I Married a Monster from Outer Space is a 1958 science fiction horror feature film, produced and directed by Gene Fowler Jr. (The Astral Factor; I Was a Teenage Werewolf) from a screenplay by Louis Vittes (The Eyes of Annie Jones; Monster from Green Hell)…. Read More ›
The Blood Island Collection – a limited edition Blu-ray box from Severin Films – is coming soon. The box set includes Terror is a Man aka Blood Creature; Brides of Blood; Mad Doctor of Blood Island aka Tomb of the Living… Read More ›
‘The tortured ghost who claimed vengeance in the bride’s bedroom’ The Screaming Skull is a 1958 American horror feature film, written and produced by John Kneubuhl (Two on a Guillotine), inspired by the short story of the same name by Francis Marion Crawford. The was directed… Read More ›
House on Haunted Hill is a 1959 American horror feature film produced and directed by William Castle (Strait-Jacket; 13 Ghosts; The Tingler; et al) from a screenplay by Robb White. The movie stars Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal… Read More ›
William Castle at Columbia: Volume One is a limited edition Blu-ray box set being issued in the UK by Powerhouse Films via their Indicator imprint on October 22, 2018. “Renowned for his imaginative and eccentric marketing ploys, William Castle became synonymous… Read More ›
Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection is a Blu-ray set being released in North America on August 28, 2018. “Showcases all of the original films featuring the most iconic monsters in motion picture history including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The… Read More ›
The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1953 American animated horror short film produced by UPA, directed by Ted Parmelee, and narrated by James Mason (Salem’s Lot; Frankenstein: The True Story). The screenplay by Bill Scott and Fred Grable is based on the 1843 short story of the same title by Edgar… Read More ›
‘See the two-headed killer creature!’ The Manster is a 1959 American horror feature film produced by George P. Breakston and directed by Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane (The Monster from Green Hell) from a screenplay by Walter J. Sheldon, based on Breakston’s story. It stars… Read More ›
‘Young pawns thrust into pulsating cages of horror in a sadistic experiment!’ Teenage Zombies – re-release title Teenage Torture – is a 1957 [released 1960] American science fiction horror film written [as Jaques Lecotier], produced and directed by Jerry Warren (Creature of the Walking… Read More ›
The Screaming Skull is a 1958 American horror film, written and produced by John Kneubuhl (Two on a Guillotine), inspired by the short story of the same name by Francis Marion Crawford. It was directed by Alex Nicol (A*P*E; The Night God Screamed; Point of Terror), who also plays the gardener)…. Read More ›
‘He walks through walls of solid steel and stone!’ 4D Man – aka The Evil Force (UK); Master of Terror (US reissue) – is a 1959 American science fiction film directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. (Dinosaurus!; The Blob, 1958) from a screenplay by Theodore Simonson and Cy Chermak. It was… Read More ›
‘The fantastic night of terror that menaced the fate of the world!’ Devil Girl from Mars is a 1954 British science fiction film directed by David MacDonald from a screenplay by James Eastwood and John C. Maher. It was produced by Edward J. Danziger and Harry… Read More ›
‘A creature from beyond the stars. Evil… Beautiful… Deadly!’ The Astounding She-Monster – promoted as The Astounding She Monster – is a 1957 American science fiction horror film directed, edited and produced by Ronald V. Ashcroft (assistant director on Ed D. Wood Jr.’s Night of… Read More ›
The Veil is an American horror/suspense anthology television series produced in 1958 by Hal Roach Studios and filmed in England at Elstree Studios. The series was hosted by Boris Karloff, who also acted in every episode but one and was allegedly based upon real-life reports of supernatural happenings and… Read More ›
Night of the Blood Beast is a 1958 American science-fiction horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski (Attack of the Giant Leeches; Sssssss) from a screenplay by first-time screenwriter Martin Varno, who was 21 years-old. It starred several actors who had regularly worked… Read More ›
‘The screen’s 300,000 volt shocker!’ Indestructible Man is a 1955 American science fiction horror film produced and directed by Jack Pollexfen (The Neanderthal Man; Captive Women; The Man from Planet X) from a screenplay by Vy Russell and Sue Dwiggins. It stars Lon… Read More ›
‘All that was left after…’ The Killer Shrews is a 1959 American science fiction horror film directed by Ray Kellogg. It was filmed near Dallas, Texas, back-to-back with The Giant Gila Monster by producers Ken Curtis and Gordon McLendon. Special effects were provided by first-time director Kellogg, who… Read More ›
‘Crawling horror… rising from the depths of Hell… to kill and conquer!’ Attack of the Giant Leeches is a 1959 American science fiction horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski (Night of the Blood Beast; Sssssss) from a screenplay by Leo Gordon. It… Read More ›
‘A beautiful woman by day – A lusting queen wasp by night.’ The Wasp Woman is a 1959 American science fiction horror feature film produced and directed by Roger Corman from a screenplay by Leo Gordon (The Terror; Tower of London; Attack of the… Read More ›
