Mr. Vampire (1985)

 Forget what you know about Vampires and watch 

Mr. Vampire (1985, 96 minutes) 

This film is a Color Horror/Comedy Film distributed by Golden Harvest.  This is the original hopping vampire film directed by Ricky Lau (Lau Chang Wei) who went on to direct three of the sequels before releasing the control of the theme to others.  It was produced by Sammo Hung.  Yes, you read that right, hopping vampires.  

This original title spawned several sequels and like many Hong Kong flicks, the titles were simply Mr. Vampire 2, 3 and you get the idea.  But the original is the best, just like the original Evil Dead is the best in my opinion.

Hard to find so enjoy this Trailor in the meantime.

Another plug for Shatter

 Two years ago, my brother's film Shatter came out.

Time for another Halloween film.

Watch it on Prime here or other steaming platforms.

House on Haunted Hill

 The great William Castle flick for your enjoyment this Halloween Season.

Watch House on Haunted Hill here.

On YouTube.

And since in Public Domain, easy to find on your streaming channels.

Abbott and Costello films for Hallowe'en

 Abbott and Costello films for Hallowe'en

In my opinion, these are great family films for Hallowe'en.  For the ones in Bold Red, I have on 16mm too!

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

And out of the title trend, we add ...

Hold that Ghost (on TCM Tonight at 7pm Central)

and 

The Time of their Lives

Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8102696

Vincent Price Movies

 Vincent Price is an accomplished actor, but here I want to showcase some of his scary films.

1953 House of Wax

1954 Mad Magician

1958 The Fly

1959 House on Haunted Hill

1959 Return on the Fly

1959 The Tingler

1959 The Bat

1960 The House of Usher

1961 The Pit and the Pendulum (I have on 16mm)

1962 Tales of Terror (I have on 16mm)

1962 Tower of London

1963 The Raven

1963 The Haunted Palace

1964 The Comedy of Terrors

1964 Last Man on Earth

1964 The Masque of the Red Death

1965 Tomb of Ligeia

1968 Witchfinder General

1969 The Oblong Box

1970 Scream and Scream Again

1971 The Abominable Dr. Phibes

1972 Dr. Phibes Rises Again

enough for now, you get the picture.

Halloween Horror-thon

 My favorite time of the year is October when the air begins to cool making it perfect for hiking.  And less bugs.

But it is also Halloween Movie time!

See this add for sales of 16mm Horror movies from twenty years ago.

I am currently watching Vincent Price in Roger Corman's Poe series!

Boo!

Halloween Movies on 16mm

 

Hmmm, what film would you want to see?

Shatter

 Time to recognize my brother for his acting in 

Shatter (2022)

Shatter

Madness Has Many Faces.

SYNOPSIS: A small-town detective must follow the cryptic clues of an escaped schizophrenic patient to solve a bizarre murder only to unveil a revelation even more bizarre than the crime itself.

YEAR PRODUCED: 2020

RUNTIME: 91

GENRE:  Horror >> Psychological,   Thriller,  

RATING: NR

DIRECTOR: Chris Schwartz

WRITER(s): Chris Schwartz, Donovan Schwartz

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER(s): Chris Schwartz

PRODUCER(s): David Wigfield

MAIN CAST: Bob Strouse (Detective Matthews), Mercer Bristow (David Willard)

OTHER/SUPPORTING CAST: Joseph Veltre (Matthews Partner) Rod Egan (Chief) Scott Geiter (Dr. Vandenberg) Orris Knepp (Bruce Willard) C.J. Ramser (Chet) Julie Ufema (Miss Carly)

COMPOSER/ORIGINAL MUSIC: Chris Schwartz, Matt Ware

Watch the trailer here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igNphe9mBK8

And if you have Amazon, you can rent or buy it here.

TCM Halloween movies

Found this on the web and will share here

TCM October Horror 2022 Schedule

*date/times are subject to change – all times shown in Eastern*

Only horror films airing on TCM are found below:

Saturday, October 1, 2022

10:45pm – Forbidden Planet (1956)

Monday, October 3, 2022

8:45am – Carnival of Sinners (1943)

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

12:15am – The Devil’s Own (1966)

2:00am – The Haunting (1936)

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

2:00am – Hausu (1977)

Saturday, October 8, 2022

2:30am – The Velvet Vampire (1971)

4:00am – The Hunger (1983)

6:15pm – The Omega Man (1971)

10:00pm – Westworld (1973)

Monday, October 10, 2022

2:45am – Village of the Damned (1960)

4:15am – Children of the Damned (1964)

