WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein feels like the most Independent-International movie there is. I have no other way to explain why this movie seems like it came from another reality. It has Dr. Durea (J. Carrol Naish, in his last film), the last descendant of Dr. Frankenstein, killing women with his assistant Groton (Lon Chaney Jr., in […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Don’t Go In the House! (1979)
If any film earned being a video nasty, it would be this one, a movie that has a man who was abused as a child growing up to be a serial killer obsessed with burning people alive. There is no one to root for or cheer for, only mayhem, malice and murder. In short, the […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Man, what a title. Better than the original one, Dracula is Dead…and Well and Living in London, which upset Christoper Lee so much that he was outspoken at the press conference that introduced the movie: “I’m doing it under protest… I think it is fatuous. I can think of twenty adjectives — fatuous, pointless, absurd. It’s […]
Attend Erasing the Lines in the Sand: Child Death in Film and the Taboo That Won’t Die Online!
Next Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm EST, Erica Shultz will be drawing from her book The Sweetest Taboo: An Unapologetic Guide to Child Kills in Film to take a sharp-witted, irreverent approach to a subject that has made critics and censors clutch their pearls for decades. Through film clips, historical context, […]
Help fund It Came from Texas!
It Came From Texas is a feature-length documentary that dives headfirst into this untold story. Through interviews with filmmakers, actors, critics, and fans, plus rare footage and behind-the-scenes treasures, we’ll celebrate the creators who proved that you don’t need Hollywood to make movie magic — just grit, guts, and maybe a bucket of fake blood. […]
Fans of Despiser and Phil Cook films now comes Echoes of Dread
I just got this in my email and wanted to share it with you! “We’ve embarked on our latest film adventure — Echoes — a new story that revisits the dark and imaginative world first glimpsed in Despiser. Our modest Kickstarter campaign is now live, and we’d love for you to be part of bringing […]
MILL CREEK LEGENDS OF HORROR: Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
This is based on a true story, as The Red Barn Murder refers to an 1827 murder in Polstead, Suffolk, England. There, a young woman named Maria Marten was shot dead by her lover, William Corder, at the Red Barn, which was a local landmark. The two were going to elope, and afterward, Corder sent letters […]
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