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DEMENTIA 13 (1963, Anamorphic Widescreen) William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee, Bart Patton.  A choice chiller set in an eerie mansion with ax murders a-plenty.  A scheming widow plans to snag her late husband’s inheritance, unaware that she is targeted by an axe-wielding killer... THE TERROR (1963, Anamorphic Widescreen) Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Jonathan Haze. Jack’s a wandering soldier who traces a ghostly lady to the castle of a mysterious baron played by Boris. Strange, supernatural things begin to happen...

SATAN’S TRIANGLE (1975) Kim Novak, Doug McClure, Alejandro Rey, Jim Davis.  McClure and his Coast Guard helicopter pal come upon a shipwreck in an area called “Devil’s Triangle.”  When McClure is lowered to the ship he finds corpses galore... INN OF THE DAMNED (1975, Anamorphic Widescreen Edition) Alex Cord, Dame Judith Anderson, Michael Craig, Joseph Furst, Tony Bonner.   At a sinister old inn, the elderly owners have a habit of bumping off their guests in grisly fashion...

GLADIATORS 7 (1962, Anamorphic Widescreen Edition) Richard Harrison, Loredana Nusciak, Gerard Tichy, Livio Lorenzon.  A gladiator epic with a dash of humor thrown in.  Framed for helping the escape of several gladiators... WAR GODS OF BABYLON (1962, Anamorphic Widescreen Edition) Howard Duff, Jocelyn Lane, Luciano Marin, Giancarlo Sbragia.  A powerful king and his naïve younger sibling clash over the affections of a gorgeous peasant woman...

INVISIBLE CREATURE (1960, Anamorphic Widescreen) Tony Wright, Patricia Dainton, Sandra Dorne, Sam Kydd, Derek Aylward.  Pretty Patricia Dainton inherits her aunt’s estate, which includes a valuable but haunted mansion... UNCLE WAS A VAMPIRE (1959, 35mm English Anamorphic Ed.) (1959) Christopher Lee, Renato Rascel, Susanne Loret. Lee comes to visit his nephew (Rascel) in the hopes of finding some new female blood...

PSYCHO CIRCUS (1966, Anamorphic Widescreen) Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands, Heinz Drache, Margaret Lee, Eddi Arent, Klaus Kinski.  A botched heist ends with one of the criminals shooting a police officer. The shooter is given the chance to give the boss his share... RAT FINK (1966. Anamorphic Widescreen) Schuyler Hayden, Hal Bokar, Warrene Ott, Judy Hughes.  A great film!  Hayden is a ruthless rock singer wannabe who takes what he wants, unafraid to stamp out anybody who gets in his way...

DAY OF THE NIGHTMARE (1965, Anamorphic Wides.) John Ireland, Beverly Bains, Cliff Fields, Elena Verdugo, John Hart. A real unsung psycho-horror gem.  A woman seemingly returns from the grave to take revenge upon her enemies... THE SEVENTH GRAVE (1965, Anamorphic) Stéphania Nelli, Bruna Baini, Nando Angelini, Armando Guarnieri.  A collection of heirs gather for the reading of Sir Robert Thorne's will in a forlorn Scottish castle, which is reportedly haunted and also the hiding place of a lost treasure...

A NIGHT OF THE DEVILS (1972, Anamorphic Widescreen) Gianni Garko, Agostina Belli, Roberto Maldera. This is a grim, superbly made Euro-horror film, much in flashback.  Garco’s car breaks down as he’s driving through the dark countryside. He seeks help from a strange family... SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT (1972 Anamorphic Widescreen) Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, John Carradine, Mary Woronov, Astrid Heeren. O’Neal inherits a mansion that was once a mental institution owned by his late grandfather...

INQUISITION (1976, Anamorphic Widescreen) Paul Naschy, Daniela Giordano, Juan Gallardo.  Paul is a 16th century witch hunting judge.  He falls in love with the daughter of a warlock whom he sentenced to death.  She makes a pact with Satan and soon Naschy finds... CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS (1976, Anamorphic Widescreen) Ronald Tanet, Maureen Ridley, Wayne Mack. A GI returning from war becomes a hermit.  He moves into a shack out in a swamp. Believing the GI has a hidden stash of money, thieves sneak into his shack and murder him...

FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS (1962, Anamorphic Widescreen) Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Julius Ongewe, Kurt Rackelman.   A space expedition is launched to the planet Venus.  There they find the planet and its former inhabitants completely destroyed by atomic war... THE AMPHIBIAN MAN (1962) Vladimir Korenev, Mikhail Kozakov, Anastasia Vertinskaya, Nikolai Simonov. Shoreline villages live in fear of a mysterious ocean creature known as "the sea devil," who terrorizes the coast.  It turns out that the creature is not only the product of man (and not of nature), but the result of...

MAN IN THE ATTIC (1953) Jack Palance, Constance Smith, Byron Palmer, Frances Bavier. The setting is London during the Jack the Ripper killing spree.  Palance plays a reserved research pathologist who takes up lodgings in a sitting room with a spooky attic room for his "experiments...”  THE BLACK RIDER (1954) Jimmy Hanley, Rona Anderson, Leslie Dwyer, Lionel Jeffries. This B-quickie has both sci-fi and horror elements.  Hanley is a fierce young reporter who tackles the story of a hooded black rider who is seen (on a motorcycle) near a crumbling castle on full moon nights.  Who is the rider and what is his strange purpose...

ASSIGNMENT OUTER SPACE (1962) Rick Von Nutter, Archie Savage. Pure sci-fi with excellent Cinematography. THE PHANTOM PLANET (1961) Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Dolores Faith, Anthony Dexter, Francis X. Bushman. An enjoyable, underrated sci-fi 'B' opus about an astronaut who's stranded on an invisible

BLOODY PIT OF HORROR (1965, Anamorphic Widescreen) 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, Anamorphic Widescreen) 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 KILLER SHREWS (1959) James Best, Ingrid Goulde, Gordon Mclendon, Ken Curtis. "The shrew devours everything…flesh, bones, marrow…everything.” THE GIANT GILA MONSTER (1959) Don Sullivan, Lisa Simone, Shug Fisher.

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...

THE GHOST (1963) Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin.  In this grand sequel to Horrible Dr. Hichcock.  Barbara is haunted by the ghost of her murdered husband.  Plus:  DEAD EYES OF LONDON (1961) Joachim Fuchsberger, Karen Baal, Klaus Kinski.  One of the best German Edgar Wallace horror films of the early '60s; a remake of Lugosi's The Human Monster 

DESTINATION SPACE (1959) Harry Townes, John Agar, Cecil Kellaway, Witney Blake. Townes and Agar are the chiefs of a giant space station spinning through the heavens. Plus:  TERROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN (1959) Robert Burton, Barbara Wilson, Stan Gester.  Scientists investigate the landing of an Alien spaceship in Lapland

THE DEVIL’S NIGHTMARE (1971) Erika Blanc, Jean Servais, Daniel Emilfork.  Tourists spend the night in a sinister castle.  Another guest arrives, a beautiful woman who’s really a succubus!  Plus:  LONG HAIR OF DEATH (1964) Barbara Steele, Robert Rains.  A woman under suspicion of witchcraft is burned alive.  Her curse brings her back from the dead

CASTLE OF FU MANCHU (1972) Christopher Lee, Maria Perschy, Richard Greene.  Fu Manchu has a super weapon that can freeze oceans—and ships. He plans to blackmail the world; his first big target is the Black Sea

GAMMERA THE INVINCIBLE (1966) Brian Donlevy, Albert Dekker, Diane Findlay.  A giant fire-breathing turtle-like dinosaur ravages Japan.  Plus:  LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964) Vincent Price, Franca Bettola, Emma Daniell.  A plague has killed off most of the earth's population and Price is the sole survivor

WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN (1970) Paul Naschy, Gaby Fuchs, Patty Shepard.  An ancient witch is revived.  She turns a girl into a vampire who then goes on a terror spree.  Plus:  CURSE OF THE DEVIL (1973) Paul Naschy, Fabiola Falcon.  Paul is turned into a snarling beast by a group of female devil worshippers

