Author Archive: Retro

Mad scientist Lugosi’s eighty year old wife requires frequent injections of fresh blood to keep her youthful appearance. As a dedicated husband, Lugosi snatches recently dead young brides to drain them of their living fluid.

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.