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...

(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.

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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.  

(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...  

(1931, Tiffany, upgraded 11/25/23) Warner Oland, Lloyd Hughes, June Collyer, Clara Blandick, Hale Hamilton, Wallace MacDonald, Mischa Auer, Ernest Hilliard. A forgotten minor classic! Oland gives it his all as a mad doctor hellbent on revenge against the family that caused his daughter's death.  There are some great scenes in this film that show...

(1976) Bernard Horsfall, Clive Swift, Glyn Houston, Thorley Walters, Simon Oates.  This is a great British made-for-TV feature.  A has-been actor lowers himself to playing a monster in a horror movie.  The monster is known as “the Dummy” and the costume is ridiculous.  However, when the man who stole the actor’s wife shows up on set, the actor starts believing he really is a terrifying monster... 

(1962, Upgraded 12/1/21) Russ Harvey, Helen Morgan, William McNulty, Michele Buquor, Eunice Grey. Shipwrecked on a lost island, Harvey soon finds himself in a mysterious castle and the captive of an evil count, who lives there with his lunatic family. Great climax features the hero and the heroine coming upon a grisly...

(1976) Elizabeth Sellars, Anthony Bate, Colin Bell, Norman Mitchell, written by Nigel Kneale.  A well-made, gritty killer rats chiller!  A suburban couple hears scurryings underneath their floorboards. The wife thinks its rats; the husband scoffs at the idea. Soon the radio reports that instances of a massive...

(1974, aka THE SEXORCIST) Stella Carnacina, Chris Avram, Lucretia Lovei. An art student purchases an ancient wooden crucifixion statue. In a shocking scene, it comes to life and rapes her. She later fin

(1919) Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber, Reinhold Schunzel, Hugo Doblin. This is a quintet of five different chilling tales. In the dark hours after an old bookshop closes, the portraits of the Devil, a S

(1966) Maureen Brown, Gin Mart, Luciano Gasper, Anita todesco. One of the most sought after Italian horror films. A horrible fiend is on the loose under the streets of venice. He pulls beautiful girls down i