MESA OF LOST WOMEN (1952) Allan Nixon, Jackie Coogan.  A group of peoples being held captive by a moron with a gun, crash land on a desert mesa where a mad scientist is experimenting with giant spiders.  Plus:  CAT WOMEN OF THE MOON (1953)  Sonny Tufts, Marie Windsor, Victor Jory.  One of the granddaddies of ‘50s camp sci-fi

TEENAGE BAD GIRL (1957) Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms.  Anna just can't seem to 'straighten out' her delinquent daughter.  Her path eventually leads to crime, rebellion, death, and redemption.  Plus:  TEENAGE WOLFPACK (1957) Henry Bookholt, Karen Baal.  A tense, tough story of teenage gangs committing acts of robbery, violence, and murder

DEATH IS NIMBLE, DEATH IS QUICK  (1967) Tony Kendall, Brad Harris.  Tony and Brad protect a lady who’s a kidnap target in this thriller that features sci-fi, ancient temples, martial arts, big explosions, etc.  Plus:  SO DARLING, SO DEADLY (1967) Tony Kendall, Brad Harris.  The boys protect a scientist and his amazing power beam that can destroy targets 300 miles away

WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON (1973) Dean Stockwell, Biff McGuire, Jane House, Michael Dunn. An old fashioned, schlocky grade B werewolf movie! The President’s press secretary (Stockwell) is on a trip thro

HERCULES AND THE PRINCESS OF TROY (1965) Gordon Scott, Paul Stevens. One of the best spectacle films we offer—really. Scott is very good as Hercules in this wonderful color fantasy. A giant sea dra

SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER (1971) Jeffrey Chase, Jennifer Harvey, Agostino Belli. A hideously disfigured killer (who gets uglier every full moon) terrorizes a village. Meanwhile, a beautiful woman an

JOURNEY TO THE LOST CITY (1958) Debra Padget, Paul Christian, Walter Reyer, directed by Fritz Lang. BLACK SUNDAY (1960) Barbara Steele, John Richardson

THE MUMMY’S REVENGE (1973) Paul Naschy, Jack Taylor, Maria Silva, Helga Line. An evil pharaoh and his queen slash the throats of young girls and drink their blood. Plus: VENGEANCE OF THE ZOMBIES (1972) Paul Naschy, Vic Winner. This is one of the more graphic and brutal of the Paul Naschy films to come out of the ‘70s

BELL FROM HELL (1970) Viveca Lindfors, Renaud Verley. After being locked away for years, a man comes back to seek his bizarre revenge on his aunt and her three daughters.  MURDER MANSION (1972) Andre Resino, Analia Gade, Evelyn Stewart. A young couple, lost in the fog, stumble upon an eerie cemetery next to a sinister mansion

THIS REBEL BREED (1959 aka BLACK REBELS) Rita Moreno, Mark Damon, Gerald Mohr, Dyan Cannon. Blacks take on whites and whites take on Hispanics in this very entertaining teenage thriller.  THE REBEL SET (1959) Gregg Palmer, Edward Platt, Don Sullivan. Interesting beatnik film that shows the atmosphere and flavor of the late ‘50s beatnik clubs

STRANGE VENGEANCE OF ROSALIE (1973) WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON (1973)

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

MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN (1960) THE DANCE OF DEATH (1960)

JUDEX (1963) Channing Pollock, Edith Scob. THE BRAIN (1962) Peter Van Eyck, Bernard Lee

MARK OF THE DEVIL (1969) Herbert Lom, Udo Kier. GURU, THE MAD MONK (1970) Neil Flanagan, Jacqueline Webb

GOLIATH AND THE DRAGON (1960) Mark Forest, Broderick Crawford. FURY OF ACHILLES (1962) Gordon Mitchell

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

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

THE LORELEY’S GRASP (1972) Tony Kendall, Helga Line, Loretta Tovar. You’ve got a lovely woman who, at times, transforms into an ancient monster. This beast is a scary, snarling lizard-type monster that rips

