There are several prints of Devil Bat on Amazon Prime. None of them that I saw were pristine, but a couple at least are watchable. And let’s admit it, when we grew… Read Article →

I don’t think Amazon Prime has a lot of Hammer stuff, but they do have at least two later vampire films, the obscure but phantasmagorical Vampire Circus and the boob-obsessed (even for… Read Article →

Some of the AIP and other poverty row films on Amazon Prime are public domain copies, and range greatly in quality. The copy of Attack of the Giant Leeches is all but… Read Article →

Is this the best werewolf movie since The Howling? It’s certainly a nominee. Watch it for free if you have Amazon Prime. I hope everyone’s having a good run up to Christmas…. Read Article →

Many people, perhaps most, think Ghost Galleon, the third of the four Blind Dead movies, is the worst. I like nautical ghost stories, though, and find the ship setting pleasingly claustrophobic. The… Read Article →

Ugh. OK, yesterday I have a flu bug thing going, luckily it’s gone. Today I got up early (since I slept a lot more than usual yesterday, which was nice), but a… Read Article →

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… Read Article →

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.