Author Archive: Retro

Originally made for TV consumption, the story focuses on a madam sent to a New Orleans convent for rehabilitation.

A con artist stays one step ahead of the law as he raises money to help his ailing son.

A nervous ad executive (Tom Smothers) creates havoc on his daughter’s wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl (Twiggy) he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he can’t catch.

A disturbed woman murders her husband, and others, so that she can be haunted by their “wronged” spirits.

On a class excursion to a cave with stone age paintings the clumsy Rex gets lost. A mysterious crystal opens a gateway in time and sets him back to the stone ages, where he meets a group of prehistoric fellows and the gorgeous Eba. While teaching her English and doing some pseudo-research on her fellows, his main goal is to get her sleeping with him. However the curiosity of the clan chief disturbs his attempts.

Evil space alien Rennie plans to conquer Earth by reviving monsters including Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf Man, and the Mummy. However, his plan goes awry when the Wolf Man turns against him. Moral: never trust a werewolf. Entertaining campy fun.

Based on Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Two prisoners escape, one a peculiar old man. How peculiar is he? In flashbacks we see him kill a crippled boy and a deformed clock-maker because of his hate for human imperfection and the sound of beating hearts. Ending is in COLOR. Dir. Enrique Carreras. Young anthropologist researches folklore of the royal family and the curse of the king.