Author Archive: Retro

A young woman discovers she is the daughter of the infamous Dr. Jekyll, and begins to believe that she may also have a split personality, one of whom is a ruthless killer.

Survivors of a plane crash on a remote island find it is covered by spiders. When bitten, the survivors start turning into spiders!

Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) stars as an actor overlooked for a critics’ acting award, despite producing a season of Shakespeare plays. After confronting the Critics’ Circle, an attempted suicidal dive into the Thames results in Lionheart being rescued by your typical paraffin/meths/turps swigging tramps. Lionheart then (presumed dead) exacts his grizzly, and quite amusing revenge on the critics who denied him his finest hour.

Tales of Frankenstein is an unsold TV pilot filmed in 1958. It was a co-production of Hammer Film Productions and Columbia Pictures. The film is a mixture of elements from both the Hammer and Universal Pictures versions of Frankenstein, based on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

A murderous demon lurks inside an antique piano in a picturesque coastal town.

Christopher Lee and Mel Ferrer star in this classic tale of a pianist whose hands are ruined in a plane crash. The hands of a condemned murderer are grafted onto his and he becomes obsessed and feels they will murder again. Basil Sydney and Donald Wolfit co-star. (Aka The Hands of Orlac)

Failed scientist captures a Yeti during an excursion to the Himalayas and decides to bring it back to Los Angeles. Dir. W. Lee Wilder

Frustrated artist goes insane band begins to kill off Manhattan residents with a carpenter’s drill. Directorial debut of famed director Ferrara (“Bad Lieutenant,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”)