HORROR HOTEL (1960) Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Valentine Dyall, Patricia Jessel. Classic horror as a witch lures victims into a New England village for blood sacrifices.   Plus: THE HEAD (1959) Horst Frank, Michel Simon, Paul Dahlke. A serum that keeps severed portions of the human body alive is used by a mad doctor on its own inventors decapitated head

I EAT YOUR SKIN (1964) William Joyce, Heather Hewitt, Dan Stapleton, Walter Coy. Pure, lovable, low-budget schlock. A playboy writer and his publisher fly to a mysterious Caribbean island where they

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

A SWINGIN’ SUMMER (1965) James Stacy, William Wellman, Jr., Raquel Welch, Quinn O’Hara. Welch’s first movie! A group of ambitious teens take over a resort and try to turn it into a “hot spot.” They

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

THE MIGHTY URSUS (1961) Ed Fury, Christina Gajoni, Mario Scaccia. Ursus learns that his fiancée, Attea, has been taken to an eerie island ruled by a evil pagan goddess. The strange tribe living there

S.O.S. PACIFIC (1959) Eddie Constantine, Richard Attenborough, Eva Bartok, Pier Angeli. Eddie’s BEST film. Eddie’s a tough sailor being flown to the mainland for trial. Also aboard is the snake who

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

LABYRINTH (1959) Nadja Tiller, Peter Van Eyck, Nicole Badal, Amedeo Nazarri, Hannah Wieder. Labyrinth is a bizarre, brilliant film about a group of mental misfits in an out-of-this-world sanatorium

THE NEXT VICTIM (1971) Considered a landmark giallo film. An ambassador's sleazy wife discovers that either her husband, her ex-lover, or her current lover might actually be a sadistic slasher who has

THE MONSTROUS DR. CRIMEN (1953) Jose Maria Linares-Rivas, Miroslava, Carlos Nivarro, Fernando Wagnerl.  A classic South-of-the-Border horror film.  PLUS:  DAUGHTER OF HORROR (1955) Adrienne Barrett, Bruno VeSota, Angelo Rossitto, Narr. by Ed McMahon. A bizarre film about a wandering girl who falls into a strange series of events

DARK PLACES (1973) Christopher Lee, Joan Collins, Herbert Lom, Robert Hardy.  Hardy plays the head of an asylum who has inherited an eerie old mansion from a deceased patient—a patient who murdered his wife and kids on the premises!  PLUS:  HANNAH, QUEEN OF THE VAMPIRES (1973) Andrew Prine, Patty Shepard, Mark Damon.  Prine and Damon are two archaeologists on a scientific dig when they discover a vampire cemetery with live blood-sucking monsters.

GIANT OF MARATHON (1960) Steve Reeves, Mylene Demonget, Ivo Garrani.  This classic epic was directed by Jacques Tourneur of Val Lewton fame.  Reeves plays a courageous Greek hero whose muscle-bound heroics are a source of deadly frustration for the invading Persians.  PLUS:  GIANTS OF THESSALY (1960) Roland Carey, Massimo Girotti, Ziva Rodann,  Luciano Marin. A fine retelling of the Jason and the Golden Fleece tale.

THE NUDE VAMPIRE (1969) Olivier Martin, Maurice Lemaitre, Caroline Cartier.  A beautiful vampire woman gets involved with a playboy whose father is experimenting with artificial youth.  PLUS:  DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN (1969) Michael Rennie, Paul Naschy, Karin Dor.  Rennie is an alien scientist whose race is set to invade Earth.  His mission is to revive Earth’s legendary monsters to assist him in the invasion.  His grisly lineup is amazing:  Frankenstein, Dracula, the Werewolf, and the Mummy. 

