THE MURDER CLINIC (1966, WIDESCREEN) Williams Berger, Barbara Wilson, Mary Young. Dr. Vance owns a clinic for the mentally ill located in a gloomy forest.  Unfortunately, there’s a hooded killer on the grounds, slashing people to death with a straight razor. PLUS:  THE DEVIL’S MISTRESS (1966) Joan Stapleton, Robert Gregory, Wes Morland.  An Old West horror film about a female vampire who has a passion for unsuspecting cowboys and soon takes revenge on the four thugs who murdered her husband in cold blood...

MINOTAUR, WILD BEAST OF CRETE (1960, WIDESCREEN) Bob Mathias, Rosanna Schiaffino, Alberto Lupo.  King Minos sacrifices the “required” number of virgins to the monstrous Minotaur.  But as his wife is dying, she confesses that their daughter has a twin hidden away to avoid giving her to the Minotaur.  PLUS:  A LUST FOR DYING (1960, WIDESCREEN) Annette Stroyberg, Elsa Martinelli, Mel Ferrer. This retelling of Lefanu’s classic vampire tale, Carmilla, is a good one.  Carmilla’s obsession with her friend’s engagement leads her into the darkness of a female vampire’s tomb...

THE MAGIC SERPENT (1966, WIDESCREEN) Hiroki Matsukata, Tomoko Ogawa, Ryutaro Otomo.  In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by a treacherous lord and his sorcerer.  Years later, an epic battle ensues between the prince and the sorcerer.  PLUS:  THE WITCH (1966) Richard Johnson, Rossanna Schiaffino, Sarah Ferrati.  A young historian is brought to a magnificent palatial estate to assemble the largely erotic memoirs of a deceased general.  There he falls in love with a beautiful witch... 

STAR ODYSSEY (1977) Sharon Baker, Chris Avran.  An alien mastermind has picked Earth for annihilation.  Earth sends a fleet of starships to fight against the super robots from this far-off galaxy.  Lots of pitched space battles with plenty of action.  PLUS:  PLANET OF DINOSAURS (1977) Harvey Shain, Mary Aplleseth, Max Thayer, Derna Wylde. A lost spaceship lands on a mysterious planet filled with rampaging prehistoric monsters.  The crew members have to stave off these giant lizards until they are rescued...

HOT MONEY GIRL (1959) Eddie Constantine, Christopher Lee, Dawn Addams.  Constantine and Addams hatch a plot to recover a parcel of priceless jewels from behind the iron curtain.  Their quest takes them to an old convent that’s now a German police barracks. Lots of tense moments as they break through security lines. PLUS:  THE UNSTOPPABLE MAN (1960) Cameron Mitchell, Marious Goring, Harry Corbett.  Mitchell is a tycoon whose son is kidnapped.  There’s a huge ransom demand and the cops tell Mitchell to let them handle it.  Mitchell, though, takes matters into his own hands.  There’s a bit of sci-fi as Mitchell defends himself with a futuristic, hand-held flame projector...

THE HEADLESS EYES (1971) Bo Brundin, Ramon Gordon, Kelly Swartz.  A down-on-his luck artist gets more than he bargained for in a failed robbery attempt—an eye gouged out with a spoon!  With his eye hanging out and dangling by the nerve, he screams into the night!  He then goes nuts and turns to killing women and cutting their eyes out.  PLUS:  THE GHASTLY ONES (1968) Veronica Radburn, Maggie Rogers, Hal Borske, directed by Andy Milligan.  Three couples spend the night in a creepy Victorian house in order to claim their inheritance.  Before long, they start dying horribly at the hand of a knife-and-pitchfork-wielding psycho who wants their inheritance...

DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS (1948) Maxwell Reed, Siobhan McKenna, Anne Crawford, Honor Blackman.  McKenna is brilliant as an insane killer.  Reed is a carnival boxer who falls under her spell and ends up hideously scarred from her jagged fingernails.  Soon, young men turn up slain.  PLUS:  THE MONKEY’S PAW (1948) Milton Rosmer, Megs Jenkins, Michael Harvey, Eric Micklewood.  A man obtains a dead monkey’s magical paw.  He is bestowed three wishes. His first wish is to be debt-free.  The wish is granted, but the price is his son’s life.  The next wish is for the son to be returned to life—but the price is truly horrible...

ALIAS JOHN PRESTON (1956) Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Alexander Knox.  Lee, tormented by bizarre, murderous dreams about a woman from his past, eventually transforms into a Jekyll and Hyde type with an urge to kill.  Knox is the psychological counsellor who tries who suspects something's amiss.  PLUS:  FRIGHT (1956) Eric Fleming, Nancy Malone, Dean Almquist.  This eerie film had a most unusual premise: a lady thinks she’s the reincarnation of an ancient prince’s elicit lover.  At the same time, a killer turns out to be the reincarnation of the prince!  Fleming Is the who tries to figure it all out—and solve some murders to boot!  

