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Creature from the Haunted Sea ** (1961, Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Towne) – Classic Movie Review 3910

Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland and Robert Towne star in The Roger Corman Puerto Rico Trilogy: Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961), in which American crook Renzo Capetto (Carbone) decides to kill inept boat crew members and blame their deaths on […]

Jun, 26

Horror Express *** (1972, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, Alberto de Mendoza, Helga Liné, Silvia Tortosa ) – Classic Movie Review 3778

Director Eugenio [Gene] Martin’s Spanish-British 1972 thriller is an enjoyable express ride down the track of terror, in a tale jam packed with enough incidents for half a dozen regular horror films. Christopher Lee stars as […]

May, 28

Return of the Ape Man *** (1944, Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 3749

Director Philip Rosen’s 1944 Monogram studios horror movie is an entertaining follow-up to 1943’s The Ape Man, in which scientists Professor Dexter (Bela Lugosi) and Professor John Gilmore (John Carradine) go on an Arctic expedition and try to […]

May, 23

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein ** (Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates, Robert Burton, Gary Conway) – Classic Movie Review 3697

Whit Bissell returns as a different character in director Herbert L Strock’s pretty dreadful 1958 follow-up to I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), with the acting, writing and direction all over the place. This American International Pictures […]

May, 11

Jabberwocky **** (1977, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Harry H Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Deborah Fallender, Warren Mitchell, Rodney Bewes, Bernard Bresslaw, Gorden Kaye) – Classic Movie Review 3536

Co-writer/director Terry Gilliam’s delicious 1977 fantasy adventure comedy proves ideal material for him, with its playful nods to Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem Jabberwocky and a hint of Monty Python surreal lunacy. At the heart of its […]

Apr, 06

10 Cloverfield Lane **** (2016, John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr) – Movie Review

I do love a horror movie that delivers. I’ve been looking for one for ages and ages – and, finally, this is it! None of your, oh that dripping water might be scary, those woods […]

Mar, 14

Hotel Transylvania **** (2012, voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Adam Samberg) – Classic Movie Review 3437

Adam Sandler provides the voice of Dracula and Kevin James that of Frankenstein for director Genndy Tartakovsky’s delightful, lovingly crafted 2012 animated family comedy. It is set in the present day when Drac’s home is […]

Mar, 02

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