6:00am – Five Million Years to Earth (1968)

9:15am – The Time Machine (1960)

11:15am – War of the Planets (1965)

1:00pm – The Wild, Wild Planet (1965)

2:45pm – The Green Slime (1969)

        (I have this one on 16mm)

4:30pm – The Illustrated Man (1969)

6:30pm – Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

3:15am – The Brood (1979)

5:00am – Night of the Living Dead (1968)

         (I have this one on 16mm)

Saturday, October 15, 2022

8:00pm – THX 1138 (1971)

Monday, October 17, 2022

11:45pm – The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

1:30am – House of Wax (1953)

3:15am – The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

4:45am – Mad Love (1935)

Thursday, October 20, 2022

6:00am – The Thirteenth Chair (1929)

7:30am – Freaks (1932)

8:45am – Mark of the Vampire (1935)

10:00am – The Devil-Doll (1936)

2:15pm – Isle of the Dead (1945)

3:30pm – The Body Snatcher (1945)

5:00pm – The Ghost Ship (1943)

Saturday, October 22, 2022

2:00am – It’s Alive (1974)

3:45am – It Lives Again (1978)

Monday, October 24, 2022

4:00am – The Plumber (1979)

11:45am – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

6:00pm – Brainstorm (1983)

9:45pm – Alice, Sweet Alice (1977)

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

3:15am – Carnival of Souls (1962)

4:45am – Spider baby (1964)

6:15am – Freaks (1932)

9:00am – Dracula Prince of Darkness (1965)

10:45am – The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

12:30pm – Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)

4:00pm – Taste of the Blood of Dracula (1970)

5:45pm – The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

Friday, October 28, 2022

4:00pm – Them! (1954)

8:00pm – Poltergeist (1982)

Saturday, October 29, 2022

2:15am – Alligator (1980)

4:00am – Alligator II: The Mutation (1990)

6:00am – Around the World Under the Sea (1965)

12:00pm – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

3:45pm – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

6:15pm – House of Dark Shadows (1970)

9:45pm – Deadly Friend (1986)

Sunday, October 30, 2022

4:00am – Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

         (I have this one on 16mm)

6:00am – Two on a Guillotine (1965)

8:00am – It! (1967)

1:30pm – I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

2:45pm – The Seventh Victim (1943)

4:15pm – Return to Glennascaul (1953)

4:45pm – Eye of the Devil (1966)

Monday, October 31, 2022

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

12:15am – Haxan (1922)

4:00am – Eyes Without a Face (1959)

6:00am – The Bat (1959)

9:00am – Horror Hotel (1960)

10:30am – The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

1:30pm – The Mummy (1959)

3:00pm – The Devil’s Bride (1968)

4:45pm – Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

6:30pm – The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

8:00pm – Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

11:15pm – Frankenstein (1931)

12:30am – The Invisible Man (1933)

Boo

Fright Tourism

 

Bristow, R. S. (2022). Fright Tourism. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing.

 

If the background is of interest,  check out this horror classic yet also one with a social commentary.

Always a favorite when I showed my 16mm print of this title.

 

 Watch it here.

 

 

The Creeping Terror

 ok, after the previous post, let's keep it going with b-movie crap.  this time with another movie I have on 16 mm:

a great party film.

Watch it at this link.

 

 

 

What is going on here?

 This is one jaw dropping film.  (And I got it on 16 mm too).

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

Watch it on the Internet Archive, of course.

 Boris Karloff.

Now everyone knows this name.  I met his daughter at the Monster Bash, maybe twenty years ago.

But for now, tonight, if you dare, watch

The Black Cat

on the Internet Archive for free of course.

House on Haunted Hill

 You can't go wrong with this William  Castle film.

Packs some startling scares and boy oh boy, some really good camp.

Enjoy this one in the dark.

Another scary film to enjoy.

For tonight, try this UK film called 

The Ghost Train.

Sort of a mystery / comedy film that packs a walloping end.  Enjoy it on the Internet Archive. 

Hallowe'en Flicks

 I am real busy to come up with unique thoughts right now, so I want to share some horror films that I am trying to watch when I need a break from packing.

So for tonight, try 

THE NINTH GUEST

Available for free to enjoy from the Internet Archive.

From Hell it Came

 From Hell it Came is a schlocky and fun movie from 1957.

If you haven't heard about it, read this short summary.   I love the accents of the "natives."

 

My reason to share this is that you can watch it on Turner Classic Movies (TCM.com) this weekend.  I emphasize Classic here.  Watch the trailer here.

