(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 and begins conducting medieval tortures on them... 

(1959) John Merivale, Didi Sullivan, Gerard Herter, Gay Pearl, directed by Riccardo Freda. A living, man-devouring radioactive mass is discovered in a subterranean pool near ancient Mayan ruins...

(1973, aka IT HAPPENED AT NIGHTMARE INN) Judy Geeson, Aurora Bautista, Esperanza Roy, Victor Alcazar, Lone Flemming.  R-Rated 87 minute version.  A grisly film in which murder victims are hidden in large container of cooking wine...

(1966, WIDESCREEN) Kenneth Williams, Fenella Fielding, Harry Corbett, Jim Dale, Angela Douglas. This is a fine British horror comedy much in the same vein as The Addams Family and The Munsters. The evil Dr Watt is abducting young ladies and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for Dr Watt, a clueless detective from Scotland Yard is put on the case...print.

(1964) Barbara Steele, George Riviere, Margrete Robsahm, Arturo Dominici, Silvano Tranquilli. An excellent horror film about a writer who accepts a bet that he'll be alive in the morning after spending the night in a haunted castle. Top notch, supernatural horror as Barbara...

(1964) Christopher Lee, Philippe Leroy, Gaia Germani, Donald Sutherland, Mirko Valentin. A troupe of entertainers finds themselves in peril as guests in Lee's mysterious old castle. This top-notch euro-horror film was also Sutherland's first film...

(1946, United Artists) Robert Cummings, Peter Lorre, Steve Cochran, Michele Morgan, Jack Holt, Lloyd Corrigan. A minor film classic!  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 a couple of overdressed psychos. The horrific scene with Lloyd Corrigan will...

(1938) Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Gustav Von Seyferrtitz.  This Grand National quickie moves along at a brisk pace and although it has an engaging plot, the detail given to the whole aspect of wartime code-breaking gives it some extra appeal.  The plot concerns Ames’ efforts at cracking a spy ring in Washington.  Things get messy when...

(1955) Paul Meurisse, Pedro Armendariz, Folco Lulli, Fernand Ledoux, Leopoldo Frances.  This is a filmed adaptation of an adventure from the 1930s.  The story involves an escaped prisoner from a Middle East conflict who sneaks onto a French craft loaded with weapons for sale. Mucho action and adventure follows, including a great storm sequence...

(1966) Elizabeth Shepherd, John Sharp, Gary Cockrell, Alan Curtis, William Maxwell.  This is a two-disc set of the short-lived Brit TV series, a total of four episodes.  Shepard plays an international villainess who continually thwarts the efforts of a heavy-set inspector and his two assistants (named Blood and Hound).  These episodes are filled with espionage, intrigue, and a whole lot of...

(1972) 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 necks...

(1966) George Ardisson, Pascale Audret, Christa Linder, Luciana Angiolillo, Patrick Bernhard.  A Private Detective is hired by a rich oil baron to find his kidnapped Daughter.  The suspects are a smuggling ring in Caracas. When he goes there, he teams up with a British narcotics agent and his gorgeous female partner.  After many encounters with gangsters and even being framed for murder, the detective locates the missing girl, only to find...

(1973) Paul Naschy, Fabiola Falcon, Vidal Molina, Elsa Zabala. In this, Paul's seventh lycanthropic opus, he's turned into a snarling beast by a group of female devil worshippers who are descendants of an ancient witch who was...

Armchair Fiction presents classic science fiction double novels with original illustrations.   “Dark Invasion” by Frederic Kummer is an intrigue-laced tale of an impending invasion.  The second novel, “Mystery Moon,” is by one of the most beloved science fiction authors of the 20th century, Edmond Hamilton.  What was the dreaded secret of Saturn’s moon?  Saturn’s moon, Rhea, was filled...

(1971) Delphine Seyrig, John Karlan, Danielle Quimet, Andrea Rau. An excellent piece of lesbian vampire erotica. A 16th century European countess, who bathed in the blood of virgins, comes to life in modern times. She and her lesbian vampire lover stay at a posh European hotel where they...

(1967) Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco.  One of the hippest, most stylish films of the ‘60s—no exaggeration.  Jean-Louis finds the corpse of a blackmailing nightclub manager in his office—blood on the floor.  In the room is Ewa, who claims innocence, even though her deceased father was the blackmail victim.  Together they go...

(1964) Wolfgang Preiss, Peter Van Eyck, Yvonne Furneaux, Toko Yani. The maniacal Dr. Mabuse threatens the world with a death ray. Van Eyck plays a suave espionage agent.  Plays a lot like...

(1960) Miyuki Takakura, Tatsuo Terashima, Yôichi Numata.  A wealthy businessman tries to orchestrate a marriage between his elder daughter and a young up-and-comer who he sees as a good candidate to someday to take over his business.  What dad doesn’t know, though, is that his daughter not only loves another man, but she’s also pregnant with child! When daddy ends up dead...