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Classic Horrors Club
May 31, 20183 min read
The Atomic Brain aka Monstrosity (1963)
Can death be outwitted? Is the secret of eternal life just around the corner? These are just two questions the narrator (Bradford...
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Classic Horrors Club
May 24, 20183 min read
Deranged (1974)
Alan Ormsby began his career in feature films working on a trio of B-movies with Bob Clark, who's probably best known for writing (with...
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Classic Horrors Club
May 22, 20183 min read
Arrow Video Blu-ray Release: Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)
Knowing absolutely nothing about it, I popped Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) into the Blu-ray player expecting, as the name indicates,...
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Classic Horrors Club
May 17, 20182 min read
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Of all the adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe that I’ve seen, I’ve never watched anything as artsy as Spirits of the Dead (1968), an...
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Classic Horrors Club
May 15, 20182 min read
Arrow Video Blu-ray Release: The Bloodthirsty Trilogy: The Vampire Doll (1970)
It's strange to hear thunder crashing behind the familiar Toho logo at the beginning of The Vampire Doll (1970), the first in the...
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Classic Horrors Club
May 10, 20183 min read
From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Although it was the final anthology for Amicus Productions, From Beyond the Grave (1974) is one of the best. Nothing tops the first, Dr....
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Classic Horrors Club
May 8, 20184 min read
Mondo Macabro Blu-ray Release: The Devil Incarnate aka El Caminante (1979)
Never shown theatrically in the United States, El Caminante (1979), what is perhaps Paul Naschy's most acclaimed film, finally makes its...
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Classic Horrors Club
May 3, 20183 min read
The Black Sleep (1956)
When I saw the cast list, I wondered why I'd never heard much about The Black Sleep. Not only does it feature Lon Chaney Jr., John...
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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 24, 20185 min read
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)
Here’s one of the things wrong with the United States. Except for Sisters and The Exorcist, most of the horror movies of the 1970s were...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 24, 20183 min read
VCI Blu-ray Release: The Twilight People (1972)
Can a home video release magically transform a bad movie into a good one? Maybe not, but it can certainly elevate a nearly unwatchable...
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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
Apr 12, 20184 min read
Grave of the Vampire (1972)
You discover all the time about famous actors, directors and writers who got their starts in the film industry making low-budget horror...
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Classic Horrors Club
Apr 10, 20185 min read
Arrow Video Blu-ray Release: Deep Red (1975)
More than one of the bonus materials on Arrow Video's new two-disc Blu-ray release of Deep Red (Profundo Rosso) emphasizes the importance...
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Classic Horrors Club
Mar 20, 20183 min read
Arrow Video Blu-ray Release: Images (1972)
At just over an hour into Images (1972), and I don't know what took me that long, I realized that no matter what happened, there wasn’t...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 27, 20184 min read
Arrow Video Blu-ray Release: Scalpel (1977)
In the 14-minute bonus feature interview with director John Grissmer on the new Arrow Video Blu-ray release, Scalpel, Grissmer says he...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 13, 20184 min read
Mondo Macabro Blu-ray Release: The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
My first encounter with The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) was in the form of the Gorgon Video VHS release sometime during my nearly...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 12, 20181 min read
Beneath the Exhibit of the Planet of the Apes
If I have one regret about my recent trip to Los Angeles, which I am loathe to say I do, it would be that while standing in line for the...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 11, 20185 min read
Classic Horrors Goes Ape!
As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the release of Planet of the Apes (1968), the USC School of Cinematic Arts and its arts...
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Classic Horrors Club
Feb 11, 20183 min read
Lovely Romain Captivates During Werewolf Retrospective
When I learned how inexpensively I could fly to Los Angeles to visit the Batman exhibit at the Hollywood Museum, the announcement of...
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