American International’s beach movie series draws to a close with this fantasy entry minus Frankie, Annette, and some of the other regulars. Here, recently deceased Hiram Stokley (Boris Karloff), hoping to accomplish a good deed to get into Heaven with the assistance of his ghostly love, Cecilia (Susan Hart), tries to foil the nefarious plans …
Read the full post →“<em>The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini</em> (American International, 1966)”
This rather confused jumble of horror and dark fantasy stars Robert Ginty as a werewolf-like fellow doomed to an eternal existence under that curse after accidentally killing his wife during a battle with a sorcerer. A young woman’s arrival at the home he shares with an old woman (whose identity is obvious, even if only …
Comedians Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson (best known for their wild show Hellzapoppin’) help out when the family that has taken the mansion next door to their nightclub experiences spooky goings-on. The viewer gets a taste of their zany antics, particularly in the nightclub scenes, but there’s humor aplenty while they investigate, too. Kirby Grant …
Read the full post →“<em>Ghost Catchers</em> (Universal, 1944)”
Three women who survived an attack on their village, an attack that occurred on the wedding day of one, set out to rescue their friends, who had been enslaved by the raiders who destroyed the village. Battles, infiltration, betrayal, torture, and more follow. Poorly scripted and poorly acted (pretty much all were bad, though the …
Frankie, away on temporary duty with the Naval Reserve in the South Pacific, worries that Dee Dee may find another man while he is gone (after all, he has certainly been getting cozy with the island girls himself), so on the recommendation of one of his gal pals, he gets the help of a witch …
Read the full post →“<em>How To Stuff a Wild Bikini</em> (American International, 1965)”
Little Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb, together with their friend Stinky the Skunk and a faithful dog, set out to rescue their pals, the reformed Big Bad Wolf and a likewise reformed Ogre, from the Devil’s Dominion, where they have been imprisoned and face death at the hands of the minions of the Queen …
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Back in 2021, role-playing games publisher Goodman Games launched a new magazine focusing on sword and sorcery, a well-made and well-illustrated journal whose production values were very high, and whose contents were a good match for that quality. I recently received the latest issue, No. 5, and promptly read it this past week. I’m pleased …
Read the full post →“<em>Tales from the Magician’s Skull</em>, No. 5”
A king murdered by his elder son (Jack Palance) passes along the secret to a magic sword to the younger (John Terry), who then busies himself righting wrongs. When his older brother, now a ruthless brigand leader, kidnaps an abbess and demands a ransom for her return, Hawk “the Slayer” assembles an interspecies team — …
