Author Archive: Retro

A scientist brings his grandfather back to life with horrifying results.

In order to qualify to inherit the family fortune, the four heirs must spend the night in the family estate. However, during the night someone starts killing them off.

Actor Ben Castle is a phony singing cowboy who can not ride, sing, or act, and is afraid of guns and horses and the first one out the door when trouble breaks out. His studio hires attorney Abigail Furnival, to get him out of trouble with a big-time gambler because he can not pay off a gambling debt. And the next thing she knows is that she has married him. The gambler decides to write off the debt when he learns that Abigail is the daughter of an old friend. But the gambler is murdered, and Ben appears to be involved.

An Italian government agent is assigned to break up a drug smuggling ring on the island of Ischia but his daughter is kidnapped by the gang

Inspired by a real life incident: In 1872 the U.S. ship “Marie Celeste” is found drifting with no one on board. One possible solution is presented here: The crew & passengers are being killed off one by one by a psycho. Early thriller from The Studio That Dripped Blood, Hammer Films, features Lugosi’s only appearance in a Hammer movie! Written by Denison Clift. Dir. Denison Clift

An American journalist in Prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared.

Early Roger Corman classic about a call girl that channels back to a previous existence, a witch in the middle ages.

Wealthy man coaxes a young couple to get married on his Haitian plantation hoping to convince the pretty bride to marry him instead. When this fails, he enlists the help of Lugosi, a mill owner who specializes in mind-control. One of the greatest horrors ever. Produced by Edward Halperin. Dir. Victor Halperin