, but hey, different strokes for different folks.
A very good job of representing the monsters accurately while not revealing that they are basically made of garbage bags. Mr. Kallis must have used a model for the woman like the… Read Article →
Plus he was wearing a shirt with girlie pictures on it.
I think I actually like Mr. Kallis work better in the widescreen lobby card format.
That guy painted a mean skull, I’ll say that.
AIP’s Sam Arkoff and James Nicholson famously would think of titles, commission poster art, and then if theater owners booked the movie, they would go ahead and, you know, make it. Given… Read Article →
While Italy produced several vampire films in the ’60s, this one towers over the rest. Indeed, I think it would have to be on the majority of people’s five best vampire movies… Read Article →
This is another Italian “ugly vampire” film (although he’s not really a vampire, I don’t think). Much like our previous subject, this one revolves around a male character who transforms into a… Read Article →
This is the same as Monday’s. Although torpidly paced, this film at least did some interesting things with the vampires. It does lean heavily on Horror of Dracula, a fact that fails… Read Article →
Although they were still shooting in black and white in the mid-’60s, this still suggests the Italians did learn some lessons from Hammer.