When a small band of people is shipwrecked on an uncharted island, they soon find themselves facing a greater menace than isolation and survival against the elements: the island is ruled over by a Nazi scientist who escaped after the war and continues his experiments on some captive women in an effort to find a …
Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory (1961; MGM, 1963)
In this Austrian-Italian co-production, first released under the title Lycanthropus, a new teacher comes to a reform school for girls, and soon a young woman engaged in an affair with one of the teachers is murdered, apparently struck down by some sort of beast. More killings follow, and suspicion soon falls on the arrival, who …
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (Hammer-Shaw Brothers, 1974)
Hammer and Shaw Brothers teamed up in 1974 to bring out a moderately effective blend of martial arts and horror movies, with action star David Chiang as the leader of a group of warrior siblings who recruit Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), who is visiting China, to assist them in freeing their village from the …
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The Plague of the Zombies (Hammer / Twentieth Century Fox, 1966)
Some sort of inexplicable illness is carrying off inhabitants of a Cornwall village, and the young doctor there (Brook Williams) is unable to prevent the deaths. Fortunately for him and eventually for the rest of the villagers, famed doctor Sir James Forbes (Andre Morrell), whose daughter is a close friend of the young doctor’s wife, …
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Dawn of the Mummy(1981)
Treasure hunters awaken an evil mummy, and a group of fashion models on a photo shoot stumble into the path of destruction. Poorly conceived and often unpleasant characters and slow pacing make the bulk of the movie quite dull, and it takes a turn for the even worse once the mummy’s army of the undead …
Twins of Evil (Hammer / Rank, 1971)
When twins come to stay with their uncle, Gustav Weil (Peter Cushing), the hard and fanatical leader of a group aimed at stamping out evil in the form of witches in the area, a group with reckless disregard for the facts of particular cases, one of the pair is drawn to the local noble, Count …
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Santo contra los zombies (1962)
Rather slow but nonetheless entertaining movie that apparently was masked wrestler Santo’s first starring vehicle, Santo contra los zombies has our hero, as so often, battling a mad scientist and his minions — in this case zombies energized and controlled by electronic belts. There’s plenty of battles both in the ring and out, a rather …
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Man with Two Lives (Monogram, 1942)
When a scientist experimenting with revivification brings a young man (Edward Norris) back to life after a car crash, something is very different about the boy. He soon is heading out of the house and taking up with a gang of crooks and proving himself a vicious member of the gang, even as he neglects …
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Day of the Animals (1977)
Ecological horror, as the depleted ozone layer causes animals at higher altitudes to go mad and become violent. Right in the middle of this is a group of high-country “survival hikers” led by guide Christopher George. And to say things go from bad to worse for the members of this little group, which includes Leslie …
The Playgirls and the Vampire (1960)
A traveling theatrical troupe that skipped out on its last hotel bill is forced by a storm to take refuge at an isolated castle, despite being warned against it, and there’s soon cause for them to regret their choice. Something strange is going on in the castle, and it means peril, but possibly also romance, …
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