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The Dead Don’t Die

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:56:08 +0000

Occult melodrama from the 70s starting George Hamilton as a sailor trying to prove his brother was wrongly executed for a crime he didn’t commit – only to be drawn into a nightmarish realm of supernatural horror. Set in the 30s this movie captures the pulp feel of the early 20th century horror scene.

The World Beyond

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:51:47 +0000

This TV pilot features a reporter who, after a near death experience, hears the voices of the recently dead who urge him to protect their loved ones from supernatural horrors. I haven’t seen any other episode or copy of it so this truly is a hidden treasure. Moody and creepy this occult monster hunter strikes is far better than today’s horror.

Vincent Price Narrating The Devil’s Triangle

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:35:41 +0000

Is there anything better? An extremely hard to find documentary from the 70s featuring Vincent Price dealing with the mystery of The Bermuda Triangle. Turn down the lights and enjoy:

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Bigfoot – The Mysterious Monster

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:48:24 +0000

This shlock documentary from the mid-1970s is surprisingly scrupulous in it’s sourcing. I remember seeing this on television once and having it scare the daylights out of me. A vast difference from the touchy feely PETA influenced cryptozoology of today this harkens back to a time when people knew that an eight foot tall man ape wandering around the woods was something to be afraid of, not a new friend. The narration by Peter Graves adds the right touch of authority to what is otherwise a documentary style 50s Sci-Fi monster movie. The Blair Witch Project owes a great deal to this movie.

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Good vs Evil

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:45:58 +0000

Wild 70s made for tv occult fare with Dack Rambo starring as a writer who must team up with an excoriate to battle a group of devil worshipers. Features a young Kim Catrall and is very entertaining if you love the genre and that time period.

Vincent Price in The Last Man on Earth

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:39:35 +0000

Superior adaptation of Richard Matheson’s 50’s sci-fi classic I Am Legend with Vincent price staring Richard Neville – lone immune survivor of a plague that transforms the rest of the population into vampires. Second only to the Charlton Heston classic The Omega Man Price’s Last Man on Earth is an atmospheric masterpiece that fars surpasses the Will Smith movie released in the last few years. The original zombie apocalypse movie – free courtesy of the Internet Archive.

Doomed!

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:35:48 +0000

Maverick Entertainment’s Doomed is much maligned as a plot-less convict vs zombie chase fest set in an alternate future where prisoners compete for pardons and cash on a reality TV show called Survivor Island. I think it’s a fairly entertaining fun film that takes the “who is the real monster” political commentary so often found in zombie films to absurd enough lengths to make the movie subversive. Are they mocking the brain dead Hollywood anti-hero formula? You decide and enjoy:

Eric Koenig’s The Lurking Fear

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:24:25 +0000

Animator Eric Koenig made this homage to Lovecraft last year and it’s really quite entertaining. It has little to do with the Lovecraft story of the same name but Lovecraft fans and horror hounds in general will love this raucous jaunt into cosmic terror – and comedy.

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The Dead One a.k.a. Blood of the Zombie

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:23:18 +0000

Thanks to Hulu you can experience this classic voodoo horror shocker from the late 60s. It involves a blonde voodoo priestess raising her dead brother as a zombie to chase off her cousin and his new bride from a plantation he inherited. Oh and he brings a belly dancer with him. The star Linda Ormand never made another movie – thankfully given her performance. But this is a very entertaining film. Enjoy Blood of the Zombie:

Channel 13 by Psychocharger

Rob — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:59:15 +0000

I grew up watching Chiller Theater and later such camp classics as Doctor Morgus so I have always had a soft spot for the recaptured weekend horror aesthetic of bands like Psychocharger. Their song Channel 13 from their album Curse of the Psycho is basically auditory nostalgia that makes me pine for a time when my greatest fear was monsters in my imagination.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIrjWLkvB3Y