Cat Girl (1957)
An unofficial remake of Cat People, this Alfred Shaughnessy-directed (he wrote Upstairs Downstairs) film is all about Leonora Johnson (Barbara Shelley, perhaps Hammer’s best-known female actress with roles in Dracula, Prince of Darkness; The Gorgon; Rasputin, The Mad Monk and Quatermass and the Pit), who may have inherited a family curse — when angered, she transforms into a murderous cat — […]
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Hammer had already made films for Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula, and The Mummy. Surely it was time for the werewolf, with this being the first furry horror film shot in color, as well as Oliver Reed’s first starring role. This wolf — Leon — has a wild origin story. His mother (Yvonne Romain, Devil Doll) was a […]
Late Phases (2014)
I loved Adrián García Bogliano’s Here Comes the Devil, so I was excited for this werewolf film. It’s not as amazing as that film, but there are some interesting parts to this story. Will McKinley (Ethan Embry, Empire Records) has moved his blind vet dad Ambrose (Stakeland, We Are What We Are) into a retirement home. Ambrose is […]
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
It’s pretty amazing that this French-language film played cineplexes in the United States, but I saw it twice in theaters during its run and bought the DVD as soon as it came out. This is a film that I am evangelical about, purchasing numerous copies for people and recommending it to countless more. How many […]
House of Dracula (1945)
A sequel to House of Frankenstein, this would be the seventh film to feature Frankenstein’s Monster (Glenn Strange*) and the fourth for both Count Dracula (John Carradine) and the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr.). Although it was a success, it would be the last of the serious Universal Monster films, with the comedic Abbott and […]
Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
Neal Sundstrom — yes, the director of Space Mutiny — made this, the fifth of many werewolf movies that are not always connected. This time, the movie plays out like a furry Ten Little Indians. We start in Budapest, where the owners of a castle are killed sometime in 1489 by a murderous couple who then kill […]
Drive-In Asylum Matinee this Sunday!
Announcing a special Drive-In Asylum online event this Sunday, August 30 on the Groovy Doom Facebook page! We’re having a matinee watch party at 4pm of the 1972 cannibalism family jam Terror House, featuring our special guest for the show Linda Gillen! Linda stars in the film as our final girl Regina, and she’ll be live […]
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