In German director Frank Wisbar [Franz Wysbar]’s spooky, atmospheric low-budget 1946 black and white horror movie, townspeople mourn the death of a number of swamp land men by strangulation. Some believe they have died as a result of their […]
John Carradine stars as the Cosmic Man, an extra-terrestrial who appears in ultra-cheap negative photography visual effects – and disappears again at will – to spread his gospel of peace and love to understandably utterly […]
Rosemary La Planche, the 1941 Miss America, stars in Devil Bat’s Daughter (1946) as Nina, the daughter of Bela Lugosi’s character in 1940’s The Devil Bat. Rosemary La Planche, the 1941 Miss America, stars in […]
‘All Heathville loved Dr Paul Carruthers… the doctor found time to conduct certain private experiments — weird, terrifying experiments.’ The Devil Bat (1940) has the right star in horror icon Bela Lugosi. ‘All Heathville loved […]
Director Wallace Fox’s amusing 1942 horror movie stars Bela Lugosi as a crazed botanist called Dr George Lorenz, who kidnaps brides to revive his 80-year-old countess wife (Elizabeth Russell) to her former youthful and healthy state. With […]
Director Akira Kurosawa’s thrilling, marvellous-looking 1985 version of William Shakespeare’s play King Lear is transposed to 16th-century feudal Japan, with the senile old man now a warlord called Lord Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsuya Nakadai) who cedes his kingdom […]
Director Akira Kurosawa’s 1957 film masterpiece is a superb and stirring Japanese take on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, topped off with a particularly rousing and exciting climax. It comes complete with a great central performance by […]
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