Author Archive: Retro

A jazz pianist’s ex-lover refuses to let go, leading to haunting experiences after she falls to her death.

Feed Me, Seymour!! A nebbish raises a bloodthirsty plant that grows and grows and grows on a diet of human flesh. Nicholson is hilarious as a masochistic dental patient. Produced and Directed by Roger Corman…in three days & two nights! Dir. Roger Corman.

Peter Cushing stars as a former priest who harbors a dark and horrible secret in his attic. The locked room serves as a prison cell for his crazed, cannibalistic adult son, who acquired his savage tastes in India during his father’s missionary work there. Cushing fears that his son will escape to prey upon the effete guests at his rural English estate during a cross-country auto race.

Dir. Conreid Veidt. One of the biggest classics of all-time. Classic silent about a carnival based hypnotist and sleepwalking girl snatcher. Influential cinematic masterpiece as a magician hypnotizes a sleepwalker to carry out his murderous doings. English titles.

In an effort to cure his crippled daughter, doctor poses as murderous ape in order to extract the spinal fluid of his townsfolk.

Six of seven tourists in a east European castle overnight are victims of a helper of the devil. Is Satan willing to spare their souls?

A young husband’s sexual fantasies frighten his new wife and cause her to seek advice from Carmilla, a descendent of Mircalla de Karnstein. Carmilla seduces the young bride and forces her to commit gory acts of mutilation.

Dangerous killer known as “The Tiger” fronts a charity which supposedly helps ex-convicts, but in reality, steers them toward more criminal activities. Produced by George King. Dir. George King

Nostradamus, the vampire, boasts of killing the police inspector.