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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 17, 20232 min read
Saturday the 14th (1981)
When Mary Hyatt (Paula Prentiss) is bitten by the vampire, Waldemar (Jeffrey Tambor), she explains her condition by saying maybe she’s...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 14, 20233 min read
TV Terror Guide: Salem's Lot Pt. 2 (1979)
Warning: this review contains spoilers. The highlight of Salem’s Lot part one (the vampire boys floating outside and rap-tap tapping on...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 10, 20231 min read
The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 79: William Castle
May we have your attention please? . Prove to us that you're brave enough to make it through the entire episode... Listen for the "Scream...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 7, 20234 min read
TV Terror Guide: Salem's Lot Pt. 1 (1979)
Warning: this review contains spoilers. In Salem’s Lot (1979) Mark Petrie (Lance Kerwin) reminds me of myself as a monster kid. His room...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Student Bodies (1981)
Reflecting upon the past, it feels like Student Bodies (1981) was made during the early part of the Slasher Age when we had yet to see...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 1, 20232 min read
April Fool's Day (1986)
If memory has ever failed me about a movie, it sure has with April Fool’s Day (1986), one of the best horror movies, if not movie-movies...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 31, 20233 min read
TV Terror Guide: Disaster on the Coastliner (1979)
With last week’s movie, The Death of Ocean View Park, and now Disaster on the Coastliner, it seems like the television networks were...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 27, 20232 min read
The Mad Room (1969)
Before watching The Mad Room (1969), I knew it was based on a play called, Ladies in Retirement; however, I didn’t realize until later...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 24, 20232 min read
TV Terror Guide: The Death of Ocean View Park (1979)
Which came first: an 80-year-old amusement park scheduled to be purposely demolished or a Hollywood studio making a TV movie about an...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 20, 20231 min read
The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 78: It Only Hurts When I Laugh
Vampires and man-made monsters are usually the subject of horror movies, but what happens when they're used for comedic purposes? Are the...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 17, 20233 min read
TV Terror Guide: Vampire (1979)
In 1981, Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll created the classic television series, Hill Street Blues. Throughout the 1980s, Bochco was an...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 13, 20232 min read
The Mad Ghoul (1943)
Maybe it’s because I just watched a ratty old print of The Mad Monster (1942) on YouTube and a crisp new transfer of The Mad Ghoul (1943)...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 10, 20232 min read
TV Terror Guide: Death Car on the Freeway (1979)
It’s been a while since we’ve had a 70s TV movie with so many familiar faces, although they’re mostly underutilized. Leading the cast is...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 6, 20232 min read
The Mad Monster (1942)
In the book, “Hollywood’s Pre-Code Horrors 1931-1934,” Raymond Valinoti Jr. reports that during the production of Island of Lost Souls...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 3, 20232 min read
TV Terror Guide: The Darker Side of Terror (1979)
With the old bait and switch, CBS emphasized the salacious aspects in its advertising for The Darker Side of Terror (1979). Yes, what we...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 27, 20232 min read
Flesh & Fantasy (1943)
When a man (Robert Benchley, I Married a Witch) has a “rough night” combination of a chat with a fortune teller and then a bad dream, his...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 24, 20233 min read
TV Terror Guide: Express to Terror (1979)
If you search for Express to Terror (1979) on the internet, you’re likely to find Horror Express (1972) first. Take my advice: watch the...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 20, 20233 min read
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
All good things must come to an end. Be careful what you wish for. I jinxed it. Insert the expression of your choice. The point is, after...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 17, 20232 min read
TV Terror Guide: Terror Out of the Sky (1978)
Back in June, I called The Savage Bees (1976) “the best killer bee movie I’ve seen.” Back in the day, others must have liked it, too,...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 13, 20231 min read
The Classic Horrors Club Podcast EP 77: Ladies' Night
It's February and love is in the air. What hot-blooded man wouldn't be be attracted to these lovely ladies? Sure, they're selfish and...
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