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.

ALICE, OR THE LAST ESCAPADE (1977, Anamorphic) Sylvia Kristel, Charles Vanel, Ferdinand Ledoux, Francois Perrot. A woman drives through the night on a lonely road.  After a breakdown, she seeks help from a strange man and his butler who reside in a nearby creepy mansion.  FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON (1976, Anamorphic) Florinda Balkon, Klaus Kinski, John Karlsen, Peter McEnery. An astronaut is purposely left on the moon as part of a bizarre experiment... 

THE AMAZING MR. X (1948) Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Richard Carlson, Cathy O'Donnell. A very underrated film.  Bari plays a woman is haunted by the spectre of her dead husband.  She follows what she thinks is his spirit onto a lonely beach on a moonlit night and runs into a handsome spiritualist. ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT (1947) Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O’Keefe, Henry Daniell. Two soldiers are captured by strange warriors and taken to the lost land of Atlantis.  It is ruled over by a beautiful but ruthless queen who surrounds herself with the mummies of past lovers... 

EXORCISM (1975) Paul Naschy, Maria Perschy, María Kosty, Mercedes Molina. A satanic cult is on the loose in the English countryside.  They stage a series of gruesome crimes that baffle the local authorities.  PLUS:  BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL (1974) Paul Naschy, Dianna Lorys, Maria Perschy, Eva Leon. Paul is an ex-convict who’s troubled by dreams of strangling women. He’s hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three bizarre sisters. Before long, a serial killer is...

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... 

CARRY ON SCREAMING (1966, Anamorphic Widescreen) Kenneth Williams, Fenella Fielding, Harry Corbett, Jim Dale. 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! PLUS: MONSTERS CRASH THE PAJAMA PARTY (1965) Vic McGee, James Raison, Dave Hewitt.  Teenage girls invade a 'haunted house' to find a mad doctor conducting weird experiments.  

TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD (1972, Anamorphic Widescreen) Caesar Burner, Lone Fleming, Joseph Thelman.  Members of a weird cult are blinded by crows and put to death for sacrificing women. SEVEN DEATHS IN THE CAT’S EYE (1972, Anamorphic) Jane Birkin, Hiram Kelly, Francoise Christophe, Anton Diffring.  A horrible beast is on the loose!  It slaughters people in a small, remote village in Scotland...

HORROR MANIACS (1948, aka THE GREED OF WILLIAM HART) Tod Slaughter, Henry Oscar, Jenny Lynn.  Tod's up to his maniacal tricks again in this grisly bodysnatching tale.  PLUS:  THE MONKEY’S PAW (1948) Milton Rosmer, Megs Jenkins, Michael Harvey. This engrossing British chiller is based on the classic horror tale by W.W. Jacobs. A man comes into possession of a withered, but magical paw of a dead monkey. From this paw he is bestowed three wishes...

THE CHASE (1946, United Artists) Robert Cummings, Peter Lorre, Steve Cochran, Michele Morgan. 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 overdressed psychos. PLUS:  SHOCK (1946, Fox) Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore. A woman goes into catatonic shock after seeing a brutal murder. When she comes to, she discovers her doctor is the killer!

SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS (1972, ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN) Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glass, Rossella Falk. A black-gloved killer is on the loose, leaving crescent moon medallions at the scene of his killings. PLUS:  HORROR EXPRESS (1972, ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN) Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Telly Savalis.  An ancient monster is found frozen in a glacier by Lee and his excavation team.  It’s being shipped back to civilization on board the Trans-Siberian express when it returns to life and...

FEAR NO MORE (1961) Mala Powers, Jacques Bergerac, John Harding.  Powers is the beautiful young ex-psychiatric patient who travels by train from L.A. to S.F.  She soon finds herself accused of murder when a corpst is found in her compartment. PLUS:  SHIP OF THE DEAD (1959) Horst Buckholz, Mario Adorf, Helmut Schmid.  A GREAT movie. A taut story of love, crime, hardship, hopelessness, and betrayal.  Buckholz is tops as a human castoff, in international limbo because of a lost passport.  

AN ANGEL FOR SATAN (1966, WIDESCREEN, English Subtitles) Barbara Steele, Anthony Steffen. Barb has a kind of dual role in this great horror film about a girl possessed by the spirit of a statue. Barbara's BEST performance. THE TRYGON FACTOR (1966, WIDESCREEN) Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, Robert Morley. This Edgar Wallace (though not credited) thriller features a sinister black-clad murderer in a scary mask...

THE 1000 EYES OF DR. MABUSE (1960, Anamorphic) Peter Van Eyck, Gert Frobe, Dawn Addams, Wolfgang Preiss, Werner Peters. Fritz Lang’s swan song with the fiendish Dr. Mabuse committing a series of murders in a posh hotel, which is filled with all kinds of strange scientific gadgets. THEY STOLE THE BOMB (1961) Eugenia Balaure, Haralambie Boros, Emil Botta, Horia Caciulescu, Florin Piersic.  This is perhaps the most offbeat sci-fi film ever made. It starts with a man accidentally walking into an atomic test area.  He is nabbed by a squad of men dressed like spacemen...

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...

ISLAND OF TERROR (1966, Full Widescreen) Edward Judd, Peter Cushing, Carole Gray, Eddie Byrne.  Things go terribly wrong in a research lab on an isolated British island and a new breed of bone-devouring monsters is created.  PLUS:  THE PROJECTED MAN (1966, Full Widescreen) Bryant Halliday, Mary Peach, Norman Wooland, Ronald Allen, Derek Farr. A reckless scientist decides to use himself as a guinea pig in his experiments...

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...

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...

NIGHT TIDE (1961) Dennis Hopper, Linda Lawson, Luana Anders.  An excellent low budget horror thriller similar to CARNIVAL OF SOULS.  A lonely sailor on leave becomes fascinated with a sideshow mermaid girl.  He faces a horrifying, growing awareness that she may actually be a real mermaid that habitually kills during the cycle of the full moon.  PLUS:  BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN (1963) Ed Perry, Andy Stewart.  Two nations race to have the first landing on Mars.  Some great outer space scenes with really hilarious-looking monsters doing battle against each other...