“Good heavens, Paul. What happened to you?” Hammer Films surprised me with the unexpectedly well done The Gorgon. The atmospheric 1964 film was actually an original story submitted to Hammer Films by J. Llewellyn Devine, a fan of the production company. It was directed by Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher. It takes the story of MedusaContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Gorgon (1964)”
Category Archives: Classic Horror
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
“Hans, I succeeded once.” Despite a very strong cast, Hammer’s 1964 release of The Evil of Frankenstein misses the mark. Peter Cushing stars as the brilliant scientist Baron Victor Frankenstein, who we find in exile from his home of Karlstaad with his loyal assistant, Hans. The duo are found to be harvesting remains in aContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Brides of Dracula (1960)
“He was my son. Now he is only…..a beast of the night.” A French schoolteacher unwittingly releases a vampire on a small village in the 1960 Hammer production of The Brides of Dracula. In the film, Marianne Danielle is lured to the palace of Baroness Meinster. Little does she know that the baroness actually plansContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Brides of Dracula (1960)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
“You will be singing only…..for me.” Gaston Leroux’s world famous novel, The Phantom of the Opera, has been adapted for film, television, musicals, and more over the years. Universal Studios distributed one of the earliest adaptations of the novel that starred the brilliant Lon Chaney as the Phantom. In 1943, Claude Rains would don theContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Phantom of the Opera (1962)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Hammer’s Lone Wolf Despite releasing multiple films featuring re-imagined versions of some of Universal’s most popular classic monsters in the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s, Hammer Productions only released one film featuring a werewolf. That film, 1961’s The Curse of the Werewolf, gives us a unique look at the creation of the werewolf and spends almostContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)”
Classic Horror: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
“And when the sun went down….” Based upon an actual killing spree that took place in Texarkana, TX between February and May of 1946, The Town That Dreaded Sundown was directed and co-produced by Charles B. Pierce. Pierce is perhaps best known for The Legend of Boggy Creek, a documentary-style film about a Bigfoot creatureContinue reading “Classic Horror: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)”
Classic Horror: The Vampire (1957)
“I got plenty of reasons, Willy. Three deaths in three days.” With the rise of the Atomic Age in the 1940’s, classic monsters such as vampires, werewolves, and Frankenstein’s monster gave way to giant monster films such as Godzilla, Them, The Blob, and Robot Monster in the 1950’s. The 50’s also gave us sci-fi horrorContinue reading “Classic Horror: The Vampire (1957)”
Classic Horror: Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932)
“Do they still burn men for heresy?” Just over a year after the release of the film that made him an icon of horror, Bela Lugosi traded in Dracula‘s cape for the wild eyebrows of Dr. Mirakle in Universal’s Murders In The Rue Morgue. Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story of the sameContinue reading “Classic Horror: Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932)”
Classic Horror: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
“Close your eyes for a second….and sleep forever.” On its surface, 1982’s The Slumber Party Massacre is just one more entry in a long line of standard 1980’s slasher films that feature plenty of sexually active teens winding up on the business end of a murder weapon. There are plenty of attractive young ladies inContinue reading “Classic Horror: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)”
Classic Horror: Prom Night (1980)
“If you’re not home by midnight…..” Well on the way to establishing herself as a “scream queen,” Jamie Lee Curtis starred in 1980’s Prom Night, a Canadian slasher flick that also starred Leslie Nielsen (Forbidden Planet, The Naked Gun). With a lean budget, a fairly green cast and crew, and Paul Lynch directing it all,Continue reading “Classic Horror: Prom Night (1980)”
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