As Roger Corman's Tomb of Ligeia opens, one striking difference between this film and Corman's other Edgar Allan Poe films becomes immediately apparent. Shooting on location, in the honest-to-gosh ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2005-08-01 00:00 - 0 comments

Probably one of the most underrated films on The House That Dripped Blood’s bookcase, Hammer Films ’ The Gorgon combines the fabulous directing talent of Terence Fisher with ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2004-09-15 00:00 - 0 comments

Our scene opens with two samurai, running through the tall, oppressive reeds. One is wounded, and the other is helping him along. Suddenly, their flight is interrupted, their lives coming to a sudden and grisly end at the points of vicious sp ...

Movie - Timothy J. Rush - 2007-08-26 00:00 - 0 comments

In the 1960s, Roger Corman directed a series of films based on the works of American Gothic author Edgar Allan Poe. While not always accurate to the source material, the Poe Cycle has come to represent the pinnacle of Corman's director ...

Movie - Julia Merriam - 2006-10-24 17:18 - 0 comments

Unless you have a great independent video store, it's going to be difficult to find Japanese masterpiece Kwaidan for rental. Not to worry, though. It is available to buy from many Internet stor ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2001-07-25 00:00 - 0 comments

Finally released for home-viewing pleasure relatively recently, many reviewers call this film “the funniest horror parody ever made.” While that may be stretching it a bit, The Comedy ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-04-22 00:00 - 0 comments

One of the lesser episodes of the classic cable television show "Mystery Science Theater 3000" involved a 1964 British film entitled Devil Doll . The essential problem with that partic ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2002-09-18 00:00 - 0 comments

Sporting one of my favorite movie titles ever, Mario Bava 's Blood and Black Lace is a prime example of the Italian horror genre known as giallo . Gialli (the plural form of the word) are basically stylized mystery/horror films ...

Movie - Robert Ring - 2007-10-24 01:01 - 0 comments

I've argued in the past that Hammer Films can only seem to make an excellent horror movie when at least one of the Trifecta of Hammer Horror is involved: Christopher Lee , Peter Cushing , ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-08-05 00:00 - 0 comments

Superficially, The Evil of Frankenstein is a great addition to the legendary Hammer series. Superficially, the acting is sublime, the story is engrossing, and the film is action-packed. Sup ...

Movie - Jenn Dlugos - 2005-07-09 00:00 - 0 comments