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LOVECRAFT doc@ComiCon 2008

M A R S — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:59:37 GMT

Greetings all . Just wanted to drop a heads up to any of y'all in the San Diego area. It's been a long road, but the documentary film "LOVECRAFT: Fear Of The Unknown" is complete and will premiere at ComiCon 2008 in San Diego on July 24th, 8:00pm.

As a lifelong fan of HPL, creating the music for this project has been a dream realized for me.
I have been invited (along with the production team) to attend the event, and to do a Q & A after the film's screening. It's very exciting to think of how many people will be there, as over 120,000 people attend ComiCon each year. (no pressure.....)

The film features educated insight into the man and his legacy from :

John Carpenter (director - Halloween, The Thing)
Neil Gaiman (author - Fragile Things, American Gods)
Guillermo Del Toro (director - Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy)
Ramsey Campbell (author - Inhabitant of the Lake, Darkest Part of the Woods)
Stuart Gordon (director - Re-Animator, From Beyond)
S.T. Joshi (author/biographer - H.P. Lovecraft: A Life, The Angry Right)
Caitlin R. Kiernan (author - Daughter Of Hounds, Silk)
Andrew Migliore (founder - H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival)
Robert Price (author / editor - Crypt of Cthulhu, The Da Vinci Fraud )
Peter Straub (author - Ghost Story, Lost Boy Lost Girl)

The documentary also features creature art from some of the top Lovecraftian artists including Tom Sullivan (artist, "The Evil Dead" and "Call Of Cthulhu" role playing game).

Hope to see any friendly faces there-
IA!

MARS
www.deadhousemusic.com

www.myspace.com/fearoftheunknownsoundtrack

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House of Wax?

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:00:09 GMT

I was wondering how everyone else here feels about the re-make of House of Wax... I love the original one with Vincent Price, he was so wonderfully creepy...Although, it was a bit interesting seeing Paris Hilton get a pole through her head..Any thoughts??

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White Zombie

ShannonQ — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 22:09:32 GMT

Just saw this. It's excellent and campy at the same time--way better than I expected.

Lugosi is deliciously evil. The silent movie/German Expressionist stylings are creepy and effective. There's some amazingly good cinematography here, and the racist elements waver between amusing, kind of interesting, and titillatingly offensive. There's also a nice pre-Hayes moment of skimpy clothing.

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Trying to find this movie...

blissedandgone — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:46:25 GMT

It's an old black & white movie about these huge black rocks that are infecting people in this town & spreading more big black rocks... and the only thing that stops them is salt (or salt water). I saw it about a million years ago & I thought it was called Monolith, or Monoliths (but the only thing I find is an 80s Bill Paxton movie).

Does anyone know this movie?

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Horror Screenwriter headed to the lovely land of L.A. today...

Blackjax — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:19:48 GMT

Yea. Amityville 5 and 6. Woo-hoo...

I'm hunting down a new agent. Fun, fun, fun...

Anybody want to get together, play some pool in a backstreet Tiki bar, and bitch about the industry?

Let's play.

A

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The origional Night of the Living Dead...movie

The Passenger — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:21:09 GMT

was perhaps the greatest horror movie of all time
following the success of el Topo movie....for the cult following af the new midnight movie craze

this movie was made days after martain Luther king was shot
the main charrecter is an african american.....and at the end of the movie he is shot as well
and it has been admitted that this was done purposly

the political suggificants of the zombies is
that old society would over take new society

Subliminal Messages and Propaganda - tribe.net:
http://tribes.tribe.net/e388baea-51eb-417f-9390-06fe37f92e41

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Bela Lugosi Birthday Bash, Oct. 21, Lowell, MA

Badriya — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:36:06 GMT

Morgana presents: A Bela Lugosi Birthday Bash!
Sunday, October 21, 7:30pm
The Athenian Corner Restaurant
http://www.atheniancorner.com/
207 Market Street
Lowell, MA

Come join the party as writers and Oriental dancers honor the immortal king of horror on the 125th anniversary of his birth! (well, 125th plus one day :-)

Readings by:
Eric Stanway
Meg Smith
Diana Saenz
Dorinda Wegener

Creative Oriental (belly) dance by:
Loreli
Aurora
Morgana
Badriya

Tickets are $10, advance sales only. Tickets may be purchased by check to Meg Smith, PO Box 8797, Lowell, MA 01853 or message me (Badriya) if interested in purchasing tickets via paypal. Due to zoning regulations, we cannot sell tickets at the door. The Athenian Corner is a full service Greek restaurant and bar. The event is all ages.

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Friday the 13th

Marisa — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:10:26 GMT

We have a Friday the 13th this week! How will you all be observing it film-wise? I'm considering some vintage Roger Corman, maybe The Undead.

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Hammer has Risen from the Grave!

Marisa — Fri, 11 May 2007 16:38:37 GMT

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070511/ten-uk-hammer-d3877cb.html

Will they cast Christopher Lee?
Where can we audition?

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Zombies anyone? SF

liabear1 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:02:26 GMT

I got a free pass for 2 for a premier for Fido.. Of course you've got to wait in line forever, but it looks like a fun film. None of my friends are available tomorrow, Anyone game? The movie starts at 7:30, I'd like to get there at around 6:30.

