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Theatre of Blood [reviewed by Lackey]
Douglas Hickox, 1973 (104 min.) My rating: IMDB “And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover to entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain, and hate the idle pleasures of...
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes [reviewed by Lackey]
94 min., 1971 Directed by Robert Fuest My rating: IMDB Vincent Price shines in this classic of the revenge/deathtrap subgenre. * * * Premise “There’s some very strange people practicing medicine these...
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again [reviewed by Lackey]
89 min., 1972 Directed by Robert Fuest My rating: IMDB Phibes is back, and this time he won’t shut up. * * * Premise “Every time we build a better mousetrap, sir, Phibes builds a better mouse.”...
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The Bat [reviewed by Lackey]
80 min., 1959 Directed by Crane Wilbur My rating: IMDB • Netflix Not much of a horror movie, but a perfectly acceptable mystery. * * * Years ago, a mansion known as “the Oaks” was the site of a series...
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The Bat [reviewed by Jori]
80 min., 1959 Directed by Crane Wilbur My rating: IMDB • Netflix A fake bat, a pre-Freddy Krueger claw and one of the toughest broads you’ll ever meet. * * * I promise, I’ll be kind. I didn’t hate it...
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The Bat [reviewed by the Drudgeon]
80 min., 1959 Directed by Crane Wilbur My rating: IMDB • Netflix A classic mystery with tiny bits of horror mixed in * * * Cornelia Van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead), who writes mystery novels, has just...
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The Masque of the Red Death [Reviewed by Lackey]
88 min., 1965 Directed by Roger Corman My rating: IMDB • Netflix Cartoon Satanists vs. mod heroines and Bergman’s personification of Death in this very ’60s Technicolor extravaganza. * * * Premise...
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The Comedy of Terrors [Reviewed by Jori]
84 min., 1963 Directed by Jacques Tourneur My rating: IMDB • Netflix A clever comedy with something for everyone. * * * Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from all the screams and blood in modern...
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Witchfinder General [Movie review by Lackey]
aka The Conqueror Worm 86 min., 1968 Directed by Michael Reeves My rating: IMDB • Netflix Vincent Price’s finest hour? * * * There really was a man named Matthew Hopkins who lived during the time of...
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Madhouse [Movie review by Lackey]
91 min., 1974 Directed by Jim Clark My rating: IMDB • Netflix A fun movie marred by a sense of creative weariness and a not-quite-effective lead performance. * * * Years ago, horror B-movie actor Paul...
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The Pit and the Pendulum [Movie review by Lackey]
80 min., 1961 Directed by Roger Corman My rating: ★★ IMDB • Netflix Vincent Price and beautiful design almost redeem the most generic Poe adaptation Roger Corman made. * * * Spain, the sixteenth...
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House of the Long Shadows [Movie review by John Bruni]
106 min., 1983 Directed by Pete Walker My rating: ★★★ IMDB All the greats working together. Vincent Price. Christopher Lee. Peter Cushing. John Carradine. Desi Arnaz, Jr. Wait, Desi Arnaz, Jr.?! * * *...
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