You can watch it on the Dailymotion website.

Best Hallowe'en Movies

 This is the time of the year, when everybody, including me, want to share their top ten best Hallowe'en Movies.

So here are my ten.

 

10.  Opera (1987) D: Dario Argento

Back in the day, I tried to watch all of this Italian Directors' works.  For the most part, the only way to view these movies was to get a bootleg copy from a Japanese Laser Disk, since they were never distributed in the States. Of the bunch, I thought Opera (aka Terror at the Opera) was his best, most coherent and had shocking elements.  YouTube has a trailer, but Amazon will have commercially available media for home.

9.  Zombi (1979) D: Lucio Fulci

Let me try to get this correct.  The original Zombi title was a joint effort between Romero (below) and Argento (above).  So this title is best called Zombi 2 in the States and was directed by Fulci.  Gore is found in this film, so keep away from the kiddies, though I expect they get more from playing those video games in their bedroom.  There are a boat load of sequels in title or theme, so while the whole zombie era really started a lot earlier, the late seventies are when it was born for mass consumption.

8. The Thing (from another World) (1951) D: Christian Nyby

 

Also a sci-fi film, this is a wonderful cold war fright fest.  It is fast paced and the actors display the fear and arrogance typical of the era.  Remade of course, but the original is a historic exploration of human nature facing the unknown horrors from outer space. Watch it.

7.  Dawn of the Dead (1978) D: George Romero

Filmed at night at the Monroeville Mall out side of Pittsburgh, PA (another film location I have visited while attending the Monster Bash) it is another classic that has a social message along with some severe gore.  Remade of course.  Make sure you get the 1978 version.

6.  Alabama's Ghost (1973) D: Fredric Hobbs

This one is weird and should be a cult classic.  A rare title and I challenge you to find someone who has seen it.  Hard to describe, but you will not be bored. I got my copy on DVD from Sinister Cinema.  Or watch in on Youtube.

5.   Spider Baby (1967/68) D. Jack Hill

Released on Christmas Eve (what were they thinking?) this cult classic has Lon Chaney and Sid Haig.  What more would you want?  A bizarre film with Chaney signing the opening song, so you know you are in for a treat.  Also known as The Liver Eaters, Attack of the Liver Eaters, Cannibal Orgy, and The Maddest Story Ever Told, you should get this for your DVD collection.  YouTube has a copy.

4.      The Haunting (1963) D: Robert Wise

One of the most talented directors of all time,Wise scares the audience with the film.  One time I was watching it at my brother's house on his Laser Disk; I had to turn on the lights!  Remade but find the original.  You can find this on cable this month (TCM) and probably other providers.  Here is a trailer from YouTube. (sorry for the commercial in the beginning).

3.    The Tingler (1959) D: Wm. Castle

This is a title I would love to have on 16 mm.  Most people would settle on Blue Ray, but not me. Black and white except for one scene (no, I will not spoil it for you).  This bizarre film has Vincent Price, the Tingler and LSD!  Look back at the date, we are not talking about the 60s or 70s here.

2.    House on Haunted Hill (1959) D: Wm. Castle

Another title I wish I had on 16mm, but at least it is in Public Domain so widely available to view.  Great entertainment, safe for kids but still with some creepy moments.  Vincent Price is great in this one.  I wish I had seen this in the theatre as a kid.

1.    Night of the Living Dead (1968) D: George Romero

 

This low budget film is in public domain AND I have a 16 mm print of it.  It has some scares and a significant social message that puts it at the top of my list.  A classic horror film that is a must.  I have been to cemetery in Evans City (PA).

So that is it my friends.  Grab some friends, pop some popcorn and enjoy these titles. In fact, why not make it a dusk to dawn night!

Film Tourism with Don Dohler

So, I have tried not to become a couch potato during this pandemic, but in the last year or so I became aware of Baltimore film director Don Dohler.  He was also a publisher and many of his magazines and movies are freely available on the Internet Archive.

Over the past couple of days, I watched his horror film called Fiend.

I watched it to see if I recognize any of the locations.  For the most part no, since may scenes were shot at Moray Court.

But I did recognize Popular Grove Church.  I have relatives there.  I also have a photo on Google Earth of the church.

The film was release in 1980 and I was living in the area.

Pretty Lame Hallowe'en Movies on TV

Nothing good on the cable channels so I am streaming this documentary called "The Wild World of Ted V Mikels" on Filmon.  I found it on YouTube if don't have a Roku device.  Good stuff.

Mr. Mikels passed last year, so if you don't know anything about him, try this link.