A group of university students in the New Mexico desert unearth an ancient mummy, on which one of the students performs a secret, primeval blood ritual. This awakens the death-hungry spirit of the Aztec Lord Tezcalipoca, intent on finishing his centuries-old reign of terror. Soon, the mummy’s curse possesses the students’ souls, turning them against each other in a bid to spread his evil to the entire world. Starring Suziey Block, Aidan Bristow, and Aaron Burt. Yeah, filmed in New Mexico with some good scenery.
In the dead of night, Donovan drives with his girlfriend, Lucy and several friends to a secret rendezvous in the woods. They believe they are meeting a “healer” who can cure Lucy’s cancer, but they grow suspicious when a booby-trap in the road forces them to stop short of their destination. when the driver gets out to investigate he is brutally killed and dragged from the car. Terrified, the remaining friends run for their lives to a deserted cabin, dodging the paramilitary commandos that hunt them as well as the deadly creatures that slaughtered their friends. As the friends die, one by one, they realize too late that Donovan has set them up as bait in exchange for a magic elixir he believes will heal Lucy, but even Donovan is not prepared to pay the price for Lucy’s cure. Starring Liam McMahon, Anna Moore, and Elizabeth Anweis. Made in Hollywood this film has its moments!
Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman’s office asking for a cure to his vampirism, but this is a ruse by Dracula to get near Dr. Edelman’s beautiful female assistant and turn her into a vampire. Meanwhile, a sincere Lawrence Talbot, AKA the Wolfman, arrives seeking a cure for his lycanthropy. When Dr. Edelman’s first attempt fails, Talbot tries to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff, but instead finds a network of underground caves where Frankenstein’s Monster is in stasis. Chaos ensues as the three monsters fight for dominance of one another. Starring Onslow Stevens, Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, and John Carradine. The last of the Monster Mash movies that started with Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman (1943) and continued with House of Frankenstein (1943). All of these movies were made during WWII.
After escaping from the asylum, the deranged Dr. Niemann and his loyal hunchback assistant, Daniel, revive not only the evil Count Dracula, but the Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s monster as well. All in order to exact revenge upon their many enemies. Starring Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., and J. Carrol Naish. The beginning of the Universal mix of monsters. Hey, we need to get these guys fighting each other. It will be a box office success!
Lost deep in the forest of the Pacific Northwest, Ashley and Max Carr are stalked by a terrifying creature that might be Bigfoot. Soon they find themselves embroiled in a strange land of Native American myth and legend turned real. Hopelessly trying to survive, with a handful of unsavory locals, they must fight back against this monster in a desperate battle of life or death. You Will Believe. Starring Casey Gagliardi, Andrew Joseph Montgomery, Jameson Pazak. Latest in the great movies out of Canada.
A college professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a prehistoric fish. While examining the find he is accidentally exposed to it’s blood, turning him into a murderous Neanderthal. Starring Arthur Franz, Joanna Moore, and Judson Pratt. Yea, the prehistoric fish is the Coelacanth from Madagascar environs and here it is turning a man into a Neanderthal, or is it bigfoot?
Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. They wind up in jail and are bailed out by Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll has been murdering fellow doctors who laugh at his experiments. He has more murders in mind. At one point the serum that turns Jekyll into the murderous Hyde gets injected into Tubby. Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Boris Karloff. One of the later Abbott and Costello comedies and Karloff is good in this one.
Several murders have been committed in a London park and the victims have been savagely clawed about the throat. The police believe that a woman is a killer, and perhaps she is a (she) werewolf. Heiress Phyllis Allenby, fears she is the criminal, based on the family legend of the “Allenby Curse” which was the belief that members of the family at times assumed the form of a wolf. Her aunt’s constant reminders to her of the “Allenby Curse” only serves to keep her niece’s fears alive. Starring June Lockhart, Don Porter, and Sara Haden. Yes, that is June Lockhart from Lost In Space. Is she a werewolf?
Larry Talbot finds himself in an asylum, recovering from an operation performed by the kindly Dr. Mannering. Inspector Owen finds him there, too, wanting to question him about a recent spate of murders. Talbot escapes and finds Maleva, the old gypsy woman who knows his secret: when the moon is full, he changes to a werewolf. She travels with him to locate the one man who can help him to die – Dr. Frankenstein. The brilliant doctor proves to be dead himself, but they do find Frankenstein’s daughter. Talbot begs her for her father’s papers containing the secrets of life and death. She doesn’t have them, so he goes to the ruins of the Frankenstein castle to find them himself. There he finds the Monster, whom he chips out of a block of ice. Dr. Mannering catches up with him only to become tempted to monomania while using Frankenstein’s old equipment. Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Bela Lugosi, and Patric Knowles. Got to love Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory. All the cool Tesla special effects you could want!