Director/co-writer Andrew Currie's delirious black comedy sends up melodrama, social satire, zombie, and boy-and-his-dog films, all within a 1950s-style Technicolor world! Years ago the dead started rising with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Terror spread, until a collar was invented that made the zombies docile, even useful. After Mom (Carrie-Anne Moss) buys a zombie (Billy Connolly) to help around the house, young Timmy (K'Sun Ray) forms a true friendship with him, naming the zombie "Fido." But Fido's collar goes on the fritz, and the neighbors start paying the ultimate price. Co-starring Henry Czerny, Dylan Baker and Tim Blake Nelson.

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New Site Dead-icated to the Horror Arts!

Adrenalyn — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:51:43 GMT

Hi! I just wanted to let you know that our revised site is up and we would like you to stop by and check it out! We bring the best and most original forms of horror indie art to you, all in one place. We focus on non-corporate funded but unique artist from all venues – stage, films, music, photography and writing.

Let us know what you think – www.cadavergirls.com

Sin-cerely,
Adrenalyn

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The Haunting of Hill House

devilchicken — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:47:18 GMT

This was the black and white version, extremely creepy and done with only camera angles, acting and music.

I really miss that sort of thing...

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Phantasm

DaMom — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:15:53 GMT

For all you Cult Horro junkies, Phantasm is now finally on DVD. Look out for the Tall Man!!!!!!!!

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The Shuttered Room

Eric — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:21:05 GMT

This was a creepy movie I remembered.
"The Shuttered Room"
Starred Carol Lynley, Gig Young and Oliver Reed.

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Remember?....

Eric — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:18:35 GMT

Anyone remember a movie called "The Leach Woman"?
I used to see this often on Saturday afternoon Creature Features.
This movie scared the shit out of me as a kid.

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Black Sabbath (1963)

freels — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:48:26 GMT

I finally saw this today, and liked it very much, very haunting. Even with the dubbed english Karloff was spooky, but why didn't he dub himself?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057603/

I haven't watched much of Mario Bava, are any other of his films like this?

And can anyone suggest any other feature film horror anthologies?

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political message via monster movies

liabear1 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:28:19 GMT

Check out this little movie NARAL put together. It's pretty good with the exception that poor misunderstood Godzilla is made out to be the bad guy.
http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/elections/creatures2/

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Stupid question

wimpehiker — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:28:08 GMT

Caution: SPOILER. Several years ago, I watched what seemed to be a fairly pedestrian late-night vampire movie on the tube. But there was a surprise ending. The leader of the local village vigilantes had a few moments alone with the vampire, just before killing him.

After telling the vampire that he had been terrorizing the village far too long, the 'hero' revealed that he was a werewolf, and that he wanted all of the villagers for himself! Does anyone remember the name of the movie, or who was in it? Thanks.

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Dracula/Frankenstein 75th Anniversary Edition

Jesse — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:12:17 GMT

Bother, I just bought the Legacy collections last year. Has anyone seen these new DVD versions, do they really look that much better?

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Creepy smiles

iris — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 23:33:24 GMT

Laugh Clown Laugh
The Man Who Laughs
Mr. Sardonicus

Nothing creepier than a misplaced smile. Any one seen these? Have any others to add?

iris

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A CGI suggestion

Frank — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:47:10 GMT

There's been lots of talk recently about the CGI-updates Paramount has made to the original "Star Trek" series - replacing all the original effects with new ones. Personally I'm against this for many reasons that I won't get into now. However, I was thinking that there are a couple sci-fi films from the 50's & 60's that have been singled out for their incredibly bad effects that could use an upgrade - "Reptilicus" and "The Giant Claw". These two films are generally found on the 'worst of' lists, but only because their effects are so ridiculously inept and not necessarily because the stories themselves were bad (at least not as bad as a giant-monster film usually is). I'm not suggesting pretending the original films cease to exist, but a neat DVD would be to show the original films, then as a bonus have a version with more effective effects, done in the style of what would have been done at the time. I know no company is going to shell out the money for this, but it might make for an interesting curiosity.

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Halloween

liabear1 — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:20:19 GMT

What's up for Halloween?

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Equinox - just released.

Ladi — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:38:46 GMT

I saw this movie when I was a kid and I just got it from Netflix. I really love this movie. They use the stop motion animation for several of the monsters and the storyline is a precurser to the "Evil Dead" movies. Kids in the woods find a book, chaos ensues. I remember it giving me nightmares as a child and while it doesn't scare me the same way now, it still creeps me out.

When I saw it, it was on a double bill with some movie about a kid with a golden fiddle, or banjo that was used to ward off monsters on his trek. Possibly "Billy and the Golden Fiddle (Banjo)"?

If you saw the Golden Fiddle (Banjo) movie, please let me know the title and if it's available anywhere.

If you saw "Equinox", what did you think of it?

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Special FX Makeup Artisits Needed on Halloween Day

nasreen — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:01:59 GMT

Im organizing about 25 people to dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller at the Annual Parade in NYC this year

I need to hire 3 makeup artist, specializing in special effects, for Tues. Oct. 31st from 1-5pm

Pay: $100 and hour for materials and labor

Not all the dancers will need or want the makeup.

Location: Student Union at Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11205

If you know anyone who would be available please forward this to them! Thanx!

Nasreen

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Nudity in The Black Cat (1934)?

Tallsmoothie — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:06:50 GMT

Hello everyone. I'm new to Tribe, looking for people who share my interests, particularly NYC people.

