Author Archive: Retro

Scientist searching for an answer to over-population creates a serum with an interesting side effect: it causes shrews to grow to killer size. Produced by Ken Curtis. Dir. Ray Kellogg

A weirdo murders various Santa Clauses in assorted ways.

The community of Santa Monica is plagued by a serial killer…or could it just be an invisible alien acting in self defense? Well-produced sci-fi with some cool effects for its time. Dir. W. Lee Wilder

Vampire satire starring Oscar-winner Louise Fletcher.

A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he’s stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses. He’s not the only one.

The modern-day shocker that’s recognized today as one of the best of its genre. A dancing school in a small German town is the setting for unholy terror and some chilling scenes from Italian scaremaster Dario Argento (DAWN OF THE DEAD, DEMONS)

A child’s toy hides certain death.

England 1795: the young Catherine just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle. She becomes victim of an old curse that lays on the family. On her wedding night she’s raped by a ghost and gets pregnant.

The inhabitants of a small, remote island have been practicing voodoo rites and worshipping an evil priest named Damballah for years, but the local law officials generally turn a blind eye to this death cult’s bizarre activities. Captain Labesch arrives from the mainland, determined to crack down on the island’s lawlessness and clean up the ineffectual, hard-drinking police force. He appeals for assistance from wealthy plantation tycoon Carl Van Molder, who owns nearly half of the island and wields a great deal of influence over the population. Van Molder has made the study of parapsychology his life’s work and believes in the secret powers of the mind. He warns Labesch not to interfere with this forgotten island’s ancient ways. Also visiting is Van Molder’s niece, Annabella, a temperance crusader who wants her uncle to help fund the International Anti-Saloon League..