Until it completely squanders its opportunity for an amazing twist ending, I really enjoyed Hammer Films’ early attempt at a...

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...

There’s not much I can write about the cult classic, Carnival of Souls, that hasn’t already been written. And since the filmmakers were...

Some of today’s non-superhero comic book movies could learn a lesson from Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, a movie made almost 70 years ago. ...

If there’s ever a case for giving a movie a second chance, let me make it here. I don't remember how long ago I first saw Horror...

You learn all you need to know about supervillian Fu Manchu in the first few minutes of The Blood of Fu Manchu, the fourth film in a...

Written by Henry Myers Starring John Newland, Lon Chaney Jr., Mary Alice Moore First Aired Jan. 18, 1952 RT 24 min. Watch On YouTube...

For the first time on Blu-ray, the movie known for its look, looks the best it ever has. We’d expect nothing less from the Criterion...

Of all the remakes I've seen and critiqued, I'm not sure there is a pair of movies as different from each other as Cat People (1942 and...

The Mummy’s Hand (1940) is not a sequel to Universal’s 1932 hit, The Mummy; instead, it’s a variation of the tale that introduces some of...

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...

From the opening shots of both The Haunting (1963) and its bloated 1999 remake of the same name, a difference in focus is clear. The...

When you have a dog that recognizes other dogs on TV and barks at them every… single… time, you realize how many dogs there actually are...

Unless you grew up during a particular era, you might not realize that moral issues with which we struggle in modern times are not really...

Written by Robert C. Dennis Directed by Leon Benson Starring Howard Da Silva, Marianna Hill, Leonard Nimoy, Peter Brocco, Ford Rainey...

"Long, long ago, when people still believed in witches," I Married a Witch would have us believe that witch burnings were events with...

If memory serves, Horror Hotel was first released on VHS in the mid-1990s by Anchor Bay. At the time, there was a lot of publicity about...

You don’t have to be overly optimistic to say there’s a nugget of a good movie somewhere deep inside Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. Artist...

Made near the end of the silent film area and directed by German Expressionist Paul Leni (Waxworks), The Cat & the Canary employs some...

It’s more challenging for me to write about silent movies than talkies.  I always have to explain what version I watched.  For example,...