Attack of the Rats! – article
Some animals are guaranteed to inspire feelings of disgust and fear in cinema audiences, and none more so than the humble rat. While a few people keep rats as pets, …
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Some animals are guaranteed to inspire feelings of disgust and fear in cinema audiences, and none more so than the humble rat. While a few people keep rats as pets, …
Attack of the Rats! – article Read MoreWerewolf by Night – birth name Jacob Russoff, legal name Jacob Russell, nicknamed Jack – is a fictional character, an anti-heroic werewolf in the Marvel Comics universe. The Werewolf by Night …
Werewolf By Night – comic book Read MoreFrankenstein’s Cat is a 2007 picture book created by Curtis Jobling (Dinosaurs After Dark; Haunt; Wereworld series) that follows the exploits of Doctor Frankenstein’s first experiment. The cat is created by …
Frankenstein’s Cat – book and animated series Read MoreDahshat is a 1981 Bollywood Indian Hindi horror film directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay from a screenplay by producer Kumar Ramsay. The original title, दहशत, translates as “Scare”. …
DAHSHAT (1981) Reviews and overview Read MoreSky Sharks will be released on Blu-ray and DVD by MPI Media Group on February 2nd 2021. Sky Sharks is a 2020 German science-fiction comedy horror film directed by Marc …
SKY SHARKS (2020) Reviews and overview Read MoreBlack Park is a country park in Wexham, Buckinghamshire, England. Covering roughly 530 acres of woodland, heathland and grassland, the park includes an imposing avenue of mature pine trees and …
Black Park, Buckinghamshire, England – film location Read More‘The fly with the head of a man… and the man with the head of a fly!’ The Fly is a 1958 American science fiction horror film directed by Kurt Neumann. The screenplay was …
THE FLY (1958) Reviews and overview Read MoreRepligator – Brett McCormick’s 1996 sexy sci-fi monster movie spoof -is finally being unleashed on Blu-ray by Visual Vengeance, Wild Eye Releasing’s cult label dedicated to vintage shot-on-video and microbudget …
REPLIGATOR Reviews of Brett McCormick trash – now on Blu-ray Read MoreGossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, red monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed …
Gossamer – Cartoon character Read More‘The chamber of horrors lives again!’ Castle of Evil is a 1966 American science fiction horror film directed by Francis D. Lyon (Destination Inner Space; Cult of the Cobra) from a screenplay …
CASTLE OF EVIL (1966) Reviews and overview Read MoreThe Colossus of New York is a 1958 American science fiction film produced by William Alland (Tarantula, Creature From the Black Lagoon), and directed by Eugène Lourié (The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, Gorgo). …
THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK (1958) Reviews and overview Read MoreYoung Frankenstein is a 1974 American horror-comedy film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Doctor Victor Frankenstein. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Wilder. …
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) Reviews and overview Read MoreReview: A “lonely castle” is the suitably atmospheric setting of this horror themed 8mm glamour film from the late 1960s. The castle is home to an equally lonely hunchback, who …
MISS FRANKENSTEIN R. I. P. – Short glamour film Read MoreGremlins 2: The New Batch is a 1990 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante (Burying the Ex; The Hole; The Howling; Piranha) from a screenplay written by Charles …
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH (1990) Reviews and overview Read MoreThe Mummy can, in many respects, hold claim to being the most unloved of the classic movie monsters – if not, then surely the most inconsistently served. The oft-quoted line …
The Shuffling Saga of The Mummy on Screen – Article Read More‘It’s what’s on the inside that counts…’ Cell Count is a 2012 American science fiction horror thriller film. It is directed by Todd E. Freeman and stars Robert McKeehen, Haley …
CELL COUNT (2012) Reviews and overview Read More‘Prepare yourself’ Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is a 2014 Australian action zombie horror film directed by Kiah Roache-Turner (Nekrotronic) from a screenplay written with co-producer Tristan Roache-Turner. The movie stars …
WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD (2014) Reviews and overview Read MoreLe Théâtre du Grand-Guignol [“The Theatre of the Big Puppet”] – known as the Grand Guignol – was a theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris (at 20 bis, rue Chaptal). From …
Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, Paris – location Read More‘Mad genius. Tormented artist. Serial killer.’ Poe is a 2011 American horror film written and directed by Francis Xavier (Night Cry). The movie stars David Fine, Stelio Savante, Gene Silvers, Sal Landi, Mike Iorio, Christy …
POE (2012) Reviews and overview Read MoreRe-Animator is a 1985 American science fiction comedic horror film based on the H. P. Lovecraft story ‘Herbert West–Reanimator’. Directed by Stuart Gordon, it was the first film in the …
RE-ANIMATOR (1985) Reviews of H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Read MoreFirestarter is a 1984 American science fiction thriller horror film based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Stephen King. The plot concerns a young girl who develops pyrokinesis and …
FIRESTARTER (1984) Reviews and overview Read More‘Adventure lives forever’ Van Helsing is a 2004 American action adventure horror film about a monster slayer sent to Transylvania to defeat Dracula. The movie was written and directed by …
VAN HELSING (2004) Reviews and overview Read MoreJack the Ripper. The very name conjures up clichéd images of fog-shrouded streets, grisly murder and chirpy, voluptuous Cockney street girls spilling out of East End dens of inequity to …
“From Hell…” Jack the Ripper on Screen – article Read MoreIn 1967, the BBC created its own record label, designed to exploit the demand for commercially released TV tunes, comedy shows and, finding an unlikely niche in the market, sound …
Sound Effects: Death & Horror – BBC albums Read MoreDoctor Giggles is a 1992 American slasher horror film directed by Manny Coto, and starring Larry Drake as the titular antagonist and Holly Marie Combs as the protagonist. The film …
DR. GIGGLES (1992) Reviews and overview Read MoreMonster Mash is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby “Boris” Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton’s Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called The Original Monster Mash, …
Monster Mash – song by Bobby “Boris” Pickett Read MoreThe 1970s saw many old cinematic taboos falling away, and few horror film sub-genres benefited from the relaxation in censorship more than the cannibal film. In fact, this is a …
Jungle Holocaust: Cannibal Tribes in Exploitation Cinema – Article Read More‘Living bodies used for the most vile experiment ever devised!’ Flesh Feast aka Time for Terror is a 1967 American horror film directed by Brad F. Grinter from a screenplay co-written with Thomas Casey. …
FLESH FEAST (1967) Reviews and overview Read More‘Can you face the ultimate in diabolism …..can you stand pure terror?’ Die, Monster, Die! is a 1965 American science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Haller (the art director …
DIE, MONSTER, DIE! Reviews of H.P. Lovecraft horror Read More‘Humans are such easy prey’ From Beyond is a 1986 American science fiction body horror film directed by Stuart Gordon from a screenplay written with Dennis Paoli and Brian Yuzna (Necronomicon; …
FROM BEYOND (1986) Reviews of H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Read MoreEyes Without a Face (original title: Les yeux sans visage) is a 1960 French horror film directed by Georges Franju from a screenplay co-written by Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac, Jean Redon …
EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960) Reviews and overview Read MoreWomaneater is a 1958 British horror film about a mad scientist who feeds captured women to a flesh-eating tree in order to raise the dead Directed by Charles Saunders (The …
WOMANEATER (1958) Reviews and overview Read More‘It’s dead of night and everyone’s asleep. …Almost everybody!’ Strange Behavior – original title Dead Kids; also released as Small Town Massacre and Human Experiments – is a 1981 New Zealand mystery horror …
STRANGE BEHAVIOR (1981) Reviews and overview Read MoreAnatomy (German: Anatomie) is a 2000 German horror film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky that stars Franka Potente. The film enjoyed a huge box office success in Germany, and …