I think I've spotted some partial nudity in THE BLACK CAT. As Peter and Joan run out of the room, leaving the dying Bela and Boris to blow up, part of her cult robe is caught and pulled away, briefly revealing her nude or barely covered rear for a couple frames. Am I the first one to notice this? Still framing on the new DVD seems to reveal it pretty clearly.

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Barbara Steele Tribe

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:54:06 GMT

I've an enormous love for the Gothic Horror (and some schlock horror) films of Barbara Steele.

Invite you all to stop by and look at all the images I have of her from various movies, and some candid ones. And if you decide to join, great. Thanks.

http://tribes.tribe.net/barbarasteele

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Crowhaven Farm

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:30:49 GMT

Anyone else ever get bothered by this film??

When I was like 9 I saw it and it bugged the shit out of me for years. I kept telling people about it and no one knew what i was talking about.

It's the one with Hope Lange where she and her hubby move to an old MASS, town and the towns people all get weird and bother her.. Truns out they are all reincarnations of the witchs she helped accuse in past life..

Things really creepy was like her dreams of being pressed beneath stones and such.

What really bothered me was the spooky girl about 13 who seduces Hopes hubby. Back then as a kid a 13 year old talking about how he's her man now, threatening to kill his wife and making sexual advances on him creeped me out totally.

Sheesh Now its normal news media.. hehehe

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Vincent Price

Liz — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 22:28:15 GMT

I just got this awesome gift for my b-day: 50 classic horror films on dvd. The dvd's are double sided. I just watched the orig "House on Haunted Hill" and "The Last Man on Earth" (I think that's the title?) with Vincent Price. He totally rocks! He makes B-movies into masterpieces!
Any comments?
-Liz

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KARLOFF FILM FEST IN SAN FRANCISCO

GARY — Sun, 14 May 2006 14:53:18 GMT

I have programmed an extensice series with rare 35mm prints at the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco starting June 2. Sara Karloff, who grew up in San Francisco, will attend several nights to discuss her father and his films.

AS SURE AS MY NAME IS BORIS KARLOFF…….

At last, a deserved tribute to the master of horror who was also a fine actor in serious and comic roles. Karloff was in over 200 films, plus stage plays & TV. We have chosen 26 features that offer one of the largest tributes to Karloff ever presented. Enjoy the great classics & the rarest of discoveries. One price for double & triple bills. Unless otherwise noted *, all prints are 35mm from Studios and Archives.
Special guests to be announced.
We urge you to visit the official website at www.Karloff.com .

SPECIAL EXHIBIT OF RARE KARLOFF MEMORABILIA IN OUR LOBBY THROUGHOUT THE SERIES.

Complete notes and interview with Boris Karloff at AS SURE AS MY NAME IS BORIS KARLOFF – The Interview- www.BalboaMovies.com to be posted soon. Calendar available now.

Friday, June 2

SARA KARLOFF PRESENTS A very special night with Boris’ daughter Sara Karloff in person. Sara grew up in San Francisco and it is a pleasure to welcome her home to talk about her father, show rare home movies, seldom screened clips, TV shows, trailers and a full evening of surprises. A once-in-a-lifetime event.

Saturday, June 3

FRANKENSTEIN (1931) - The film that launched his long career as the world’s premier horror film star. “I was at Universal doing a small part when someone tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Mr. Whale would like to see you at his table.’ He was the most important director on the lot. He said he wanted me to make a test for the monster. Well, they liked the test and I got the part.” Boris Karloff 71min. (2:00), 4:40, 7:20

RARITY
THE BLACK ROOM (1934) - “An enchanting Gothic melodrama that seems to have come to life off the engraved pages of a beautiful old storybook. Karloff gives a virtuoso triple performance as the evil Baron Gregor, his kindly bother Anton and as Gregor posing as Anton.” Greg Mank, Hollywood Cauldron 67 min. (3:20), 6:00, 8:40

Sunday, June 4

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) - The absolute peak of Universal’s classic horror, a film that has it all: a fine cast working from a literate script, Whale’s excellent direction that mixes his sly humor and pathos into the blend, beautiful camerawork and a lush score by Franz Waxman. 75 min. (2:50), 5:50, 8:50

RARITY
THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932) - Karloff’s first starring role as Morgan, the brutish butler. An unending delight of comedy bits from Charles Laughton, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Massey, Gloria Stuart, & the great Ernest Thesiger as Horace Femm, the eccentric master of the house. Preserved by the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center. Funding from The Film Foundation. 71 min. (4:20), 7:20

Monday, June 5

SCARFACE (1932) - Howard Hawks directed, Howard Hughes produced gangster classic, with Paul Muni, George Raft & Karloff as the rival gang member who gets rubbed out in a bowling alley. 91min (2:40), 5:40, 8:40

RARITY
GRAFT (1931) - Karloff’s sinister make-up as the gangster in this Universal film led to his being screen tested for the Frankenstein’s monster. 55 min. (1:30), 4:30, 7:30

Tuesday, June 6

THE BODY SNATCHER (1945) - Eerie Val Lewton–produced chiller. Karloff at his best as the unscrupulous lower class Edinburgh cabbie who delights in the control he is able to exert over upper class Dr. MacFarlane, whom he supplies with illegally obtained corpses. Karloff’s last film with Bela Lugosi, directed by Robert Wise. 77 min.
(1:25), 5:05, 8:35

RARITY
THE WALKING DEAD (1936) - “When an innocent man is electrocuted, Edmund Gwenn restores him to life and Karloff seeks vengeance on the real killers. Directed by Casablanca’s Michael Curtiz. One of the most surprising, moving & truly spiritual horror films of the time.” Greg Mank 66 min. * (3:50), 7:20

THE WURDALAK (1963) - Stylish exercise in lush color cinematography and vampirism from Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath trilogy. 41 min. (2:55), 6:30, 10:00 (complete BLACK SABBATH shown at 10pm.)

