1964 Archives - MOVIES and MANIA

THE STRANGLER (1964) Reviews and overview

‘What unnatural split in his mind makes him do it?’ The Strangler is a 1964 American crime thriller film about an overweight lab technician who is also a serial killer …

FANATIC aka DIE! DIE! MY DARLING! (1964) Reviews and overview

‘The ultimate in stabbing suspense! The intimate in shear shock! Fanatic is a 1964 British horror thriller feature film about a young American woman being terrorised by a religiously obsessed …

THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964) Reviews and overview

The Evil of Frankenstein is being released as a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray by Scream Factory on May 19th 2020 utilising a new 4K scan of the interpositive. The new sleeve …

THE BEAUTIFUL, THE BLOODY AND THE BARE (1964) Reviews and overview

Plot: The Beautiful, the Bloody, and the Bare is a 1964 American horror feature film written and directed by Sande N. Johnsen. The Esquire Picture stars Jack Lowe, Tom Signorelli (Alice, Sweet Alice; …

THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964) reviews and free to watch online

The Last Man on Earth is a 1964 Italian-American science-fiction horror feature film based on the Richard Matheson 1954 novel I Am Legend. The film was directed by Ubaldo Ragona …

SPIDER BABY (1964) Reviews and overview

Spider Baby – subtitled: Or the Maddest Story Ever Told – is a 1964 [released December 1967] American dark comedy horror feature film, written and directed by Jack Hill (Blood Bath). …

I EAT YOUR SKIN aka ZOMBIE (1964) Reviews and not recommended

I Eat Your Skin is a 1964 American horror feature film produced, written and directed by Del Tenney (The Horror of Party Beach; The Curse of the Living Corpse). Second …

HONEYMOON OF HORROR (1964) Reviews and overview

Honeymoon of Horror is a 1964 American horror thriller feature film about the new bride of a strange sculptor who discovers that someone wants her dead.

CAVE OF THE LIVING DEAD (1964) Reviews and overview

‘Beyond the black mouth of the cursed cave lurk the unfleshed…’ Cave of the Living Dead is a 1964 West German-Yugoslavian horror film produced and directed by Ákos Ráthonyi [as Akos …

WITCHCRAFT (1964) Reviews and overview

‘After 300 years in the grave… they returned to reap blood havoc!’ Witchcraft is a 1964 British supernatural horror feature film directed by Don Sharp (Psychomania; Rasputin – The Mad Monk; The …

THE FLESH EATERS (1964) Reviews and overview

‘Absolutely nothing will prepare you for what will see!’ The Flesh Eaters is a 1964 released American science fiction horror film directed by Jack Curtis from a screenplay by Arnold Drake (Who …

FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) Reviews and overview

‘In his own way he is, perhaps, the most dangerous man who ever lived!’ Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Euro-Western film in which an enigmatic stranger pits two smuggler …

THE CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE (1964) Reviews and worth watching

‘From out of the grave stalks the creature that undrapes the passions of the living!’ The Curse of the Living Corpse is a 1964 American horror feature film, written, directed, and …

DEVILS OF DARKNESS (1964) Reviews and free to watch online in HD

Devils of Darkness is a 1964 British horror feature film directed by Lance Comfort (The Ugly Duckling; Daughter of Darkness) from a story and screenplay by Lyn Fairhurst (production manager on …

DEVIL DOLL (1964) Reviews and overview [updated]

‘Can a beautiful woman be enslaved against her will?’ Devil Doll is a 1963 British horror feature film directed by Lindsay Shonteff (Curse of the Voodoo; Night, After Night, After Night) from a …

THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING (1964) Reviews and overview

The Earth Dies Screaming is a 1964 British science fiction feature film directed by Terence Fisher (The Devil Rides Out; Island of Terror; Dracula; The Curse of Frankenstein et al) from a screenplay written by Harry …

THE NIGHT WALKER (1964) Reviews and overview

‘Fear and fright stalk the night!’ The Night Walker is a 1964 psychological suspense thriller directed by genre specialist William Castle (Strait-Jacket; House on Haunted Hill; Macabre) from a screenplay by Robert Bloch. The …

THE BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER (1964) Reviews and overview

‘Chicks and chills! The wildest shindig ever!’ The Beach Girls and the Monster is a 1964 [released 1965] American monster movie photographed and directed by Jon Hall from a story and screenplay …

THE CASTLE OF THE LIVING DEAD (1964) Reviews and Severin Blu-ray box set news

The Castle of the Living Dead is being released on May 25th 2021 as part of The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection. The box-set includes: Disc 1: The Castle of …

AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL (1964) Reviews and overview

At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (Portuguese: À Meia-Noite Levarei Sua Alma) is a 1964 Brazilian horror film directed by José Mojica Marins. It marks the first appearance of Marins’ …

Monster Old Maid – card game, 1964

Monster Old Maid is a 1964 American card game created by the Milton Bradley Company from Springfield, Massachusetts for children aged five to ten years-old. Based on the card game …

THE NAKED WITCH (1961) Reviews and overview

‘She had the body of a goddess and the soul of a witch.’ The Naked Witch is a 1961 American horror feature film written and directed by Larry Buchanan. It …

KISS ME QUICK! (1964) Reviews and overview

Kiss Me Quick! is a 1964 American science fiction comedy horror feature film directed by Peter Perry (as Seymour Tuchus) and produced by Harry Novak. It was originally titled Doctor …

