(1970, aka ORLOFF AGAINST THE INVISIBLE MAN, Upgraded 12/30/20) Howard Vernon, Brigitte Carva, Fernando Sancho, Isabel Del Rio. A young doctor is summoned to the castle of Dr. Orlof. There he encounters a deranged woman who claims to be terrorized by an invisible...

(1964, Upgraded 12/29/20) Hugo Blanco, Agnès Spaak, Perla Cristal, Magda MacDonald, Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui, José Rubio.  This is the second in the "Dr. Orlof" series about the good doctor and his latest monstrosity.  The storyline features a beautiful young woman who travels to the forlorn castle of her mysterious uncle.  The uncle is working on a decidedly sinister...

(1973) Arthur Hansel, Claudio Brook, Ellen Sherman, Martin LaSalle.  This is a very surreal movie with psychedelic opening and closing credits.  A reporter goes to a bizarre insane asylum in the middle of a haunted forest...

(1976) Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie Helene Breillat.  Lee, in his last screen performance as Dracula, is fantastic as he swings between serious moments of horror and outright comedy.  Dracula takes a mortal woman to bear his son.  After the son is born, the Count turns mom into a vampire.  However, when she can’t make it back to her coffin before sunrise, the Count finds himself stuck with raising the boy himself, which is not an easy task as the young vampire balks at putting the bite on people...  

(1953) Atif Kaptan, Annie Ball, Cahit Irgat, Ayfer Feray. This obscure Turkish horror film marked the first screen appearance of Dracula with actual fangs. The film pretty much follows the usual Stoker plotline.  The Harker character comes on business to Dracula’s castle.  Instead of going to London, the Count heads to Istanbul.  The opening castle scenes are quite well-done with gothic sets and nice atmosphere. 

DRACULA IN PAKISTAN (1967) Yasmeen Shaukat, Deeba Begum.  In this, Pakistan’s first horror film, Hammer’s Horror of Dracula was remade.  And even though there are many sequences that have nothing to do with its Hammer counterpart, there are many sequences that are obvious facsimiles...

(1972, aka DRACULA AGAINST FRANKENSTEIN) Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Paca Gabaldon, Alberto Dalbes, Directed by Jess Franco.  After another young girl is attacked, Dr. Seward sets out for Castle Dracula and stakes the Count (with the smallest hammer imaginable) once and for all.  Enter Dr. Frankenstein, who not only revives his own monster, but Dracula, too...

(1985) Sigurjona Sverrisdottir, Þorsteinn Hannesson.  A student lands a job as a night watchman in a big TV broadcasting studio, which is supposedly haunted.  The old watchman he’s replacing warns him about the ghost of a red-haired woman who is known to stalk the studio's corridors.  But when the new kid gets the makeup girl to make him up as a red-haired ghost (as sort of a joke) he finds out how seriously haunted the building really is...

INVASION OF THE BLOOD FARMERS (1974) Norman Kelley, Tanna Hunter, Bruce Detrick. Young women are brutally slain in an out-of-the-way valley.  Behind the crimes is a modern band of bloodthirsty druids seeking a rare blood type that will resurrect their queen in time for a ritualistic blood feast.  SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED (1974) Alan Brock, Jennifer Stock, Tawm Ellis.  What’s the dark, grisly secret of the murdering white yeti?  A group of college students finds out when they venture to a mysterious island...  

ASSIGNMENT TERROR (1969) Michael Rennie, Paul Naschy, Karin Dor.  Rennie’s an alien mad scientist whose mission is to revive Earth’s legendary monsters to assist him in an invasion.  PLUS:  MISSION STARDUST (1968) Lang Jeffries, John Karlsen, Essy Persson. A space hero, backed by a team of astronauts, heads to the moon to rescue a blonde alien babe who seeks the aid of a blood scientist to help save her dying race...

CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER (1959) John Merivale, Didi Sullivan, directed by Riccardo Freda. A large, living radioactive mass is found in a subterranean pool near Mayan ruins.  Plus: THE MANSTER (1959) Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton. The chilling tale of a reporter injected with a strange serum who slowly transforms into a horrible, two-headed monster

WITCH KILLER OF BLACKMOOR (1970) Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Maria Schell, Howard Vernon. Lee is superb as an evil judge who condemns citizens to be burned as witches. Vernon is terrific as his twisted

RETURN OF DR. MABUSE (1961) Lex Barker, Gerte Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss. Sequel to The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse. Frobe and Barker play detectives on the trail of Dr. Mabuse. A number of mysterious murders

WAR OF THE INSECTS (1966, aka GENOCIDE) Yusuke Kawazu, Emi Shindo, Kathy Moran. It’s man against bugs in this cool sci-fi shocker. A plane carrying an atomic bomb is attacked by a new strain of killer

DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS (1948) Maxwell Reed, Siobhan McKenna, Anne Crawford, Honor Blackman. McKenna is brilliant as an insane killer. She plays a servant girl forced into exile because of her strange