Wednesday, June 7 Sara Karloff in Person at evening show.

THE MASK OF FU MANCHU (1932) - Pre-code brew of sexual perversity & sadistic torture with Karloff as the mad oriental Dr., Myrna Loy as his nympho daughter. 72 min. (2:00), 4:45, 7:30

RARITY
THE LOST PATROL (1934) - John Ford directed WWI Arabian Desert drama, with Karloff as a religious fanatic who goes over the edge. 71 min. (3:20), 6:05, 8:50

Thursday, June 8

THE RAVEN (1935) - Karloff plays second fiddle to Bela Lugosi’s mad Dr. Vollin, who lets out all the stops as a man obsessed at building Poe’s torture devices. 62 min. (2:00), 4:45, 7:30

THE RAVEN (1963) - An inventive horror parody directed by Roger Corman. Vincent Price, Peter Lorre & Jack Nicholson spar with Karloff as the charming but maniacal Dr. Scarabus—who truly shines in his tour de force duel of magic with Price. 86 min. (3:10), 5:55, 8:40
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Friday, June 9- Thursday. June 15

SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – Lost Classic Stunningly Restored
(1973) “Victor Erice’s masterwork –now screened for the first time in 25 years---is set in the days of the dictatorship in Spain, and it’s a beautiful and disturbing movie of remote landscapes, dreamy scenes of childhood and the advancing shadow of the state. A young girl, Ana, lives with an older sister and their distracted parents. He father tends to a beehive, her mother corresponds with a lover. It is Ana’s 2 major discoveries, one, the Frankenstein movie by James Whale, and then an injured soldier in hiding, that shape the heart of this extraordinary movie. Shot in deceptively serene tones, paced in the rhythms of rural isolation, it exemplifies what Erice calls poetic cinema. It is the poetry an artist finds in the weave of dangerous times.” Don DeLillo, Telluride Film Festival 2005 In Spanish w/ English subtitles 95 min (1:00), 3:00, 5:00,7:00, 9:00
film.guardian.co.uk/Century_...3,00.html
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Friday, June 16

TARGETS (1968) - An aging horror star’s low-budget films can’t possibly keep up with the real-life horrors of America in 1968. Peter Bogdanovich directs. 90 min. (3:15), 7:10

GODS AND MONSTERS (1998) - Bill Condon’s beautifully realized fictional bio of director James Whale’s, focusing on his final days & memories of directing Karloff in The Bride of Frankenstein. “To a new world of Gods and Monsters “ Dr. Pretorious. 105 min. (1:10), 5:05, 9:00

Saturday, June 17

FRANKENSTEIN (1931) - “Sheer genius, one of the most remarkable performances in the history of the cinema” Christopher Lee 71 min. (2:00), 4:45, 7:30

THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) - It’s Alive! Widely regarded as one of the best horror films ever made. 75 min. (3:20), 6:05, 8:50

Sunday, June 18

THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (1947) - James Thurber comedy with Karloff terrorizing the daydreaming Danny Kaye by attempting to convince him he is insane. 110 min. (2:00), 5:20, 8:40

RARITY
THE BOOGIE MAN WILL GET YOU (1942) - Peter Lorre co-stars in this farce modeled on Karloff’s Broadway hit, Arsenic & Old Lace. 65 min. (12:40), 4:00, 7:20

Monday, June 19

THE MUMMY (1932) - A beautifully atmospheric chiller with Karloff as Im-Ho-Tep, a resurrected Egyptian mummy seeking the reincarnation of his lost love. 72 min. (1:20), 4:20, 7:20

RARITY
THE GHOUL (1933) - An Egyptologist, prematurely buried, returns to take his revenge. Long believed lost. 80 min. (2:50), 5:50, 8:50

Tuesday, June 20 Sara Karloff in Person at evening show.
ULTRA RARITIES TRIPLE BILL
THE CRIMINAL CODE (1931) - Howard Hawks prison drama with Walter Huston gave Karloff his first big break in a showy role he first played on stage. 95 min. (4:40), 9:20

THE GUILTY GENERATION (1931) - Gang boss Karloff vies for control of bootlegging operations with his rival Leo Carrillo, while their kids fall in love with each other. 81 min. (3:05), 7:45

THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG (1939) – Hanged man brought back to life seeks revenge 68m. (1:50), 6:30

Wednesday, June 21

THE BLACK CAT (1934) - Karloff & Lugosi at their feverish peak in this stylish Edgar G. Ulmer directed cornucopia of necrophilia, Satanism, and flaying of human flesh. 66 min. (2:50), 6:45

THE INVISIBLE RAY (1936) - First of Karloff’s misunderstood scientists, who the world perceives as mad. Outstanding effects work for this early S-F film. 81 min. (4:05), 8:00

RARITY
NIGHT WORLD (1932) - A Grand Hotel style drama in a prohibition nightclub owed by gangster Karloff, featuring Mae Clarke doing dances choreographed by Busby Berkeley! 60 min. (5:35), 9:30