INVISIBLE MAN VS. THE HUMAN FLY (1957) Junko Kanoi. Ryuji Shinagawa, Shozo Southern, Ghastly murders are being committed.  The one similarity is that an odd buzzing sound is heard before each murder.  The killer is actually a man who shrinks to the size of a fly.  PLUS:  SPACEMEN OVER TOKYO (1956) Toyomi Karita, Keizo Kawasaki, Bin Yagisawa, Shozo Nanbu.  A spaceship full of starfish aliens visits Earth to warn of impending global destruction.  Aka Warning from Space.  

THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE (1967) Grant Williams, Henry Wilcoxon, Bobby Van, Mala Powers. A spaceship hurtles toward Venus.  Its crew is soon horrified as they see the Earth destroyed by a nuclear holocaust on their telescreen.  PLUS:  THE DESTRUCTORS (1967) Richad Egan, Patricia Owens, John Ericson, Michael Ansara.  Interesting sci-fi and espionage.  Spies are after "laser rubies," which can power killer laser beams.  

THE MANSTER (1959) Peter Dyneley, Tetsu Nakamura, Jane Hylton, Terri Zimmern. This was first released on DI Combo #2 many years ago along with Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus.  Sadly, we lost Dr. Faustus to the GATT copyright restoration.  But we always felt The Manster should have another DI partner, so here it is, the chilling tale of a reporter injected with a strange serum by a mad scientist.  PLUS:  THE SCREAMING SKULL (1958) John Hudson, Peggy Webber.  It's another great AIP horror film about a woman who is terrorized by the vision of her husband's first wife's skull.  

PEOPLE WHO OWN THE DARK (1976) Paul Naschy, Alberto deMendoza, Teresa Gimpera, Maria Perschy.  A Leon Klimovsky apocalyptic sci-fi thriller about a group of capitalists and military men who hold a seedy party in an old castle when nuclear war breaks out.  PLUS:  HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (1976) Francesco Marciano, Lino Capulacchio, Gianni Cavina. An art restorer comes to a village to restore a fresco painted by a strange artist. He soon senses a creepiness to the villagers—as though they are hiding something.  In Italian with English subtitles.

TERROR CIRCUS (1974) Andrew Prine, Manuela Thiess, Sherry Alberoni.  Prine is a twisted psycho who captures girls and terrorizes them in his barn.  They are his animal act and he is the ringmaster, whipping and torturing them with zeal.  There’s a cool, gross-looking monster in a shed.  PLUS:  THE SEVERED ARM (1973, R-Rated, 91 min.) Deborah Walley, Paul Carr, Marvin Kaplan.  Six stranded climbers amputate and eat the arm of one of their group.  Years later, the other group members begin to meet horrible violent deaths.  

THE STRANGER (1973) Glenn Corbett, Cameron Mitchell, Lew Ayres, Sharon Acker, Dean Jagger.  After a mishap in space Corbett finds himself in a strange hospital where no one can give him any answers.  PLUS  CROWHAVEN FARM (1970) Hope Lange, Paul Burke, John Carradine, Lloyd Bochner. Lange and hubby inherit a strange old farm.  She soon sees visions of ancient settlers doing weird things with rocks and wooden doors...

DEFEAT OF HANNIBAL (1937/1960) Annibale Ninchi, Camillo Pilotto, Fosco Giachetti, Francesca Braggiotti.  A sprawling epic about the Carthage-Roman war. Lots of cool sword & sandal intrigue with big, awesome, battle scenes.  PLUS:  HERCULES AGAIN MACISTE IN THE VALE OF WOE (1961) Kirk Morris, Frank Gordon, Bice Valori, Liana Orfei.  In this wacky sword and sandal movie, a couple of boxing promoters use a time machine to travel back to ancient times...

GARDEN OF THE DEAD (1972) Phil Kenneally, Duncan McLeod.  Chain gang convicts make the mistake of sniffing a new, experimental formaldehyde to get high.  They then try to escape and are shot dead by the guards.  After they're buried, they crawl out of their graves to seek a bloodthirsty revenge.  PLUS:  ENTER THE DEVIL (1972) Irene Kelly, Josh Bryant.  People are disappearing in the desert near the Texas border.  A brave (and beautiful) occult expert comes to a lonely town and finds a Penitentes-style devil-cult...

