Author Archive: Retro

A masked lunatic kills off people in a haunted house.

Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms. Poor Anna just can’t seem to ‘straighten out’ her delinquent daughter. Her path eventually leads to crime, rebellion, death, and redemption. Her sleazy boryfriend leads her down a path of moral ineptitude. Good performance by Syms. Upgraded 9-94.

Spoiled teenager with wealthy, apathetic parents leads a gang which runs a protection racket at his high school. Written and Produced by O’Dale Ireland. Dir. O’Dale Ireland

A young girl is framed for a robbery, and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.

The owner of beatnik coffeehouse is the man with the plan: he drafts his loser buddies into a million-dollar armored car robbery. Dir. Gene Fowler

Teenage hoodlum goes on a shooting spree, picks up some chicks and takes it on the lam. The whole entourage winds up at a farmhouse, where they hide out and hold a family hostage. Produced by Sam Katzman. Dir. Fred Sears

A young singer’s chance at fame is threatened by his hoodlum pals.

A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.