THE CHASE (1946, United Artists) Robert Cummings, Peter Lorre, Steve Cochran, Michele Morgan. Intriguing story of an ex-G.I. who, by the simple act of returning a lost wallet, finds himself mixed up with hardened criminals. Cochran and Lorre give terrific low-key performances as overdressed psychos. PLUS:  SHOCK (1946, Fox) Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore. A woman goes into catatonic shock after seeing a brutal murder. When she comes to, she discovers her doctor is the killer!

(Upgraded 5/24/24)THE INCREDIBLE PETRIFIED WORLD (1957, Anamorphic) John Carradine, Robert Clarke, Phyllis Coates.  No classic, but this is probably director Jerry Warren's best film.  The survivors of a wrecked diving bell face perils in a strange, underground world.  TEENAGE ZOMBIES (1957, Anamorphic) Don Sullivan, Katherine Victor.  Thrill-seeking teenagers take a boat ride out to a strange island.  To their horror, they’re captured by a lady mad doctor who uses nerve gas to turn a people into mindless slaves...  

WHAT! (1963) Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall, Daliah Lavi, Harriet White, directed by Mario Bava.  The setting is a sinister castle.  Lee is a sadistic noble who whips the wife of his brother.  Chris is later found dead, but his ghost comes back to haunt the castle.  PLUS:  TERROR IN THE CRYPT (1963) Christopher Lee, Ursula Davis, Jose Campos.  Lee is Count Karnstein, living with his daughter in a crumbling castle.  Decades earlier, a witch put a death curse on their family.  

THE EMBALMER (1966) Maureen Brown, Gin Mart, Luciano Gasper, Anita Todesco.  A horrible fiend is on the loose under the streets of Venice.  He pulls beautiful girls down into murky canals that catacomb the sewers of the ancient Italian city.  PLUS:  THE SHE BEAST (1966) Barbara Steele, Ian Ogilvy, John Karlson, Mel Welles, directed by Michael Reeves.  Villagers hunt down and drown an 18th century witch.  Centuries later, Barb and her hubby vacation in the area.  Their car crashes into the lake at the very spot that the witch was killed...

THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1959) Herb Evers, Virginia Leith, Leslie Daniels, Marilyn Hanold. UNCUT! Ludicrous sleazy schlock at its absolute best. A severed head, a mad scientist, a gross looking monster, two battling strippers... Plus: JACK THE RIPPER (1959) Lee Paterson, Eddie Byrne, Ewen Solon. “Jack” commits a series of gruesome slayings

HANDS OF ORLAC (1960) Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, Donald Wolfit, Dany Carrel.  An outstanding remake of “Mad Love” with Ferrer as the tortured pianist with the transplanted hands of a criminal.  THE TELL-TALE HEART (1960) Lawrence Payne, Dermot Walsh, Selma Vaz Dias, John Scott.  A very unusual and very entertaining adaptation of the classic Poe story.  A shy loner discovers the girl he loves in the arms of his best friend.  Murder and horror follow in dramatic fashion...

BLOODY PIT OF HORROR (1965) Mickey Hargitay, Walter Brandi, Louisa Baratto, Ralph Zucker, Rita Klein.  A photographer and his gorgeous models find a seemingly deserted castle for a photo-shoot.  However, it’s inhabited by a lunatic who traps the girls in the dungeon... TERROR CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE (1965) Barbara Steele, Walter Brandi, Richard Garret, Marilyn Mitchell. A man is murdered by his wife and associates. He vows to return from the grave for revenge...

THE SADIST (1963) Arch Hall, Jr., Helen Hovey, Richard Alden, Marilyn Manning. One of the best low budget, psycho-horror movies ever made.Plus: PSYCHOMANIA (1963 aka VIOLENT MIDNIGHT) Lee Philips, James Farentino, Dick Van Patten. Ax murders galore in this terrific film about a mad killer loose in a small New England town

WEREWOLF IN A GIRLS’ DORMITORY (1963) Barbara Lass, Carl Schell, Curt Lowens, Luciano Pigozzi.  A creepy, gothic tale about a snarling werewolf on the prowl in and around at a girls’ reform school.  Suspicion falls upon a new teacher after a horrible, animal-like slaying takes place.  Is he really the murdering, supernatural beast? PLUS: THE MAD EXECUTIONERS (1963) Hansjorg Felmy, Wolfgang Preiss, Chris Howland, Maria Perschy.  A secret society seems to be bumping off a large number of notorious criminals.  There's also a mad scientist who decapitates his victims and tries to keep their heads alive...

