THE MANSTER
An American-Japanese co-production that apparently horrified an entire generation of sixties-era youngsters
VIY
An astounding Nikolai Gogol inspired achievement in old-school horror
BURN, WITCH BURN!
This intriguing 1962 horror fest, known as NIGHT OF THE EAGLE outside the US, is a justified classic, but it should be better than it is
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE
Perhaps the ultimate head-in-a-dish movie, and there’s an excellent reason for its notoriety
BLOODY PIT OF HORROR
A far stupider-than-average Italian horror/trash fest from the mid sixties. It’s kinda fun, but don’t expect too much.
BLOOD FEAST
What is it about H.G. Lewis’s flicks that are so much fun? They’re not “good” by any stretch of the imagination—indeed, they’re often downright atrocious. Case in point: BLOOD FEAST, the first of Lewis’ gore epics
THE BLIND BEAST (Film)
A wildly fetishistic, claustrophobic Japanese production made in 1968, THE BLIND BEAST (a.k.a. MOJU) is profoundly bizarre
BLACK SUNDAY (1961)
This was the first solo-directed film by the great Mario Bava, and remains his best-known work. There’s an excellent reason for that, and for the fact that actress Barbara Steele became an icon.
BEYOND LOVE AND EVIL
The undoubted magnum opus of French exploiter Jacques Scandelari, this is an undeniably striking, if laughably pretentious, explosion of psychosexual weirdness
EVENINGS ON A FARM NEAR DIKANKA
A comedic and fantastic Russian adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s 1831 novella THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS that, despite its “classic” status in some quarters, is too antic and overwrought by far