Thursday, June 22

SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939) - High-powered horror cast delivers the goods in Karloff’s farewell as the monster. Basil Rathbone is the son who revives the creature, Lugosi is Ygor, & Lionel Atwill the one-armed Inspector Krogh. 99 min. (2:30), 5:35, 8:40

HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1944) - Karloff as the mad Dr. Niemann, hijacks a traveling chamber of horrors with Count Dracula, & then revives Lon Chaney’s Wolf Man & Glenn Strange as The Monster. 71 min. (1:10), 4:15, 7:20

—Notes by Lawrence French (longer notes and interview at AS SURE AS MY NAME IS BORIS KARLOFF- The Interview- www.BalboaMovies.com

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The Screaming Skulls

Liz — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:09:43 GMT

This one is great. Low budget as it may seem, it does give you that eary feeling inside.

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Horror Hosts/ Horror movie showcase shows in Bay area??

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 02:21:25 GMT

I know John Stanley used to do creature features years ago here in the bay area.. but are there any shows like that around here anymore?

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"The Legend Of Hell House" (1973)

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 02:00:13 GMT

Four people are hired by a dying millionaire to investigate the possibility of life after death. He offers them one hundred thousand pounds to stay in Belasco Mansion and assess its powerful paranormal phenomena. Twenty years before, a similar investigation ended in disaster, and Benjamin Fischer was the only one to survive and regain his sanity.

Physicist Dr. Lionel Barrett (Clive Revill) leads the group, which includes his wife (Gayle Hunnicut) and two mediums: Florence Tanner (Pamela Franklin) and Fischer (Roddy McDowell). Franklin's impulsive character soon makes contact with what she believes to be a tormented soul. Dr. Barrett is very sceptical and suspicious of the young Tanner, a mistake which he later discovers to his great cost. For much of the film, Fischer shuts himself off completely, still fearful of the house's power to destroy those it sees as its opponents. However, the horrifying events force him to open his mind again, and draw on all his psychic strength to solve "The Legend of Hell House".

When I first saw this film as a teenager, it scared the living daylights out of me. Overall, the plot sounds similar to that of "The Haunting" (1963); but it is the particular ways in which the investigators are tested, the almost constant theme of repression, and the extreme camera positions and very wide angled lenses that makes the film so intense. And all the time, we are aware of the gruesome fate of the previous team. Roddy McDowall and Pamela Franklin are excellent, and the possession scenes truly chilling. I've seen it four times now, but it still has the power to scare me! The music accompanying the car on its fog-bound journey to pick up the team sets the chilling atmosphere right from the start.

Richard Matheson adapted the script of his novel "Hell House" for the film. Stephen King has commented: "Hell House is the scariest haunted house novel ever written. It looms over the rest like the way the mountains looms over the foothills." Hell House also inspired the explanation for the power of the house in King’s powerful TV film "Salem's Lot" (1979).

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Elvira

"T I M" — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:44:27 GMT

Yo know I do not understand why they do not bring shows like these to tv again? They were rather fun.

I know there was for a bit on Saturday nights Macarbe Theater show on some Orange County channel which has this rip off goth chick on it. And Butch from The Munsters was on it too sometimes.

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"Hammer Horror Series" DVD set...

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:14:50 GMT

I got this for Christmas and it's wonderful :) The prints of "Brides of Dracula" and "Curse of the Werewolf" are crisp, almost new-looking...and there's even a couple of black-and-white obscurities("Paranoiac", "Nightmare") that I've never seen before. If Hammer horror is your thang, you shouldn't be without this set!

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LINK!!!!!

captainmerrick — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:22:50 GMT

here give it a try I could only get past 3rd level!!

www.Winterrowd.com/maze.swf

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My life was

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 04:31:33 GMT

a classic horror but my doctor made me friends with my head

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anyone remember...

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:36:46 GMT

In the 70's perhaps early 80's there was a horror movie that i thought was called "house" ... it was about a family who went to take care of a house ...there were many scenes involving the house rejuvinating itself, the shingles replacing themselves with new ones, the rotten rose garden coming to life, the pool making a man go crazy when he found a set of eyeglasses in it and put them on, he began to drown his son while playing with him...i have been on the search for this for some time. Can anyone help? Thank you

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Vampire movie from 1970's

matthew — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 09:13:30 GMT

Here's one for you horror buffs. Remember a movie in the 70's about some guy who's brother fell down into a drainage ditch. I can't remember what the story line was, but there was a man in a wheel chair, and some guy who's name was George. I remember one of the guys in the movie who said, "Damn George!". But it was about vampires- not Salem's Lot. This came out long before that. Do these images ring a bell with anyone? Sorry for the vagueness, but this is another piece of the puzzle to my childhood memories that I would like to make sense of.

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Matheson adaptations

Candace_the_Bibliophile — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:57:48 GMT

Most people have probably seen the two loose adaptations of Matheson's "I am Legend" story, Omega Man with Charelton Heston and Vincent Price's The Last Man on Earth.

Now apparently they're making a more faithful adaptation of Matheson's story...

Lawrence Takes On Legend
Warner Brothers has set Francis Lawrence (Constantine) to direct I Am Legend, fast-tracking the long-gestating adaptation of the Richard Matheson SF novel, Variety reported. David Heyman, Akiva Goldsman, Neal Moritz and Erwin Stoff are producing. Mark Protosevich wrote the script.

