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The Black Sleep *** (1956, Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, Akim Tamiroff) – Classic Movie Review 4549

‘Horror beyond belief rising from the depths of a black hell!’ Ah, yes, excellent! But, wait, there’s more: ‘A horror horde of monster mutants walk the Earth!’ Horror icons Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr, John […]

Oct, 27

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams *** (2002, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Steve Buscemi, Ricardo Montalban, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Mike Judge, Bill Paxton) – Classic Movie Review 4205

Young Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara return as plucky sibling spies Carmen and Juni Cortez, in writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s brilliantly fast-paced 2002 adventure that is very nearly as dazzling as his 2001 original Spy Kids. This time Carmen […]

Aug, 20

Help! ***** (1965, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron, Victor Spinetti, Roy Kinnear) – Classic Movie Review 3951

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Immediately following up his hit A Hard Day’s Night (1963), director Richard Lester again captures much of the Beatles’ charisma and works on exploring something of what makes them tick in this funny, freewheeling, fanciful musical […]

Jun, 30

The Devil Bat ** (1940, Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren, Dave O’Brien, Guy Usher) – Classic Movie Review 3735

Director Jean Yarbrough’s 1940 horror movie has the right star in horror icon Bela Lugosi, who does his over-ripe batty doctor act yet again as avenging scientist Dr Paul Carruthers, understandably bitter after being betrayed by […]

May, 22

The Corpse Vanishes [The Case of the Missing Brides] **½ (1942, Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin) – Classic Movie Review 3734

Director Wallace Fox’s amusing 1942 horror movie stars Bela Lugosi as a crazed botanist called Dr George Lorenz, who kidnaps brides to revive his 80-year-old countess wife (Elizabeth Russell) to her former youthful and healthy state. With […]

May, 22

Creature with the Atom Brain ** (1955, Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S John Launer, Gregory Gaye, Michael Granger) – Classic Movie Review 3728

Richard Denning stars as police doctor Chet Walker, who uncovers atomic-powered zombies, in the jaw-droppingly bizarre 1955 crime, sci-fi horror film Creature with the Atom Brain.  Richard Denning stars as police doctor Dr Chet Walker, […]

May, 21

The Unearthly * (1957, John Carradine, Allison Hayes, Myron Healey, Sally Todd, Marilyn Buferd, Tor Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 3660

John Carradine is typecast yet again in one of his long gallery of mad doctor scientists in director Brooke L Peters [aka Boris Petroff]’s plodding and very silly 1957 Sci-Fi chiller. It says much that […]

May, 04

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