ANATOMY (2000) Reviews and overview Read More‘The night no one comes home’ Halloween III: Season of the Witch is a 1982 American science fiction horror film and the third instalment in the Halloween franchise. It is …
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH Reviews of the idiosyncratic franchise entry Read MoreThe Invisible Man is a 1933 science fiction film based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novel The Invisible Man. The movie was directed by James Whale (Frankenstein; The Old Dark House; Bride …
THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) Reviews and overview Read More‘When the blood begins to flow, who will be left to scream…’ Dear God No! is a 2011 American exploitation/biker/horror film written and directed by James Anthony Bickert. A sequel, Frankenstein Created …
DEAR GOD NO! (2011) Reviews of bikers vs. Bigfoot exploitation Read MoreRevenge of the Zombies is a 1943 American horror film about a mad scientist directed by Steve Sekely from a screenplay by Edmond Kelso and Van Norcross. The movie stars John Carradine and Gale …
REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES (1943) Reviews and overview Read MoreCorruption is a 1967 British science fiction horror film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis from a screenplay written by Derek Ford (Don’t Open Till Christmas, The Urge to Kill) and Donald Ford. …
CORRUPTION (1967) Reviews of Peter Cushing British sleazy horror classic Read MorePaul Naschy plays Wolfgang Goth, a hunchback with below-average intelligence who works at the local morgue. He is in love with a sickly girl who happens to be the only …
HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE (1972) Reviews and overview Read MoreDead Heat is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by Mark Goldblatt starring Treat Williams, Joe Piscopo and Vincent Price. Plot: Violent criminals who cannot be killed are shooting …
DEAD HEAT (1988) Reviews and overview Read MoreRatMan is a 1988 Italian horror film directed Giuliano Carnimeo [as Anthony Ascot], from a screenplay written by Dardano Sacchetti. The original title is Quella villa in fondo al parco …
RATMAN Review of fun trashy Italian horror Read MoreDeath Ship is a 1980 Canadian-British horror film directed by Alvin Rakoff from a screenplay written by John Robins. The movie stars George Kennedy, Richard Crenna (The Evil), Sally Ann Howes, Nick …
DEATH SHIP (1980) Reviews of haunted vessel horror Read MoreDwight Iliff Frye (February 22, 1899 – November 7, 1943) was an American stage and screen actor, noted for his appearances in the classic horror films Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), and Bride of …
Dwight Frye – actor Read More‘Hives of horror!’ The Deadly Bees is a 1966 British horror film loosely based on H.F. Heard’s 1941 novel A Taste for Honey. Directed by Freddie Francis (The Skull; The Vault …
THE DEADLY BEES (1966) Reviews of Amicus horror Read MoreDoctor Shagetz is a 1974 horror film made in Mendocino, California as God Bless Grandma and Grandpa. It was begun by director Curtis Hanson (co-writer of The Dunwich Horror and …
EVIL TOWN aka DR SHAGETZ (1974/1987) Reviews and overview Read More‘Roaches have never tasted meat… until now.’ The Nest is a 1987 American science fiction horror film directed by Terence H. Winkless (Not of This Earth [1995]; Twice as Dead), …
THE NEST (1987) Reviews and overview Read More‘Giant spider strikes! Crawling terror 100 feet high!’ Tarantula is a 1955 American science-fiction horror film directed by Jack Arnold (The Incredible Shrinking Man; Creature from the Black Lagoon; It Came from …
TARANTULA (1955) Reviews and overview Read MoreHorror films and westerns are two of cinema’s great mainstays, having established their distinct identities and sets of conventions in the earliest days of the medium. So distinct from each …
Death Rides a Horse: Horror Westerns – Overview by Kevin Grant Read MoreThe Sorcerers is a 1967 British science fiction horror film directed by Michael Reeves (She Beast, Witchfinder General), starring Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey (The Shadow of the Cat), Ian Ogilvy (— And Now …
THE SORCERERS (1967) Reviews of Boris Karloff swinging ’60s mayhem – free to watch online Read More