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Terror at London Bridge (1985) starring David Hasselhoff, Stepfanie Kramer, Randolph Mantooth - There was once a lad named Jack, Whose tendency was to attack. With surgical skill, He'd go for the kill, And apparently he still has the knack.

Terror at London Bridge

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Terror at London Bridge, aka. Bridge across Time (1985) starring David Hasselhoff, Stepfanie Kramer, Randolph Mantooth

Synopsis of Terror at London Bridge

A copycat killer is duplicating the murders of the infamous Jack the Ripper in Arizona.  Where the famous London Bridge has been taken and reassembled. But one police officer begins to believe that the murderer is no copycat …

Terror at London Bridge
Terror is a Man (1959), starring Richard Derr, Richard Derr, Greta Thyssen

Terror is a Man

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Terror is a Man (1959), starring Francis Lederer, Richard Derr, Richard Derr, Greta Thyssen

Synopsis of Terror is a Man

Terror is a Man.  A shipwreck survivor washes ashore on a mysterious island.  But the bizarre experiments of a renegade scientist unleash a bloodthirsty man-beast.

Terror is a Man
Carnival of Souls (1962) starring Candace Hilligoss

Carnival of Souls

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Made by industrial filmmakers on a modest budget, Carnival of Souls was intended to have the look of a ‘Bergman’ and feel of a ‘Cocteau,’ and succeeds

Carnival of Souls

13 Ghosts

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13 Ghosts (1960) by William Castle

The 1960 version of 13 Ghosts is a classic B-movie horror film by William Castle — it has little relationship to the 2001 remake,  Thir13en Ghosts, starring Tony Shalhoub. For one thing,  13 Ghosts is actually enjoyable to watch 🙂

Synopsis of  13 Ghosts

Reclusive occult expert Dr. Plato Zorba has died, leaving his furnished mansion to his penniless nephew Cyrus and his family — along with the ghosts that he’s managed to collect, who seemingly are out to kill someone in the house.

13 Ghosts

Dracula (1931)

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Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, directed by Tod Browning

Synopsis of Dracula

A truly great adaptation of the classic vampire novel.  Dracula is the story of the European vampire who comes to England to find fresh victims …  And stumbles across a young woman who reminds him of his long-lost love. This is actually based on the Broadway play, and not directly on the original novel by Bram Stoker.

Dracula (1931)

The Mad Ghoul

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The Mad Ghoul (1943) starring Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, David Bruce, George Zucco

The Mad Ghoul, frankly, is an above-average monster movie, starring some of the recognizable actors from the genre in the 1940’s.  In short, Dr. Alfred Morris (George Zucco) is a college professor and researcher, who has uncovered and recreated a poisonous gas first used by ancient Mayans, used to create “death in life” – robbing the victims of their own will, similar to the classic zombie movies of the 1930’s and 1940’s.  He hires a medical student named Ted Allison (David Bruce), since he needs his surgical skills for the grisly “cure” to the poison — a fresh heart is a crucial ingredient. The original experiment on a monkey seems successful — at first.

The Mad Ghoul

Village of the Damned

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Village of the Damned (1960) starring George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn

Synopsis of Village of the Damned

Village of the DamnedAt a quiet little village in England, something odd has happened — everyone in the village has fallen asleep. Everyone who enters, or flies over, also falls asleep. And afterward, every woman in the village of child-bearing age finds herself pregnant. All of the children born are blond, with strange eyes, who mature extremely rapidly. And they seem … unworldly.

Review of Village of the Damned

The Village of the Damned is a great many things – science fiction, cold war paranoia, a story of longing for family. But at its heart, it’s about people – like all great stories. And every time I watch it, my heart breaks for George Sanders.

Village of the Damned

The Thing That Couldn’t Die

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The Thing that Couldn’t Die (1958), starring Andra Martin, Carolyn Kearney, William Reynolds, Robin Hughes, Jeffrey Stone

In short,  The Thing That Couldn’t Die is a good example of a truly cheesy monster movie. My children and I enjoyed watching it last week on Svengoolie — primarily making fun of it as it was playing.  The acting was wooden, the makeup was mediocre, and it was so totally cheesy that it was completely enjoyable — but probably not in the way that the filmmakers intended.

The Thing That Couldn’t Die

Revolt of the Zombies

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Revolt of the Zombies (1936)

First, Revolt of the Zombies isn’t a “zombie” movie in the current sense.  There are no shambling undead.   There are, however, mentally enslaved people enthralled by the villain of the movie — who is not whom you think

Revolt of the Zombies

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) starring Jason Robards, Herbert Lom

My mother taught me that if I didn’t have anything nice to say, I shouldn’t say anything nice at all … so this review will be mercifully short.  Yes, the film is that bad. What’s wrong with it?

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
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