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…
Browsing: 1950s movie
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…
THE DEADLY MANTIS ** U.S.A. 1957 Dir: Nathan Juran 79 mins As the 1950’s were coming to a close there was still room for more ‘Giant Creature’ movies and they don’t get much bigger then THE DEADLY MANTIS. Ok perhaps thats a bit over the top, the creature sure is…
THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US *** U.S.A. 1956 Dir: John Sherwood 78 mins The third and final entry in the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON series of movies from Universal Pictures sees the creature once again rise from the depths. It would appear that this sequel follows on from the events…