(Upgraded 5/24/24) THE WASP WOMAN (1959, Anamorphic) Susan Cabot, Michael Mark, Fred Eisley, directed by Roger Corman. Extremely well done, low budget drive-in sci-fi. Plus:  BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE (1959, Anamorphic) Michael Forest, Sheila Carol, Frank Wolff. Gangsters hiding in a mountain cabin are being killed off by a horrible monster that lives in a nearby cave.

THE TERROR OF DR. HICHCOCK (1962) Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Montgomery Glenn.  This is one of the best Italian horror films of the ‘60's. Wonderfully atmospheric with a great music score.  Barbara's the wife of a demented physician who’s haunted by the spectre of his first wife... THE AWFUL DR. ORLOFF (1962) Howard Vernon, Conrado San Martin, Perla Cristal, Diana Lorys. Considered by many to be director Jesse Franco's best film. A mad doctor stalks the foggy back-streets in search of young girls whom he kidnaps and murders...

KILL BABY KILL (1966) Erica Blanc, Max Lawrence, Fabienne Dali, directed by Mario Bava.  The ghost of a young girl takes revenge on the villagers who caused her death.  Swirling mists, cobwebbed rooms, black cats, shadowy figures…it’s an incredible film that you really don't want to miss.  PLUS:  FANGS OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) Anita Eckberg, Julian Ugarte, John Hamilton, Adrianna Ambesi. Anita inherits a castle but finds it infested with vampires!    

TORMENTED (1960) Richard Carlson, Julia Redding, Lugene Sanders.  Carlson plays a husband-to-be who's haunted by the ghost of his large breasted ex-girlfriend whom he allowed to fall to her death from atop a lighthouse.  PLUS:  HANDS OF A STRANGER (1962) James Stapleton, Paul Lukather, Joan Harvey.  A dead murderer's hands are grafted to a pianist who has lost his own hands in an accident...

(Upgraded 5/27/24) ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959, Anamorphic) Yvette Vickers, Ken Clarke, Bruno VeSota, Michael Emmet. A top-of-the-line drive-in classic. A BUCKET OF BLOOD (1959, Anamorphic) Dick Miller, Barbara Morris, Antony Carbone, Ed Nelson, Judy Bamber. A truly great “cult” film.

NIGHT TIDE (1961) Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Luana Anders.  An excellent low budget horror thriller similar to CARNIVAL OF SOULS.  A lonely sailor on leave becomes fascinated with a sideshow mermaid girl.  He faces a horrifying, growing awareness that she may actually be a real mermaid that habitually kills during the cycle of the full moon.  PLUS:  BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN (1963) Ed Perry, Andy Stewart.  Two nations race to have the first landing on Mars.  Some great outer space scenes with really hilarious-looking monsters doing battle against each other...

COUNT DRACULA’S GREAT LOVE (1973, Anamorphic Widescreen) Paul Naschy, Vic Winner, Rossana Yanni, Haydee Politoff, Ingrid Garbo.  Four beautiful female travelers unknowingly take shelter Dracula's castle. Look out for the fangs!  The count is soon plunging his teeth into...  THE VAMPIRES’ NIGHT ORGY (1973, Anamorphic Widescreen) Jack Taylor, Dyanik Zurakowska, José Guardiola, Helga Line. An interesting Spanish horror film about a bus load of tourists who visit a small European town totally inhabited by vampires.  There's an abundance of bare fangs and blood-sucking...

(Upgraded 5/21/24) CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961, Anamorphic) Anthony Carbone, Betsy Jones Morland, Edward Wain.  Another of Roger Corman's horror comedies.  A fake sea monster, blamed for many deaths, turns out to be real.   PLUS:  DEVIL’S PARTNER (1958, Anamorphic) Edwin Nelson, Edgar Buchannon, Jean Allison, Richard Crane.  A strange man comes to a small desert town and brings along satanic rites, evil spells and death!  

CASTLE OF BLOOD (1964) Barbara Steele, George Riviere, directed by Antonio Margheriti. An excellent horror film about a writer who spends the night in a sinister castle.  Plus: HERCULES IN THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1961, aka HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD) Reg Park, Christopher Lee, directed by Mario Bava. Classic fantasy. Hercules searches Hades for a magic stone