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...

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...

FACE IN THE RAIN (1963) Rory Calhoun, Marina Berti, Massimo Giuliani, Niall MacGinnis.  Calhoun plays a tough American spy on the run in Nazi-occupied Italy.  PLUS:  STOP TRAIN 349 (1963) Sean Flynn, Jose Ferrer, Nicole Courcel.  A marvelous film about an American Army train going from Berlin into the West Zone.  On board is an East German stowaway...

NEUTRON AND THE BLACK MASK (1962) Wolf Rubinski, Julio Aleman, Armando Silvestre, Rosa Arenas.  Our black-masked atomic super hero takes on a gang of thugs who are conspiring to steal a formula for a neutron explosive.  PLUS:  NEUTRON VS. THE AMAZING DR. CARONTE (1962) Wolf Rubinski, Julio Aleman, Rosita Arenas.  Our favorite south-of-the-border super hero, Neutron, locks horns again with the insane Dr. Caronte...

WILD ONES ON WHEELS (1962) Francine York, Robert Blair, Edmund Tonini, Ray Dennis Steckler.  A sports car gang murders an ex-con and forces his wife to locate $240,000 he had buried in the desert.  PLUS:  SECRET FILE HOLLYWOOD (1962) Robert Clarke, Francine York, Syd Mason.  Entertaining exploitation schlocker about an ex-detective who digs up dirt for a Hollywood scandal sheet...

FACE OF TERROR (1962) Lisa Gaye, Fernando Rey, Virgilio Teixeira.  Scientist Rey takes a young but crazed woman and transforms her disfigured face into a thing of beauty. PLUS:  NO PLACE LIKE HOMICIDE (1961) Kenneth Connor, Sid James, Shirley Eaton, Michael Gough. A man shows up at the sinister home of his dead uncle to claim his inheritance...

THE AMAZING WORLD OF GHOSTS (1978) Narr. by Sid Paul. This schlockumentary explores haunted houses, ghosts, UFOs, etc.  PLUS:  UFO TARGET EARTH (1974) Nick Pakias, Cynthia Cline, LaVerne Light, Phil Erickson.  This ‘70s oddity is about an electronics pro who spends his time searching for evidence of space aliens...

THE BURNING COURT (1962) Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy, Edith Scob.  This Euro-chiller has a most interesting combination of “old dark house" and “witch’s curse” themes.  PLUS:  THE NIGHT THEY KILLED RASPUTIN (1962) John Drew Barrymore, Edmund Purdom, Gianna Canale.  An atmospheric retelling of the rise and fall of Rasputin, whose seemingly supernatural powers made the czarina his hypnotic slave... 

THE DEATHHEAD VIRGIN (1974) Jock Gaynor, Diane Mc Bain, Larry Ward, Vic Diaz.  Gaynor’s a treasure hunter who finds a big haul—a sunken ship in the Pacific.  However, the ship is guarded by the vengeful spirit of an ancient princess. PLUS: EERIE MIDNIGHT HORROR SHOW (1974) Stella Carnacina, Chris Avram, Lucretia Love.  A beautiful woman purchases an ancient statue.   In a shocking scene, it comes to life and rapes her.  She then becomes possessed and is taken to a convent where an exorcism priest is brought in to free her...

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) Yanti Somer, Gianni Garko, Malisa Longo, 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...