Author Archive: Retro

A Western backdrop sets the tone for this story of family members buried alive.

An old man sells his soul to the devil, and turns into a young man. He then uses witchcraft and black magic to win a woman from his rival.

Lost classic horror film in which a bank-robbing murderer is brought back from the dead by a scientist.Chaney is electrocuted for murder and bank robbery, but a well-meaning scientist accidentally brings him back to life as an unkillable, speechless brute. He sets out to find his hidden loot and exact revenge on those who ratted him out. Dir. Jack Pollexfen

A female vampire must bathe in the blood of virgins in order to stay alive. The trouble is that virgins are in short supply nowadays, and she is running into major problems in finding one.

Crazy-man Tod Slaughter plays a mild-mannered moneylender who moonlights as the serial killer known as “The Spinebreaker” for his unique way of taking care of his victims. Dir. George King

In the 15th century, a young woman is accused of being a witch and committing a murder. She is burned at the stake. Years later, during a plague, she is revived by lightning. She returns to her village to prevent her daughter from marrying the man who actually committed the murder for which she was executed.

A government space experiment into the effects of cosmic rays on animal life goes horribly wrong, creating a mutant monster that terrorizes a rural community.

The jumpy chess editor at a newspaper accidentally gets involved in some murders at a sleazy tavern run by a pair of bizarre brothers.

A woman searching for her missing sister arrives at a small coastal village, where her sister was last seen. Unknown to her, her arrival has been noted by a crazed scientist, who has designs on her.