‘This lady of the night has taken her last walk!’ Jack the Ripper is a 1959 British horror thriller film produced, photographed and directed by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman (producers of The Flesh and the Fiends; The Trollenberg Terror; Blood… Read More ›
War of the Colossal Beast is a 1958 science fiction horror film written, co-produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon (Empire of the Ants; Necromancy; The Cyclops; et al) and produced by Carmel Productions and distributed by American International Pictures (AIP). It continued the… Read More ›
‘Terror strikes… from beneath the sea!’ Monster from the Ocean Floor is a 1954 science fiction horror film about a sea monster that terrorizes a cove in Mexico. The film was directed by Wyott Ordung (screenwriter on Target Earth; First Man into Space and director of Walk the Dark Street)…. Read More ›
The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 novel by American author Shirley Jackson, first published by Viking. The novel relies on terror rather than horror to elicit emotion in the reader, utilizing complex relationships between the mysterious events in the house and the… Read More ›
The Vampire’s Coffin – original title: El ataúd del Vampiro – is a 1958 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Fernando Méndez (The Living Coffin; Black Pit of Dr. M; The Vampire; et al) from a screenplay by Ramón Obón (The She-Wolf; 100… Read More ›
‘From time unborn… a hideous she-thing!’ Terror from the Year 5000 is a 1958 American science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr. It is based (uncredited) on the short story ‘Bottle Baby’ by Henry Slesar…. Read More ›
Scared Stiff is a 1953 American musical comedy feature film directed by George Marshall from a screenplay by Herbert Baker and Walter DeLeon (The Cat and the Canary), loosely based on the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. It stars Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis…. Read More ›
Martin Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American film and television actor. His career took off in the 1950s, with appearances that included a supporting role in Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959). Later, he had famous roles in the… Read More ›
‘When it flies… someone dies!’ The Bat is a 1959 American murder mystery film written and directed by playwright Crane Wilbur (screenplay for Mysterious Island; The Mad Magician; House of Wax; storyline for The Amazing Mr. X). It stars Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead… Read More ›
Adam West (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), born as William West Anderson, was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades. He is best known for portraying Batman in the campy 1960s TV series Batman and its theatrical feature film…. Read More ›
‘They dared to enter the Cave of Hell to explore the secrets of Hell and find the…’ Unknown Terror – aka The Unknown Terror – is a 1957 American science fiction horror film directed by western specialist Charles Marquis Warren (Back from the Dead)… Read More ›
‘It’s becoming an obsession. All this power and money. Who needs it?’ The Brain from Planet Arous is a 1957 American science fiction horror film directed by Nathan Juran [as Nathan Hertz] (The Boy Who Cried Werewolf; 20 Million Miles to… Read More ›
Hyde and Hare is a 1955 American Warner Bros Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng [as I. Freleng] from a story by Warren Foster. The scenario was inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll… Read More ›
The bizarre practice of shrinking a human head has an extremely dark history. While numerous cultures have participated in the practice of headhunting, the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Peruvian Amazon Jivaro Indian Tribe did more than just headhunt: they shrunk the… Read More ›
The Devil’s Messenger is a 1961 anthology horror film combining three episodes of the 1959 Swedish television series 13 Demon Street directed by Curt Siodmak (Donovan’s Brain; The Wolf Man) and written by Leo Guild. Herbert L. Strock (The Crawling Hand; Blood of Dracula; I Was a… Read More ›
“The Hearse Song” is a song about burial and human decomposition, of unknown origin. It was popular as a World War I song, and was popular in the 20th century as an American and British children’s song, continuing to the… Read More ›
‘It just won’t lay down and stay dead’ The Head is a 1959 West German science fiction horror thriller written and directed by Russian-born Victor Trivas and produced by Wolf C. Hartwig (Horrors of Spider Island, Dead Sexy, Bloody Moon). The movie… Read More ›
‘Body of a boy! Mind of a monster! Soul of an unearthly thing!’ I Was a Teenage Frankenstein – aka Teenage Frankenstein – is a 1957 American science fiction horror film directed by Herbert L. Strock (The Crawling Hand; Blood of Dracula) from a screenplay credited… Read More ›
‘Their wild beauty marked them for death by…’ The Haunted Strangler aka Grip of the Strangler is a 1957 (released 1958) British-American horror film directed by Robert Day (The Initiation of Sarah; First Man into Space; Corridors of Blood). The film was adapted… Read More ›
“Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.” This quote is attributed to Pauline Kael, one of cinema’s best known professional critics. She also confessed… Read More ›
‘Half man! Half monster!’ The Snow Creature – promoted as Snow Creature – is a 1954 American science fiction horror film produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder (Fright; Phantom from Space; Killers from Space), based on a story and screenplay by Myles Wilder. It… Read More ›