M (1951) David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Raymond Burr, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie.  A well-done remake of the ’31 Lorre classic.  A mad killer is murdering small kids (this time in L.A.). The cops are combing the underworld, looking for the maniac. MOTHER RILEY MEETS THE VAMPIRE (1951) Bela Lugosi, Arthur Lucan, Maria Mercedes, Dora Bryan. Although this was officially a “Mother Riley” film, the real star here is Bela, who brings to his part an intensity not seen since his early ‘30s films. Worth it for him alone. Bela plots to dominate the world with an army of robots.

HORROR OF BLACKWOOD CASTLE (1968) Heinz Drache, Karin Baal, Siegfried Schurenberg, Agnes Windeck. Baal inherits a mysterious old castle. She is pressured to sell the place, but refuses. That’s when bodies start

DOCTOR ORLOFF’S MONSTER 1964, aka SECRET OF DR. ORLOF) Jose Rubio, Perla Cristal. This is the second in the "Dr. Orlof" series about the good doctor and his latest monstrosity: a human robot that is

THE BLUE PANTHER (1965) Marie Laforet, Francisco Rabal, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Denner. A lady is traveling by train when a stranger entrusts her with an ornament shaped like a tiger with ruby eyes

DEATH SMILES ON A MURDERER (1972) Klaus Kinski, Ewa Aulin, Angela Bo, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart. A supernatural film about a crazed man who utilizes ancient Incan formulas to raise the dead for purposes of

BEATRICE CENCI (1969 Adrianne Larussa, Tomas Milian, Georges Wilson, Mavie. Beatrice Cenci is the daughter of a mentally twisted nobleman who keeps her locked up in the castle dungeon. He sexually

AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL (1964) Jose Marins, Nivaldo Lima, Valeria Vasquez. An engaging horror film about a maniacal gravedigger who is greatly feared by the local villagers. He murders a number

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

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...

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...

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

BLOOD DEMON (1967, Anamorphic) Christopher Lee, Lex Barker, Karin Dor, Carl Lange.  Barker sentences Lee, the evil Count Regula, to death for slaying 12 virgins.  Many years later, Lee returns from the dead to claim revenge on Barker’s son. THE HUNCHBACK OF SOHO (1968, Anamorphic) Gunther Stoll, Pinkas Braun, Monika Peitsch. Terrifying things are happening around the grounds of an old castle, within which is a boarding house for delinquent girls... 

BURKE AND HARE (1971) Harry Andrews, Yutte Stensgaard, Glyn Edwards, Kerry Nesbitt. This terrific body-snatching thriller is a grisly horror film, yet also a marvelous, sexy black comedy. The best Burke and Hare

For the first time in paperback, Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “Ice City of the Gorgon” is grand tale of science fiction and

Armchair Fiction presents extra large paperback editions of classic science fiction double novels. The first novel, “Worlds Without End” is an edge of your seat sci-fi thriller from one of the masters

CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA (1961) Anthony Carbone, Betsy Jones Morland, Edward Wain.  This is another of Roger Corman's horror comedies.  A fake sea monster, blamed for many deaths, turns out to be real.  Morland and Carbone are perfect in their roles (Betsy is as cute as a bug. PLUS:  DEVIL’S PARTNER (1958) Edwin Nelson, Edgar Buchannon, Jean Allison, Richard Crane.  A strange man comes to claim his inheritance in a small desert town and brings along with him satanic rites, evil spells and death!  He also has occasion to change himself into various wild animals when killing off his enemies...  

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

THE WASP WOMAN (1959) Susan Cabot, Michael Mark, Fred Eisley, directed by Roger Corman. Well done, low budget sci-fi. BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE (1959) Michael Forest, Sheila Carol, Frank Wolff. Gangsters hiding in a mountain cabin are killed off by a horrible