Tag: classics
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Earth vs The Spider
Ah, the classics of American International Pictures… nothing quite like them. The Spider is one of their giant creature features, made with copious amounts of composite shots, theremin-accented music, and familiar settings from the Universal Studios back lot to Carlsbad Caverns. If you’re not familiar with American International, you’re not familiar with a number of…
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House on Haunted Hill (1959): More Than Just a Gimmick
The House on Haunted Hill is one of the earlier horror films I saw growing up. It still stands as one of my favorite “haunted house” films, even though the question of just how haunted (if at all) the house is remains unanswered. There’s a lot to like right off the top. It’s got Vincent Price…
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Frankenstein (1931)
Thanks to my father’s love of the monster movies of his youth, I grew up watching horror films. It started with the old Universal Pictures movies that were shown sporadically on channel 13, the PBS station out of NYC. One of the first I remember seeing, the lights dim in the living room, was the…
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Metropolis Rediscovered!
According to reports from Ain’t It Cool News and Zeit Online, a massive amount of previously unknown footage from the sci-fi classic Metropolis has been discovered. This is footage that may not have been seen anywhere since the first showings of the silent epic in the late 1920s. Anyone who’s a fan of sci-fi should…