Where the 1986 horror film House went for a more serious tone, the first sequel, subtitled The Second Story, to be released the very next year went straight for the absurd. While […]
A New House, A New Evil – House 2: The Second Story (1987)
Fear Made Real – House (1986)
Roger is a man haunted by his past, the death of his aunt and by the strange disappearance of his son. His wife has left him and instead of writing a new […]
Stranded on the… – Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Planet of the Vampires is Mario Bava’s science-fiction extravaganza, a film pulled from the printed page and given life on the big screen, on par with any spectacle of the day. While […]
An Unusual Love – The Whip and the Body (1963)
When Christopher Lee cites The Whip and the Body as one of his favourite performances, it is easy to see why. Mario Bava’s production gave the man the chance to do something […]
The Past Comes Alive – Horror Castle (1963)
Antonio Margheriti’s The Virgin of Nuremberg which was retitled Horror Castle for American audiences, is one of his first films and also one of his best. The movie features a hooded killer, […]
Sustaining Grief – The Ghoul (1975)
Though The Ghoul may never have received the same amount of acclaim that his Hammer films did, Peter Cushing’s performance in the movie was masterful to say the least and while it […]
A Curse Indeed! – Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966)
Curse of the Swamp Creature, released in 1966, is a tedious piece of hocum that wears on one’s patience and not in a good way. While the direction is not all that […]
A Mission Gone Awry – 12 to the Moon (1960)
Some movies fall by the wayside both at the time of release and through the years as time goes by and that does not necessarily mean that said films are bad by […]
A Sad State of Being – Frozen Alive (1964)
The plot of Frozen Alive concerns a couple of scientists named Helen and Frank who are working with a new form of science called cryogenics. The film is a tedious affair and […]
An Unfortunate Accident – Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
Track of the Moon Beast is not a fantastic movie by any definition of the word, but it is not all that bad either. It was obviously shot on a budget and […]
The Telltale Mind 