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 […]
Stranded on the… – Planet of the Vampires (1965)
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 […]
An Eye For An… – Eyeball (1975)
Sometimes a person has to wonder why a killer kills the way they do. What drives them to not only murder, but to sign their work with a signature move. Obviously there […]
Graduation Day – School of Death (1975)
School of Death is an intriguing watch for the simple fact that it seems to have something of an identity problem. Ultimately, it is a horror film, but it plays around with […]
