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Director: William Castle    More Info
Starring: Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner, Rosemary DeCamp, Donald Woods, Margaret Hamilton, John Van Dreelen, William Castle, Roy Jenson, David Hoffman

 When Dr. Zorba dies, his nephew inherits the big, old house. What the nephew (Donald Woods) and his family (Rosemary DeCamp, Jo Morrow, and Charles Herbert) discover when they move in is that the doctor had a collection of ghosts; he is now part of that collection. The ghosts go on a rampage after the family arrives, and one family member is doomed to die so that there will be 13 ghosts. Director William Castle came up with another gimmick for theater-goers: red and blue glasses to view (or not to view) the ghosts. Margaret Hamilton shines as the creepy housekeeper who came with the mansion.

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer    More Info
Starring: Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith, Ivan Triesault, Boyd "Red" Morgan, Carmel Daniel, Edward Erwin, Jonathan Ledford, Norman Smith, Patrick Cranshaw

 Paul Krenner (James Griffith) sets out to develop a process to make men invisible in order to make an invisible army that he can market. To this end, he forces Dr. Peter Ulof (Ivan Triesault) to make it happen. But, Paul needs more radium to complete his experiment and, with the help of his girlfriend Laura (Marguerite Chapman), busts Joey Faust (Douglas Kennedy) out of jail to steal the necessary radium after being made invisible. But Joey has other plans upon becoming invisible. A real "cheapie," but it's fun to watch.

Director: Terence Fisher    More Info
Starring: Peter Cushing, Yvonne Monlaur, Martita Hunt, Freda Jackson, David Peel, Michael Ripper, Miles Malleson, Henry Oscar, Mona Washbourne, Fred Johnson

 Baron Meinster (David Peel) is a vampire set free to engage in a reign of terror while evading Doctor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) who is in hot pursuit.

Director: Sidney Hayers    More Info
Starring: Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton, Kenneth Griffith, Conrad Phillips, Jack Gwillim, Vanda Hudson, Yvonne Romain

 A plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) flees England after having terrible results with a socialite patient. He lands in France, changes his name, and obtains a traveling circus. He then seeks out disfigured women and makes them beautiful–if they will take various jobs in the circus and satisfy his perverse sexual needs. But, VERY bad things happen if one decides to leave the circus.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey    More Info
Starring: Patricia Jessel, Christopher Lee, Betta St. John, Dennis Lotis, Venetia Stevenson, Valentine Dyall, Ann Beach, Nickolas Grace, Tom Naylor, Fred Johnson

 College student Nan Barlow (Venetia Stevenson) goes to a Massachusetts town to conduct research on witchcraft. She sure did come to the right place because the inn where she is staying is presided over by a witch that was burned at the stake in the late 17th century and had made a deal with the devil to return as an undead. The townsfolk are her coven, and it's time for the annual human sacrifice. Guess who has been chosen as the victim? A good film of this genre, with a spooky environment.

Director: Roger Corman    More Info
Starring: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerbe, Bill Borzage, David Andar

 Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe go together like salt and pepper. In this Poe story, Vincent Price plays Roderick Usher, head of the haunted House of Usher. Excellent version of Poe's work.

Director: Roger Corman    More Info
Starring: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles, Jack Nicholson, Dick Miller, Myrtle Vail, Leola Wendorff, Lynn Storey, Wally Campo, John Herman Shaner

 When flower shop worker Seymour (Jonathan Haze) cuts his finger, the blood vitalizes his bloodthirsty Venus flytrap-like plant. Seymour becomes a slave to the plant and must perform murders to supply the needed blood while the plant brings business into the flower shop. Grossly funny and cheap, but it is lots of fun. Highlight: pain-loving Wilbur Force (Jack Nicholson) goes to the dentist.

Director: Giorgio Ferroni    More Info
Starring: Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, Herbert A.E. Bohme, Dany Carrel, Marco Guglielmi, Liana Orfei, Olga Solbelli

 Set in 1912, young art student Hans (Pierre Brice) arrives in a Dutch town to research an old windmill owned by Professor Wahl (Herbert A.E. Bohme), who teaches art and sculpture. The windmill is decorated with moving sculptures of women in various death poses. Hans meets the professor's beautiful daughter, Elfi (Scilla Gabel), who, it appears, has a rare disease. It becomes apparent that there is a connection between Elfi's disease and the sculptures.

