Today is the birthday of a man who defined horror for many years, and still does to this very day. Without him, horror would be a much poorer genre. On a related […]
Happy Birthday to Lon Chaney!
Who Does Not Enjoy a Good Murder? – Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
Sometimes there is just not enough crime. In fact, Edmond Bancroft played by Michael Gough, just finds that most of it is pretty bland and boring. If he is to write more […]
More Like Mediocrity – Messiah of Evil (1973)
Messiah of Evil is a strange and surreal film and even though it is a horror film, it is not scary or frightening in any way, more than likely due to the […]
It’s a Small World After All – Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Mr. Franz, played by John Hoyt, likes dolls. A lot. Hoyt does a great job as the crazy toymaker who would rather be around miniature people than normal everyday humans. He plays […]
Mad or Driven Mad? – The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Boris Karloff as Dr. Savaard thinks that he has found a method to bring the dead back to life. To do so he must first experiment and to do that, he needs […]
Just That – Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954)
There is no subtlety, no subtext, no hidden themes or meanings in this film. It is just a straight up, old-school monster movie. There is a beautiful girl, a handsome guy and […]
Beyond Awful – Night of the Ghouls (1959)
Dr. Acula. Really? Opening scene in the police station is some of the worst over-acting ever. Teenage delinquency? The worst horror of our time? Why are people walking like the film has […]
It’s the End of the World As We Know It – Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
Steven Anders and his family are out camping one day when a little bit of an earthquake hits, and as far as they are concerned that is all it was as they […]
It Only Wants to Help – Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
A rocket crashes on Earth and lands in pretty good shape actually and when some people pass by, people who just so happen to have worked with the pilot stop to help […]
Alive for 2000 Years – Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
A faceless statue is unearthed in Pompeii that at times, comes alive to kill various people as well as make his way to Tina whom he thinks is his lost love from […]
The Telltale Mind 