RIP VAN WYK (1960) Jamie Uys, Wynona Cheyney.  This movie is actually a time travel movie. Set in 1859, Uys meets a mysterious man who feeds him a potion causing him to fall asleep and hurtle 100 years through time.  He awakens, un-aged, in 1959—a strange, unfamiliar, modern world.  PLUS:  THE DAY THE SKY EXPLODED (1958) Paul Hubschmid, Ivo Garrani. A rocket lifts off for the moon. The rocket (containing lots of atomic matter) smashes into an asteroid, which in turn shatters into an avalanche of deadly rocks and space debris...

RETURN OF THE WITCH (1952) Mirja Mane, Toivo Makela. An ancient witch’s body is unearthed. A stake is pulled from her rotted corpse.  Soon a beautiful naked girl is found in the witch’s grave.  Villagers are sure it’s the witch returned to life.  PLUS:  GEISHA GIRL (1952) William Andrews, Martha Hyer, Archer MacDonald.  A mad scientist develops explosive pills more powerful than A-bombs!  He shocks the world by vaporizing a Pacific island!  Plans of world conquest are thwarted though, when the pills fall into the hands of two wacky GIs...

LEGEND OF HORROR (1972) Williams Bates, Karin Field, Fawn Silver. When Legend of Horror came out in 1972, it incorporated a 1960 South American version of “The Telltale Heart” along with about forty minutes of new footage with American actors, expanding the original Poe story significantly.  There’s one cool scene with zombies in a graveyard!  PLUS:  THE DRACULA SAGA (1972) Tina Sainz, Tony Isbert.  The last heir to the Draculas (who is pregnant) arrives at the castle of the infamous Count.  Soon her husband is having flings with the Count’s “brides!” This movie has lots of sharp teeth and flowing blood...

A SWINGIN’ AFFAIR (1963, aka REBEL IN THE RING) Bill Wellman, Jr., Arline Judge.  Wellman’s a kid from the poor side of town and a part-time boxer who’s a pledge at a snobby college fraternity.  He makes his money beating up his foes in the ring.  He lives in fear, though, of his fraternity pals finding out about his humble beginnings and his shady profession.  PLUS:  MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN (1964) Chuck Scott, Jeffrey Allen, directed by H.G. Lewis.  A pretty amazing movie.  Not much of a plot really, just lots of hootin’ and hollerin’, feuds, stills, singing, and gory murders...

HYPNOSIS (1962, aka DUMMY OF DEATH) Jean Sorel, Heinz Drache, Gotz George.  A hypnotist is murdered in his dressing room!  His ventriloquist dummy seemingly watches the crime being committed. A boxer and part-time delivery boy is blamed for the crime.  Soon another murder occurs!  Was the killer human…or was it the dummy?  PLUS:  STRANGLER OF BLACKMOOR CASTLE (1963) Karin Dor, Ingmar Zeisberg.  A hooded maniac is loose and he’s murdering numerous people inside a dark, dank, creepy old English castle.  A cool Edgar Wallace chiller...

BLACK DICE (1951) Jack LaRue, Linden Travers, Lili Molnar, Hugh McDermott. Travers is a society dame who is kidnapped by two small-time thugs. LaRue gives the best portrayal of his life as a bigtime gangster who owns the Black Dice Club, a classy spot filled with rich suckers, showgirls, and illicit types. PLUS:  NIGHTBEAT (1947) Ronald Howard, Maxwell Reed, Anne Crawford.  In this superb film noir gem, Ross and Howard play young men who join the police force.  Ross succeeds; Howard fails.  Howard ends up on the wrong side of the law when he falls in with a shady nightclub owner, brilliantly played by Reed...

CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE (1976—Full Widescreen, 35mm) Jack Elam, Dub Taylor, Dennis Fimple, John David Carson.  One of the best drive-in horror movies of the ‘70s.  Plus:  DEVIL KISS (1975, Full Widescreen) Silvia Solar, Olivier Othot, Jose Nieto, Evelyne Scott.  A great Euro-horror thriller about a psychic countess and mad scientist...