DRACULA AND SON (1976, WIDSCREEN) Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie Helene Breillat.  Dracula takes a mortal woman to bear his son. WEREWOLF WOMAN (1976, WIDESCREEN) Annik Borel, Howard Ross, Dagmar Lassander.  A beautiful woman has dreams of becoming a werewolf.  Soon after, she begins having sex with different guys before she rips them to shreds... 

ISLAND OF THE FISHMEN (1979, WIDESCREEN) Claudio Cassinelli, Richard Johnson, Barbara Bach. A prisoner ship sinks in the Caribbean.  The ship’s doctor and a number of prisoners make shore on a jungle island where a madman—with the aid of a mad scientist—changes natives into fish-like monsters. VAMPIRE HOOKERS (1979, WIDESCREEN) John Carradine, Bruce Fairbaim, Trey Wilson, Karen Stride.  Carradine plays an old-age vampire who has a bevy of vampire beauties at his beck and call...

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...

STAR FORCE (1979) narrated by Sidney Paul.  If you’re a UFO docu-film fan, this is as rare as it gets.  Star Force (not on IMDB) takes you on an extrraordinary excursion through a myriad of strange illustrations, incredible film clips, and eye-popping photos, . THE HUMANOID (1979) Richard Kiel, Barbara Bach, Arthur Kennedy, Massimo Serrato. The ruthless Graal (ala Darth Vader) plots Earth’s conquest.  He enlists a mad scientist who can change humans into...

DR. FRANKENSTEIN ON CAMPUS (1970) Robin Ward, Kathleen Sawyer, Austin Willis.  Ward plays a Frankenstein descendent who develops a wireless brain control device, which he uses to turn one of his college pals into a mindless slave.  THE BODY BENEATH (1970, Widescreen) Gavin Reed, Jackie Skarvellis, Berwick Kale.  This Andy Milligan grade-Z gem is all about a clan of vampires that takes over an estate that just happens to be known as... 

SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES (1962) Walter Brandi, Dieter Eppler, Graziella Granata, Luigi Batzella, Gena Gimmy.  This Italian vampire film deals with a number of horrible vampires who are seeking fresh victims.   DUNGEON OF HARROW (1962) Russ Harvey, Helen Morgan, William McNulty. Stranded on a lost island in a sinister castle, a man finds himself at odds with an evil count...

NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH (1948) Jack LaRue, Linden Travers, Lili Molnar, Hugh McDermott. A top gangster film!  Travers is a dazzling society dame who is kidnapped by two thugs. LaRue is superb as a mobster who owns the Black Dice Club, a classy spot filled with rich suckers, showgirls, and crooks. DOUBLE CONFESSION (1950) Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Peter Lorre. Top British noir!  After his wife is slain in a seaside cottage, Farr, also a suspect, threatens to pin the crime on his wife’s lover...

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Marilyn Eastman.  We thought it would be very appropriate to have one of the greatest horror films of all time on our bi-centennial double feature.  A great, great film.  THE HAND OF POWER (1968, aka THE ZOMBIE WALKS) Joachim Fuchsberger, Siw Mattson, Wolfgang Kieling, Pinkas Braun.  A cool German-made Edgar Wallace chiller.  When a laughing corpse comes back to life to kill its heirs, Scotland Yard is called in...

THOR AND THE AMAZON WOMEN (1963) Joe Robinson, Suzy Andersen, Harry Baird, Maria Fiore.  Thor takes on a bevy of Amazon women who have been enslaving men throughout the countryside (poor guys).  HERCULES AGAINST THE BARBARIANS (1964) Mark Forest, Ken Clark, Gloria Milland. Forest, as Hercules, saves a girl from the stake; bends jail bars to escape; carries huge logs and rocks; and duels before Mongol nobles.  But the best scene is where he battles...

SECRET OF THE RED ORCHID (1962) Christopher Lee, Marisa Mell, Adrian Hoven, Klaus Kinski.  In a change of pace role, Lee plays a determined FBI agent sent in to help Scotland Yard track down a murdering blackmailer and help bust up their crime syndicate.  PATTERN FOR PLUNDER (1962) Keenan Wynn, Ronald Howard, Mai Zetterling.   What a cool B-movie this is.  A group of WW2 vets seek a fortune in Nazi loot.  Their search leads to an ancient castle nestled by a beach riddled with quicksand...