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr.    More Info
Starring: Duke Moore, Paul Marco, Johnny Carpenter, Jeannie Stevens, Kenne Duncan, Tor Johnson, Valda Hansen, Criswell, Bud Osborne, Tony Cardoza

 This sequel to "Bride of the Monster" took 23 years to release because (a) it was so bad or (b) the lab bill was not paid. Now it is available, and the viewer can check it out to decide which answer is correct. Speaking of checking it out, our cop friends check out ghost sightings in East L.A.

Director: Michael Powell    More Info
Starring: Karl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Brenda Bruce, Martin Miller, Nigel Davenport, Esmond Knight, Shirley Anne Field, Michael Goodliffe

 While this film was denounced when first shown, it now has a cult following. The gruesome story is about a psychopathic killer (Karl Boehm) who photographs his victims immediately prior to murdering them–he gets his kicks out of viewing the helpless terror on their faces.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock    More Info
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Simon Oakland, John Anderson, Vera Miles, Vaughn Taylor, John Gavin, John McIntire, Martin Balsam, Lurene Tuttle

 Janet Leigh plays confused Marion Crane who helps herself to company funds and is on her way to a better life with her newly found wealth. In the course of her escape, she stops at the Bates Motel where she meets the weird manager Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) who has his own plans for her. She better not take a shower! Leigh was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock was nominated for Best Director.

Director: Terence Fisher    More Info
Starring: Andrew Cruickshank, Marne Maitland, Guy Rolfe, Paul Stassino, Jan Holden, Tutte Lemkow, Allan Cuthbertson, George Pastell, David Spenser, Ewen Solon

 People traveling to a British trading post in India are disappearing, and cargo is stolen. The company hires a stranger to solve the problem, which leads Captain Harry Lewis (Guy Rolfe), who is familiar with the company, to work independently to solve the mystery. Lewis finds that a religious cult, the Stranglers, that performs crazed rituals, is responsible for capturing travelers and stealing their money as the cult wreaks havoc on the area around Bombay.

Director: Ernest Morris    More Info
Starring: Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri, Dermot Walsh, Selma Vaz Diaz, John Scott, John Martin, Annette Carell, Yvonne Buckingham, David Lander, Rosemary Rotheray

 Jealousy over his friend Carl's (Dermot Walsh) relationship with Edgar's (Laurence Payne) girlfriend Betty (Adrienne Corri) leads to Edgar killing Carl and burying him under the floor boards of his house. Later that night, Edgar hears the unmistakable sound of Carl's beating heart in this adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's tale.

Director: Bert I. Gordon    More Info
Starring: Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon, Juli Reding, Lugene Sanders, Joe Turkel, Lillian Adams, Gene Roth, Vera Marshe, Harry Fleer, Merritt Stone

 Pianist Tom Stewart (Richard Carlson) has trouble dumping his ex-lover, Vi (Juli Reding), so he can marry a rich, young woman. While atop a lighthouse, Tom decides to tell Vi of his other affair. The lighthouse railing breaks, Vi hangs on to the broken rail, and Tom decides not to save her. That was a mistake, for now Vi's ghost–including assorted body parts–come back to keep her man.

Director: Terence Fisher    More Info
Starring: Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff, Francis De Wolff, Norma Marla, Magda Miller, Oliver Reed, William Kendall, Helen Goss

 Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story is altered to give an up-dated motive for the change of Dr. Jekyll into the sinister Mr. Hyde.

Director: Wolf Rilla    More Info
Starring: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael C. Gwynne, Laurence Naismith, John Phillips, Richard Vernon, Richard Warner, Thomas Heathcote, Jenny Laird

 Twelve children are born the same night in a British village. Strangely, they seem to display no emotions, and all look alike. They are very bright and have telekinetic powers. Gordon Zellaby's (George Sanders) wife Anthea (Barbara Shelley) has given birth to one of the babies, and, a few years later, Gordon educates them but becomes skeptical when he finds that they make people do strange things. Finally, Gordon sets out to destroy the children but loses his own life in the process.

Director: Ingmar Bergman    More Info
Starring: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson, Gudrun Brost, Allan Edwall, Axel Duberg, Tor Isedal, Oscar Ljung, Axel Slangus

 This film, set in 14th-century Sweden, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It tells the story of 15-year-old Karin (Birgitta Pettersson) who is brutally raped and killed by bandits. Later, the attackers seek shelter at the home of Karin's parents (Max von Sydow and Birgitta Valberg) who exact revenge.