Lawrence takes on one of the more ambitious films in arner's
repertoire, the trade paper reported. Legend is a big SF project that has been at the studio for nearly a decade. At one time, it had Ridley Scott and Arnold Schwarzenegger attached, and another incarnation had Michael Bay and Will Smith set.

Set in Los Angeles after a biological war, the film centers on the sole healthy survivor, a man who finds himself in a battle against nocturnal mutants. The script will undergo a rewrite under the supervision of Lawrence and the producers, who eye a 2006 start date.

I'm kind of looking forward to this "remake," but at the same time I think Hollywood's current remake frenzy is depressing. I wish they'd get a new idea and run with it instead of running old ideas into the ground. That said, I love Vincent Price's version of the story more than Heston's, but I'd buy a DVD collection that featured all three, just for the sake of having a complete collection.

I really do wish that when they did make a remake of some earlier movie, that they would come out with a collection featuring all the version, instead of casting the older one aside.

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bedtime stories for antichrist

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:40:06 GMT

http://www.freewebs.com/fred_kane/

Will cost you nothing but a little time.

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Deeply Discounted Classics

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:09:06 GMT

I have noticed that they are packaging several classics together for ridiculously low prices.

Here is a great example:

HORROR CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK - 12-DVD SET
This 12-DVD set contains 50 horror films--including NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, NOSFERATU, METROPOLIS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, SWAMP WOMEN, WHITE ZOMBIE, THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, DOOMED TO DIE, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, and many more!

50 movies for less than $20, how can you pass that up?

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Ebert's original response to Night of the Living Dead

freels — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:33:46 GMT

I found this article of Ebert's interesting, especially how he paints the film as a "real" threat to children.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19670105/REVIEWS/701050301/1023

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Ahh the children of the night....

captainmerrick — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 06:55:20 GMT

hello all. so glad to have found this bastion of terror in such a sea of boring sanity driven sameness... so anyone here have any good spleen eating tales?

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What time period would you say the term classic horror should no longer apply?

Chuck — Thu, 06 May 2004 15:50:05 GMT

Truly, though it turned into the decade of the slasher film (my favorite in the horror genre), horror for the most part seemed to be on a study decline from the late 80's until now?

So...just how old does a film have to be before it can have the title of 'classic.' For example it would be hard to say that "Gingersnaps" (though I loved the movie) is anywhere near classic status yet?

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waves hi....

dark_frostus — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:43:06 GMT

spooky greetings from baltimore, poe's city..... ^_^ dark VvvvV

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"Horror of Frankenstein" vs. the rest of the Hammer Frank series...

Sun, 17 Jul 2005 12:33:52 GMT

Are there any "Horror" fans out there? I taped it the other night, but haven't watched it yet; it's the only Hammer Frankenstein film I've never seen. Ralph Bates is all right(I've seen him in a couple of other movies), but I know I'm going to miss Peter Cushing's presence.

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Possible Karloff film, or not...

Planet-Doctor — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:17:54 GMT

Okay, it's great finding people that have seen some of the more obscure films and helping me put a title to them so I can watch for them or find them, and so I have another one. It will probably be tough though since I don't recall much.

There is a castle or manor house on cliff. Under the edge of a cliff is a cave/tomb with some sort of ghoul (female I think) or something that calls people down to it.

Particularly memorable for some reason is the way the path along the cliff face is sort of hidden unless you know to look for it, so it is kind of secret.

I was maybe 3 or 4 when I saw it so I may be off on details.

Any ideas?

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"Night of the Demon" (1957)

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:21:31 GMT

Is this one of the best horror movies of the 'fifties? Released in the States as "Curse of the Demon", the slightly longer British cut is the better of the two. Psychologist Dr. John Holden (Dana Andrews) is slowly but surely persuaded of the reality and power of the occult. Director Jacques Tourneur ("Cat People") uses suspense, the occult, freak weather, eerie night-time scenes, and subtle suggestion to great effect. The film’s strange and terrible deaths nearly always follow the passing of a piece of runic script to an unsuspecting victim.

Dr. Holden comes to England to investigate the mysterious death of his colleague, Professor Harrington. (The Professor's cries of "It's in the tree... It’s coming!" are used in Kate Bush's 'Hounds of Love' song). Holden remains sceptical, even after Karswell apparently conjures up a storm on a fine day! But he soon realises that he himself is being targeted by the occultist. Joan Harrington, the late Professor's daughter, perkily played by Peggy Cummins, provides the film’s romance. Top of the performance bill must go to the Crowley-like Dr. Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnis) who shows that even the Magister must pay the ultimate price for his craft. The demon effects are fairly tame compared to today's technology, but you'll never willingly accept a weird little slip of paper from anyone again!

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Name this film.

Planet-Doctor — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 06:07:34 GMT

Okay, people go to Mars. Find an old ship.

In it they find woman with greenish skin, no clothes on.

Later, on the ship she starts seducing the men at night and sucking their blood out.

I believe her eyes glowed or something like that.

Later, the woman on the ship kill her but when they get to earth they find the ship has eggs layed all through it.

Was this "Queen of Blood" or some other film?

I saw it when I was very young.

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"The Walking Dead"

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:07:45 GMT

Anybody else a fan of this 1936 Karloff film? Why isn't it on DVD, for god's sake?!