Do-It-Yourself Werewolf Kit – novelty items

The Do-It-Yourself Werewolf Kit was an American set of novelty items sold in 1964 for one dollar by Victor Specialities – who also sold a vampire version – of Derby, …

TERROR IN THE CRYPT aka CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE (1964) Reviews and Severin Blu-ray box set news

Terror in the Crypt aka Crypt of the Vampire is being released on May 25th 2021 as part of ‘The Eurocrypt of Christopher Lee Collection’. The box-set includes: Disc 1: …

NIGHTMARE (1963) Reviews and overview

‘Three shocking murders did she dream them? …or do them?’ Nightmare is a 1963 [released April 1964] British psychological thriller horror film from Hammer Films, co-financed by Universal International. The film …

THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) Reviews and Blu-ray news

Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death (1964) will be released on Blu-ray in the UK on January 25th 2021 by Studio Canal. Order via Amazon.co.uk Special features: New: …

THE HORROR OF IT ALL (1964) Reviews and overview

The Horror of It All is a 1964 British comedy horror film directed by Terence Fisher from a screenplay written by Ray Russell. It was executive produced by Robert L. …

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies – USA, 1964 – reviews

The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies is a 1964 American monster movie written, produced and directed by Ray Dennis Steckler, who also starred, billed under the pseudonym “Cash Flagg”. Produced on a …

The Brains of Morphoton – Doctor Who monsters

in lurid production-still colour… and glorious black-and-white… The creatures commonly referred to as ‘the Brains of Morphoton’ appeared in “The Velvet Web”, episode two of the 1964 Doctor Who story …

STRAIT-JACKET (1964) Reviews and overview

Strait-Jacket is a 1963 American horror film starring Joan Crawford (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?) and Diane Baker in a macabre mother and daughter tale about a series of axe-murders. Horror regular George Kennedy (Death Ship, …

DAGORA THE SPACE MONSTER (1964) Reviews and overview

Dagora, the Space Monster, originally released in Japan as Uchū Daikaijū Dogora (宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ, literally: “Giant Space Monster Dogora”), is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1964. It was directed by the “Golden …

The Horror of Party Beach (1963) reviews and overview

‘Weird atomic beasts who live off human blood!’ The Horror of Party Beach is a 1963 American horror feature film co-produced and directed by Del Tenney, which he himself described as “a …

The Gorgon (1964) reviews and overview

The Gorgon is a 1964 British supernatural horror film directed by Terence Fisher from a screenplay by John Gilling (director of Night Caller from Outer Space, The Reptile, The Plague of the Zombies). It stars Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley and Richard …

Night Must Fall (1964) reviews and overview

‘The lusty brawling star of Tom Jones goes psycho!’ Night Must Fall is a 1964 British feature film directed by Karel Reisz (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning) from a screenplay written by Clive Exton. It …

TWO THOUSAND MANIACS! (1964) Reviews and overview

‘An entire town bathed in pulsing human blood! Madmen crazed for carnage!’ Two Thousand Maniacs! is a 1964 American horror feature film written and directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis and starring Playboy magazine model Connie Mason. …

THE CREEPING TERROR (1964) Reviews and overview

The Creeping Terror is a 1964 American science-fiction horror film directed, produced, and edited by Vic Savage aka A.J. Nelson. It is widely considered to be one of the worst …

KWAIDAN (1964) Reviews and overview

Kwaidan – 怪談 Kaidan, literally “ghost stories” – is a 1964 Japanese anthology horror feature film produced by Toho and directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It is based on four stories from Lafcadio Hearn’s …

THE COMEDY OF TERRORS (1964) Reviews and overview

The Comedy of Terrors (1964) is an American comedy horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur (Cat People; I Walked with a Zombie) and starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, and (in a cameo) Joe E. Brown in his final film appearance. It …

The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb – UK, 1964 – reviews

‘Half-bone, half-bandage and all blood-curdling horror!’ The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb is a British horror film produced, written and directed by Michael Carreras for Hammer Films. It stars Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark and Jeanne Roland. …

THE TOMB OF LIGEIA (1964) Reviews and overview

The Tomb of Ligeia is a 1964 American International Pictures (AIP) horror film starring Vincent Price and Elizabeth Shepherd in a story about a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife and her effect on …

FACE OF THE SCREAMING WEREWOLF (1964) Reviews and overview

Face of the Screaming Werewolf is a 1964 horror feature film created by filmmaker Jerry Warren using scenes edited together from two Mexican monster movies, La Casa del Terror (“The House …

CASTLE OF BLOOD (1963) Reviews and overview

‘They love only for blood!’ Castle of Blood – Italian title: Danza macabra “Macabre Dance” – is a 1963 Italian horror feature film directed by Antonio Margheriti (The Virgin of Nuremberg; Killer Fish; Cannibal Apocalypse), using the pseudonym Anthony Dawson. In the …

ONIBABA (1964) Reviews and overview

Onibaba – 鬼婆, literally: ‘Demon Hag’ – is a 1964 Japanese horror film based on a Buddhist parable. Directed by Kaneto Shindo, the film is set in rural Japan in the fourteenth century and features Nobuko …

BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (1964) Reviews and overview

‘A fashion house of glamorous models… becomes a terror house of blood!!’ Blood and Black Lace – original title: Sei donne per l’assassino; “Six Women for the Murderer” – is a 1964 Italian/French/West German …