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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 26, 20183 min read
The Maze (1953)
Do you ever read something about a movie, add it to your "watch list," but then not remember why? I probably need a new system, because...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 19, 20183 min read
I Bury the Living (1958)
Science has learned that man possesses powers which go beyond the boundaries of the natural. . This is the story of one confronted by...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 27, 20173 min read
El Vampiro (1957)
From the very first shot of El Vampiro (1957), I thought, "Wow! I'm watching a Hammer film!" A vampire stands in a fog-layered...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 4, 20173 min read
The White Reindeer (1952)
If you watch The White Reindeer (1952) like I'm going to encourage you to do, try to find a better copy than the one on YouTube. It's...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 2, 20172 min read
Lake of the Dead (1958)
Lake of the Dead (1958) is soaked in atmosphere, but I found its story to be a little dry. With a 7.3 rating on IMDb and the fact that...
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Classic Horrors Club
Jul 19, 20171 min read
Mini-Review: Frankenstein 1970 (1958)
Victor Frankenstein (Boris Karloff), the great-great grandson of the original Frankenstein, rents his castle in Germany to a television...
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Classic Horrors Club
Jun 9, 20173 min read
This Island Earth (1955)
In recent years, a creature from a space adventure has been added to the membership roster of the Universal Monsters. It is the Metaluna...
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Classic Horrors Club
Jun 5, 20175 min read
Mummy Week, Day 2: The Mummy (1959)
Hammer's 1959 version of The Mummy is not a remake of Universal's 1932 classic; instead, it uses some of the best components from the...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 25, 20174 min read
Review: Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959)
Unaware of any historical significance of, or widespread critical opinion about, Caltiki, The Immortal Monster, I must say I really...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 25, 20173 min read
Universal Monsters: The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
For what I would consider to be the final Universal Monsters movie, The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) seems fairly ambitious. It’s not...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 28, 20172 min read
Universal Monsters: Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Unless there were two of them, the Gill-man survived being shot at the end of Creature from the Black Lagoon and returned for a sequel a...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 5, 20173 min read
Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
By the early 1950s, the classic, earth-bound creatures that served Universal so well for 20 years had become guest stars in comedies and...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 9, 20163 min read
Hammer Suspense: The Snorkel (1958)
For most of The Snorkel, I felt as if the movie squandered its big gimmick in the opening scene. Paul Decker (Peter Van Eyck) constructs...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 5, 20163 min read
Hammer Sci-Fi: Quatermass 2 aka Enemy from Space (1957)
When we last saw Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) at the end of The Quatermass Xperiment a year earlier, he wasn’t deterred by a...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 4, 20164 min read
Hammer Sci-Fi: X the Unknown (1956)
Released in the United States less than a year after The Quatermass Xperiment, I'm compelled to compare X the Unknown with its...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 3, 20163 min read
Hammer Sci-Fi: The Quatermass Xperiment aka The Creeping Unknown (1955)
The opening of The Quatermass Xperiment, known as The Creeping Unknown on its original United States release, is a marvelous example of...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 2, 20163 min read
Hammer Sci-Fi: Spaceways (1953)
If Four Sided Triangle was "nothing but a love story taking place in a technological surrounding," then Spaceways is nothing but a murder...
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Classic Horrors Club
Oct 1, 20163 min read
Hammer Sci-Fi: Four Sided Triangle (1953)
Until it completely squanders its opportunity for an amazing twist ending, I really enjoyed Hammer Films’ early attempt at a...
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Classic Horrors Club
Sep 28, 20164 min read
Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Although it's undoubtedly a classic, the plot of The Day the Earth Stood Still is bare bones and the action is slight. It's elevated by...
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Classic Horrors Club
Sep 19, 20164 min read
Review: The Neanderthal Man (1958)
At risk of ruining any credibility I’ve earned in the few months since I launched Classic Horrors Club, I must admit that I don’t enjoy...
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