Author Archive: Retro

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”)

Beautiful young girls are kidnapped off the streets of Manila by a death cult that needs their blood to remain immortal.

A young woman travels with her partner to England on the unexpected death of her brother. Staying with her sister-in-law, she finds her companion soon drawn into a satanic cult based in the house whose rites seem to centre somewhat on large-scale sexual congress

Lugosi plays a mad scientist trying to devise a race of atomic-powered supermen. Written and Produced by Edward D. Wood, Jr. Dir. Edward D. Wood Jr.