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Books on Horror Films

freels — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 03:50:36 GMT

Can anyone suggest some books on horror films?

I've read Skal's The Monster Show and Humphries' The American Horror Film: An Introduction. I'm also starting one called Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953-1968.

Does anyone else read this critical shit, or am I just nuts?

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frankenstein movies....

dark_frostus — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:13:45 GMT

Has anyone seen seen Frankenstein, the true story?

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The Old Dark House 1932

CurvyCurvz — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:05:41 GMT

I thought it was exceptionally creepy - of course, I grew up with a Dad who really dug these films. It was just on TCM last evening.

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Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein

ShannonQ — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:19:32 GMT

Just saw it. Amusing!! There is something seriously lovable about Lon Chaney--even more so when he's going for self-parody. And Bela Lugosi was as puffy and grand as ever.

Not sure if these guys had a terrific sense of humor, just needed the money, or some combination of both.

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Night of the Living Dead

blissedandgone — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:35:42 GMT

Just finished watching Romero's original classic.

Best, most fucked up ending EVER.

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Who got you into classic horror?

Wrestling Diva — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:36:52 GMT

For me it was my grandfather. Once he realized I loved horror, he turned me onto lugosi and price, and it just grew from there.

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Fave classic flick

Wrestling Diva — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:44:08 GMT

for me its probably "Living Dead Girl"

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Vampires, Baby...

ukeapocalypse — Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:26:05 GMT

Eveer since I asked my TIVO to record anythign with the word "Dracula" in the title, I've been, oh, so happy.
It picked up one of my favorite Hammer Dracs, "Scars of Dracula" and the not great, but underrated John Badham/Frank Langella "Dracula".
What are your favorite bampire movies?
For me it's, Dracula (1931) for Lugosi's masterful performance, the Spanish version of the same time for it's brilliant filmmaking, Hammer's "Horror..." and "Scars of..." (and I have an admitted fondness for the camp of 'Dracula A.D. 1972").
Once you move away from the noble Count, I love "Vampire Circus", Jean Rollin's "Requiem For the Vampire", "Fright Night", "Near Dark", "Blade II", and both Nosferatus.

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Fave Little-Known Horror

Frank — Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:57:42 GMT

There's a couple I like that I hardly ever see written about. One is 'I Bury the Living', cool little 1958 chiller with great music. I also like the 'Blind Dead' series, 'The Flesh Eaters', 'The Werewolf' (1957), and 'The Lodger'. They might not be A-List, but they're pretty good in their own right.

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Classics for Sale: The Terror, Satan Rights of Dracula

Planet-Doctor — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:08:57 GMT

I found these for sale recently. Previously I had seen them for $25 a pop online.

The Terror is one of the earliest Jack Nicholson films, about a castle hunted by a beautiful ghost that he falls in love with that seems to be trying to get the old man (boris karloff) that lives there killed. Not the best summary, but you get the idea. It is a real classic.

Satan Rights of Dracula is a classic with Cristopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Nothing more need be said when these two are in the same film.

Anyway, I can get more of these for about $10 a piece if anyone else is interested.

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Cat and the Canary

iris — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 02:52:00 GMT

I need to see Leni's 1927 Cat and the Canary!! Help me please [she whines]. Anyone have any leads on a video or dvd copy?

I've been haunted by an image in my scapbook of the 'Cat' with his outstretched hand and googlie eye for far too long. I am not so pathetically eager to get my hands on the Bob Hope version but wouldn't mind a triple feature overdose of the films. The third of course being the british flick with a really sexy young Edward Fox.

iris

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NOSFERATU re-scored

M A R S — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 19:06:22 GMT

Greetings all-
Please allow me to introduce myself
My name is Mars.
I'm a career Horror junkie. I love genre films with the same passion I have had for music over the last 20 years, And I am virtually un-repentant about it.

I have the greatest memories of staying up late to watch the classic Universal horror films as a child. It was such an influence on me, and a love I have carried into my adult life.

At the risk of being labeled a "Spam" monger, I would like to invite you all to check out my website:

http://www.deadhousemusic.com

As there is a 14 mb clip of the brilliant F.W. Mernau film "NOSFERATU" that I have posted with some new music that I have written for it.

I hope you will enjoy, and I would certainly apreciate any feedback on the site in general.And how it could be improved.

Yours-
MARS
cthuligan@aol.com

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Best soundtrack?...

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:31:08 GMT

"Carnival of Souls" has a great one, of course, but here are some others that I like: "The Terror"(not such a great movie, but the music is top-notch!), "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors", and "The Gorgon".

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Looking for Creative People to Assist in..

The Captain — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:21:52 GMT

Hey People-

My name is Maya and I'm very interested in finding home haunters; people who are insane and make stuff each year for halloween and then decorate their house and invite people over and have kick-ass parties. The reason I'm posting in this particular tribe, is because as a home haunter, I was very inspired by classic horror. It has played a major part in my home haunts each year.

As part of my 8th annual haunt, this upcoming Halloween I'm looking to find as many home/yard haunters/horror inspired createurs as possible, preferably in California, to get together and make a lot of great stuff and have a huge haunt. If anyone is interested, I invite you all to check out the Halloween Home Haunters Society at, HomeHaunters.tribe.net

Thanks for reading!

-Maya

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Carnival of Souls

iris — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 05:15:05 GMT

Good evening one and all,

I finally finished watching Carnival of Souls. My first attempt was about three years ago. I put the vid in and for one reason or another didn't get past her lonely drive to Utah where she starts seeing The Face.

