Nostradamus y el Destructor de Monstruos (1962)
In the second film of this series — originally as 12-part movie serial — the professor finds that he must admit that the undead walk the Earth. He joins with a vampire hunter to stop Nostradamus, who is the son of one of the most powerful bloodsuckers of all time. Nostradamus takes his evil even […]
La Maldicion de Nostradamus (1962)
Nostradamus is not the fortune-telling mystic that scared you so badly in 1981’s The Man Who Saw Tomorrow. No, he’s an aristocratic vampire played by German Robles, who also played Count Karol de Lavud in the two El Vampiro films. This was originally a 12 part serial that has been broken down into 4 films by […]
El Baron del Terror (1962)
Known as Brainiac in the U.S., this was directed by Chano Urueta, who helped Blue Demon get on the silver screen and was written by Federico Curiel, who would make The Champions of Justice, several Santo movies and Neutron. All the way back in 1661, Baron Vitelius was burned at the stake during the Inquisition and claimed […]
The Mad Fox (1962)
In the medieval Japan that only appears in fantasy, a court astrologer foretells a great disturbance that could cause the end of the kingdom of Emperor Suzaku. The astrologer’s wife wants one of his two proteges, Doman, to take over for her husband, while Yasunori — the more idealistic of his disciples — just wants […]
Santo vs. Las Mujeres Vampiro (1962)
Known as Samson vs. the Vampire Women in the U.S., this is one of four Santo films that were dubbed into English and released north of the border. Blame K. Gordon Murray, a distributor of Mexican films whose movies mainly played children-friendly weekend matinees or late night TV thanks to American-International TV. A coven of vampire […]
Dr. No (1962)
Two men wanted the rights to the James Bond novels: Harry Saltzman and Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli. Broccoli wanted to make the films more than Saltzman and while they couldn’t agree on a sale, they would agree to make the films together. The problem? Many studios felt that the Bond books were too British and […]
The Magic Sword (1962)
When I was a kid, WKBN-TV 27 in Youngstown aired a daily movie. I remember that quite often, the aspect ratio — I had no idea what that meant when I was young — made the cowboys seem way too tall at the beginning of their movies. And I vividly remember this movie all about […]
PURE TERROR MONTH: The Dungeon of Harrow (1962)
Imagine this: You’re evil and sadistic count who just happens to live in a waterfront castle with your equally disturbed family. A shipwreck happens and the survivor of the ship soon makes his way to your home. What would you do? This was pretty much the passion project of Texas news anchor turned comic book […]
2019 Scarecrow Psychotronic Challenge Day 20: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
DAY 20. SUNDAY DINNER: From exceptional eating scenes to full on foodie fodder. Come hungry! After a viewing of this movie at a very young age, I decided that I’d never have chaffing dishes in my house. That may never come true just because I doubt I’ll ever have the money to spend on such […]
Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
It’s unfortunate that Wesley Barry’s honorable director-producer ambitions through his Genie Studios—portraying a post-apocalyptic society that, to save humanity, fuse man with machine to create human-like androids from freshly dead human corpses, then deals with their creations’ development of cyber-theology and a subsequent worker’s revolt—grossly exceeded this film’s restrictive budget. Ultimately, Creation of the Humanoids, […]
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