ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS *** USA 1957 Dir: Roger Corman. 62 mins No this is not a film on sexual diseases or etiquette at a seafood restaurant. This is a Roger Corman opus as only he could produce in those halcyon days of the late fifties. The Drive-in culture…
Browsing: 1950s Horror
Due to unprecedented demand for the NIGHT OF THE DEMON LIMITED EDITION 2-Disc Blu-ray Box Set (NEWS HERE), Indicator are releasing a standard 2-disc edition on 26th November. This version will not include the special packaging, double-sided poster or 80-page book, but it will carry over all alternative feature presentations…
Renowned for his imaginative and eccentric marketing ploys, William Castle became synonymous with delivering lurid horror films backed-up by his trademark publicity gimmicks (‘Illusion-O’, ‘Percepto’, the ‘Punishment Poll’, ‘Fright Breaks’, etc.). WILLIAM CASTLE AT COLUMBIA, VOLUME ONE features four classic fright films from the outrageous showman’s illustrious career with Columbia…
Based on M R James’ classic tale of terror, ‘Casting the Runes’, and adapted for the screen by regular Hitchcock collaborator Charles Bennett, Jacques Tourneur’s (Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Out of the Past) NIGHT OF THE DEMON is considered to be one of the seminal horror films…
THE BLOB **** U.S.A. 1958 Dir: Irvin S Yeaworth Jr. 86 mins The jokey title song (by an uncredited Burt Bacharach) is one of the memorable features of this iconic 50’s monster movie, in which 27 year old teenager Steve McQueen witnesses a meteorite landing in between tame rebellious shenanigans…