Author Archive: Retro

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

The film depicts a battle between female prisoners and officials on an isolated island surrounded by cliffs. There are 11 female prisoners on the prison island, with two new prisoners arriving. Santarō Isahaya has been relegated from the position of Nagasaki’s governor to the island’s administrator due to a scandal.

A nightclub singer has nightmares about being involved in adultery and murder, only to wake up and find that they may not be nightmares.

A young officer in Napoleon’s army pursues a mysterious woman to the castle of an elderly Baron.