Upon the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns from America to his ancestral home in Wales. He visits a gypsy camp with village girl Jenny Williams, who is attacked by Bela, a gypsy who has turned into a werewolf. Larry kills the werewolf but is bitten during the fight. Bela’s mother tells him that this will cause him to become a werewolf at each full moon. Larry confesses his plight to his unbelieving father, Sir John, who then joins the villagers in a hunt for the wolf. Transformed by the full moon, Larry heads for the forest and a fateful meeting with both Sir John and Gwen Conliffe. Starring Claude Rains, Warren William, and Lon Chaney Jr. The classic werewolf movie, but where are the skinwalker movies? Coming Soon!
The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein’s monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used in a house of horrors. Dracula awakens and escapes with the weakened monster, who he plans to re-energize with a new brain. Larry Talbot (the Wolfman) arrives from London in an attempt to thwart Dracula. Dracula’s reluctant aide is the beautiful Dr. Sandra Mornay. Her reluctance is dispatched by Dracula’s bite. Dracula and Sandra abduct Wilbur for his brain and recharge the monster in preparation for the operation. Chick and Talbot attempt to find and free Wilbur, but when the full moon rises all hell breaks loose with the Wolfman, Dracula, and Frankenstein all running rampant. Starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Lon Chaney, Jr. The first of the Abbott and Costello Meet the (fill in Monster) movies. Good monster fun!
While on a botanical expedition in Tibet Dr. Wilfred Glendon is attacked in the dark by a strange animal. Returning to London, he finds himself turning nightly into a werewolf and terrorizing the city, with the only hope for curing his affliction a rare Asian flower, the Mariphasa. Starring Henry Hull, Warner Oland, and Valerie Hobson. The original werewolf movie. How did that song go?
In the Arizona desert, Professor Gerald Deemer (Leo G. Carroll) is experimenting with growth hormones in the hopes of finding a way to increase the world’s food supply. His partner in the project was recently found dead in the desert, suffering from a disease that normally takes years to advance, but, in his case, seems to have afflicted him in only a few days. The local doctor, Matt Hastings is puzzled by the strange case and, with Deemer’s recently arrived (and very pretty) assistant, Stephanie “Steve” Clayton, tries to figure out what is going on. When cattle remains are found in the countryside, evidence points to a giant tarantula as the culprit. Starring John Agar, Mara Corday and Leo G. Carroll. You’ll remember Leo G. Carroll as Mr. Waverly from the Man from Uncle series. A monster favorite!
An irrigation project in the rural bayous of Louisiana unearths living mummy Kharis, who was buried in quicksand twenty-five years earlier. Now in Louisiana, the mummy Kharis roams the bayou, tormented by his forbidden love for Princess Ananka. Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Coe, and Virginia Christine. The last of the Lon Chaney Jr. mummy movies. Hopefully he can rest in peace until the franchise starts again with Christopher Lee and Hammer Horror.
An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka’s spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest’s greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy. Starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, and Robert Lowery. Now that damn mummy is in North America!
In this third Gill-Man feature, the Creature is captured and turned into an air-breather by a rich mad scientist. This makes the Creature very unhappy, and he escapes, killing people and setting fires in the process. Starring Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason and Leigh Snowden. This movie asks, “Who is the monster—the Gill-Man or the mad scientist? More than just a monster movie, this is thought-provoking entertainment. “The jungle or the stars?” asks Dr. Morgan, concerning mankind’s destiny. The only Creature movie not in 3D.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon has been captured by scientists and transported to an aquarium in south Florida. Once there, he becomes attracted to lovely female scientist Helen Dobson (Lori Nelson) and manages to escape and kidnap her, and heads to Jacksonville, with her real-life love in pursuit. Starring Stars John Agar, Lori Nelson, and John Bromfield. Yow! With the Creature after you, you might want to stop and play a game of pinball! This movie was also released in 3D!
The ancient Egypt Mummy, Kharis, is transported from his homeland with the high priest Mehemet to wreak vengeance on the family who has defiled the sacred tomb of his beloved Princess Ananka. Lon Chaney Jr., Dick Foran, and John Hubbard. The third mummy movie released during WWII.
A couple of comical, out-of-work archaeologists (Dick Foran and Wallace Ford) in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter (Peggy Moran), they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest (George Zucco) and the living mummy Kharis (Tom Tyler) who are the guardians of Ananka’Òs tomb. Starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, and Wallace Ford. A fun archeological horror adventure movie!
A mysterious man, whose head is completely covered in bandages, wants a room. The proprietors of the pub aren’t used to making their house an inn during the winter months, but the man insists. The man quickly runs out of money, and he has a violent temper besides. Worse still, he seems to be some kind of chemist and has filled his room with messy chemicals, test tubes, beakers and the like. When they try to throw him out, they make a ghastly discovery. Meanwhile, Flora Cranley appeals to her father to do something about the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Griffin, his assistant and her sweetheart. Her father’s other assistant, the cowardly Dr. Kemp, is no help. He wants her for himself. Little does Flora guess that the wild tales, from newspapers and radio broadcasts, of an invisible homicidal maniac are stories of Dr. Griffin himself, who has discovered the secret of invisibility and gone mad in the process. Starring Claude Rains and Gloria Stewart. The classic Invisible Man movie!