Director: Roger Corman    More Info
Starring: Susan Cabot, Michael Mark, Anthony Eisley, Barboura Morris, Frank Gerstle, Dick Miller, Bruno VeSota, Frank Wolff, William Roerick

 Aging, cosmetics tycoon Janice (Susan Cabot) uses wasp jelly as her formula for eternal youth. However, problems develop when a chilling side effect of her youth potion turns her intermittently into a wasp monster.

Director: Terence Fisher    More Info
Starring: Clifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Catherine Feller, Anthony Dawson, Josephine Llewellyn, Michael Ripper, Peter Sallis, Charles Lamb, John Gabriel

 Following her rape in a castle, the woman gives birth to a son who is cursed by possession of the spirit of the werewolf.

Director: William J. Hole Jr.    More Info
Starring: Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Neil Hamilton, Ariadna Welter, Gene Craft, Jeanne Carmen, Julie Scott, Diana Spears, Gertrude Astor, Bruno VeSota

 Rick (Robert Alda) visits a doll shop where he becomes infatuated with a doll. The shop owner (Neil Hamilton) informs Rick that the doll is a likeness of a woman (Linda Christian) living nearby and gives the address. Unfortunately, both the shop owner and the woman are members of a Satanic cult, and they want Rick.

Director: Curt Siodmak    More Info
Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Karen Kadler, John Crawford, Michael Hinn, Jan Blomberg, Ingrid Bedoya

 Three episodes of an unsold TV series ("#13 Demon Street") were thrown together to make this weak film. Satan (Lon Chaney Jr.) sends a seductive agent to Earth to get new "helpers."

Director: Sidney J. Furie    More Info
Starring: Kieron Moore, Hazel Court, Ian Hunter, Fred Johnson, Paul Stockman, Kenneth J. Warren, Andy Alston, John Ronane, Gerald Lawson, Paul Hardtmuth

 Move over Dr. Frankenstein, here comes Dr. Peter Blood (Kieron Moore). Dr. Blood experiments with heart transplants and moves to Cornwall after losing his job for experimenting on humans. Now residents in his new home start disappearing, and it is the good doctor who is responsible. Silly, but somewhat fun.

Director: William Castle    More Info
Starring: Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Joan Marshall, Eugenie Leontovich, Alan Bunce, Richard Rust, James Westerfield, Gilbert Green, Wolfe Barzell, Hope Summers

 William Castle was at his best in this eerie tale, a different take on the "Psycho" theme. A young woman (Joan Marshall) asks a bellhop, who she just met, to marry her, promising it would be annulled. She kills the Justice of the Peace that married them and heads to a creepy house to nurse an old, paralyzed woman and her strange son. The old woman's niece becomes suspicious after her aunt is brutally murdered, and she then finds out that her new boyfriend is the nurse in drag. Wild, gory fun. Director Castle had a "Fright Break" near the end of the film so that those who wanted to could leave.

Director: Jack Clayton    More Info
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Clytie Jessop, Isla Cameron, Eric Woodburn

 This well-made thriller is based on Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw." Set in the late 19th century, the story involves a governess, Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr), and orphaned children Flora and Miles (Pamela Franklin and Martin Stephens) who live in a haunted manse. Miss Giddens has been hired by the children's uncle (Michael Redgrave) as a governess, and soon after taking the job, she starts seeing ghosts. Then she learns from the housekeeper (Megs Jenkins) that the children may be possessed with evil spirits. While questioning her own sanity, Miss Giddens does decide to rescue the children from whatever has them in its grip.

Director: William Castle    More Info
Starring: Guy Rolfe, Ronald Lewis, Oskar Homolka, Audrey Dalton, Vladimir Sokoloff, Erika Peters, Lorna Hanson, Tina Woodward, James Forrest, David Janti

 Baron Sardonicus (Guy Rolfe) strikes it rich after digging up his father's grave to salvage a winning lottery ticket. There is one problem: as a result of his horrid experience, his face froze in a hideous grimace. He tries various cures, but none will work, so he visits a famous neurosurgeon. The doctor is able to take care of this little problem–but the consequences may be worse than the original condition. Oskar Homolka is excellent as the creepy servant.