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Although I can’t remember where I’ve seen it before, the plot of The Face of Fear (1971), while a good one, is not original. Since the source material, the novel, “Sally,” by E.V. Cunningham (aka Howard Fast) was written in 1967, maybe this is just another in a long line of films based on the…
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The third “Yokai Monsters” movie, Along with Ghosts (1969) is the strangest, not because of its content, but because of its lack of content. It has a decent story: When her grandfather is killed by the equivalent of gangsters, a little girl named Miyo ventures toward the city to find her father. However, there are…
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Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971) has a terrific, cinematic opening. In a stunning aerial shot, the camera travels over the sea and zooms in to a beautiful Spanish villa on the shore. Then, in what looks like the same shot, the camera pulls back out as we watch Larry Towers (Christopher George) run outside…
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If this is the kid-friendly Yokai movie I was expecting, then I must have it confused with something else. Even more than 100 Monsters (1968), The Great Yokai War (1968) has truly terrifying moments with pre-1970s melted Crayola blood and Yokai that curse like drunken sailors. It’s only when the “good” monsters appear to battle…
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After an extended pre-opening credits sequence during which Dr. Golinski (Tom Bosley) tells Hyam Maish (Herschel Bernardi) he needs to slow down at the age of 73 and enjoy life, a lovely song plays. It was written and sung by Paul Williams, a coincidence since we discussed him recently on The Classic Horrors Club Podcast.…
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Before I watched Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968), I had no idea what a “Yokai monster” was. After watching a handful of experts discuss it for 40 minutes on the Arrow Video Blu-ray special feature, Hiding in Plan Sight: A Brief History of Yokai, I learned that the term can mean many things. I’m not…
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After playing tennis at a fancy club in Santa Costa, CA, three cocky rich men and their spoiled wives split into two groups. The men head to the bar, the women to the spa. When the women are finished, the climb into their limousine where the driver has just been knocked out and replaced with…
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Since this is the last entry into our 1980’s horror-comedy/spoof series, it’s a good time to summarize them in a way that I’ve been considering for a few weeks now. The 80’s horror spoofs can be compared to the humor magazines of the era. For example, you have Mad Magazine, the cream of the crop. In…
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Sometimes I feel like I’ve watched so many horror movies that I can tell where one’s headed during its early moments. It’s not disappointing when I’m right. I’d almost be disappointed if these films didn’t end like I’ve been trained to think they will. More often than not, it’s the only satisfying way they could…
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For the first few minutes of Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), I had real hopes that memory wasn’t served and it was going to be better than my preconceived notions. Those were a precious few minutes that soon became a long, agonizing hour and a half that I had to split over the course of two evenings.…
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