A couple of things struck me, mind you my mind is rather shallow water (no pun intended) when i watch a movie at midnight:

1) It's nice to be able to make your own creepy music sountrack for the movie you are a victim in.

2) Would our lazy-eyes heroine have warbled out of sight to the land of the dead if the crash vehicle had not been found. Or would she have lasted as long as she did if she had stayed in her home town?

and i soo hated that prick neighbor of hers. His deadbeat visage was throttled mightily with popcorn.

Deepest sympathies and have pleasant dreams,
iris

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Good movies??

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:11:33 GMT

Hey all Im going to be off this weekend and I was wondering if anyone could name a good flic to watch.The only requirment would be something I can find at the local video store.Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

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Egyptian Curses, sacrifices and mummies

iris — Mon, 08 Nov 2004 05:08:01 GMT

I thought i'd start a thread for curses a la Kelly's vampires.

Especially since i finally saw The Ghoul.

I was not expecting it to be about an Egyptian pagan eccentric . It was well written and i found myself laughing out of amusement here and there, and really getting into Thesiger's closet christian servant of Karloff's character. Another treat is hearing the proper way to discipline someone who doesn't make coffee properly:

Strip them to the waist and lash them miles across the Saharrah till they are left there to be eaten by locusts.

I must threaten the folks at work with this if they use de-caf one more time.

It was also cool seeing the tables turned between Karloff and Thesiger. This time Karloff is master (but he still chokes the ol' doc to death anyway with a grunt).

As for other movies...I'm torn between Hammer's The Mummy and Universals The Mummy. And love Blood Feast. Haha. Yah it counts.

Anyone have a curses list? I want to see more movies.
Have a good Monday,
iris

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Happy Hallowe'en

Russet66 — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:13:19 GMT

Happy All Hallow's Eve, horror fans!

http://www.mightygargoyle.com/allhallows.html

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Shout-out

I-Storm — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:34:25 GMT

Let's all welcome new member BETTY BASS...

Make yourself at home, pretty.... Muhahaha!!!!!!

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new pics in the gallery

I-Storm — Mon, 21 Jun 2004 02:28:49 GMT

I just added some new jpegs to the gallery... glad to be here, folks!

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I have Nosferatu on DVD!!!

MichaelKwiatkowski — Thu, 13 May 2004 00:55:03 GMT

I picked up a copy of the silent version of Nosferatu on DVD last week. Kick-ass!

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Horror Classics Box-set

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:25:36 GMT

While I was perusing Best Buy yesterday I found the Horror Classics box set for $10.00

For anyone interested it includes 17 movies/over 19 hours of:

"The Gorilla" - 1939, Approx time 67 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, and Patsy Kelly. Directed by: Allan Dwan

"The Devil Bat" - 1941, Approx time 67 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Bela Lugosi, Suzanne Kaaren and Youlande Mallott, Directed by: Jean Yarbrough

"The Human Monster" - 1939, Approx time 73 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, and Wilfred Walter, Directed by: Walter Summers

"The Invisable Ghost" - 1941, Approx time 70 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Bela Lugosi and Terry Walker, Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis

"The Ape Man" - 1943, Approx time 64 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, and Henry Hall, Directed by: William Beaudine

"The Wasp Woman" - 1959, Approx time 84 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Barboura Morris, William Roerick, and Richard Miller, Directed by: Roger Corman

"The Indestructable Man" 1956, Approx time 70 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Marvin Ellis, Ross Elliott, and Lon Chaney, Jr. Directed by: Jack Pollexfen

"The Ape" 1940, Approx Time 62 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Borris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, and Gene I'Donnell. Directed by: William Nigh

"Dementia 13" 1963, Approx time 75 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Oartick Magee, Mary Mitchell, Ethne Dunne, and William Campbell. Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola

"Carnival of Souls" 1962, Approx time 80 minutes, Black and White. Starring: Candance hilligoss, Sidney Berger, and Art Ellison. Directed by: Herk Harvey.

"Chamber of Horrors" 1940, Approx Time 80 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer, and Richard Bird. Directed by: Norman Lee

"The Last Man on Earth" 1924, Approx time 24 minutes, Black and White, Silent, starring Buck Black, Maurice Murphy, and Jean Dumas. Directed by John. G. Blystone.

"White Zombie" 1932, Approx time 73 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Bela Lugosi, Madge Ballamy, Robert W. Frazer, and John Harron. Directed by: Victor Halperin

"Horror Hotel" 1960, Approx time 76 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson, Patricia Jessell, Norman MacOwan, Dennis Lotis, and Tom Naylor. Directed by : John Llewellyn Moxey

"A Bucket of Blood" 1959, Approx 66 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Richard Miller, Barboura Morris, Anthony Carbone, Julian Burton, Ed Nelson, and John Brinkley. Directed by Roger Corman.

"The Devil's Hand" 1961, Approx 71 minutes, Black and White, Starring: Linda Christian, Neil Hamilton, and Robert Alda. Directed by: William J. Hole, Jr.

and last but not least

"I Bury the Living" 1958, Approx 76 minutes, Starring: Richard Boone, Peggy Maurer, and Robert Osterloh. Director: Albert Band.

Now, I've only seen a handfull of these and plan to watch the entire box set this weekend. I'll let you know the quality of it around Mondayish...

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