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.

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… Read Article →

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.