Indeed, I did go out und lay in the street after viewing this one. I'm compelled to do so upon every viewing of this masterpiece.

Attack of the Puppet People (1958)

Secretary Sally Reynolds (June Kenny) is grateful to her seemingly kind boss, Mr. Franz (John Hoyt), when he introduces her to a dapper young man, Bob (John Agar). Little does she know that Franz is more than a doll maker. It's the sh*t.

SHERLOCK HO:MES AND THE VOICE OF TERROR (1942). After two impressively lavish films from 20th Century Fox, Holmes and Watson found themselves at cost cutting Universal, which for some reason decided to move Holmes into the present and battle against Nazis and enemy agents::confused::! This one is very heavy handed on propaganda and You'll be mystified at Basil Rathbone's hair style here. Basil and Nigel Bruce are still enjoyable and after a "Rah-Rah" speech, Evelyn Ankers gives a decent turn of woman determined to right wrongs by whatever means possible. Only one directed by John Rawlins (the rest were helmed by Roy William Neill, who also did FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN), some of the lighting in close ups is well done. **

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are my favorite Holmes and Watson!

House of mystery

The brain eaters

I love them as well. I have enjoyed other team-ups, like Peter Cushing-Andre Morrell (THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES-1959_ and Christopher Plummer-James Mason (MURDER BY DECREE-1979). But mention Holmes/Watson, Basil/Nigel pop into my mind first.

While We're on the subject.....

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON (1942). Second WW2 focus involves Holmes rescuing an inventor of a weapon which will help turn the tide. For such a "brilliant" man, "Dr Tobell" is truly the dipshit for not listening to instructions meant to safeguard him, meaning more rescues by Holmes. It amuses Me how hardly anyone in these films doesn't recognize Holmes while He is in disguise... Basil DID have distinctive features.
A few quibbles, Yes, but decent atmosphere and a very good turn by Lionel Atwill as Prof Moriarty...truly sinister and the conversation between Lionel and Basil is high entertainment. ***

I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would and found it better than most Corman films of that time. Cool seeing Dick Miller and Bruno VeSota (ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES). Also, Alison Hayes::love:: is drop dead gorgeous as the evil Witch and quite malevolent as well. ***

I checked out The Raven (1935)...

I've never seen The Raven, probably cause I tend to get it mixed up with The Black Cat (1934). It was alright. Lugosi does a great job delivering the lines of an arrogant mad scientist. Karloff not so much. Karloff starts out fine as a fugitive, but after Lugosi changes his face Boris starts acting like he's mentally disabled and slows everything way down, which didn't make any sense.

The ending is a bit clunky in execution, no pun intended. There's lots of wide shots and just not at all very dynamic in regards to suspense or horror.

The vampire’s ghost

I'm glad You gave it a chance, Sculpt. Karloff really is overshadowed by Bela; as for Bela, I wish He could have put a couple more guests in his "Poe Works"

SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON (1943). The last of the full blown propaganda Holmes films. After this, it was more into gothic territory with current events still mentioned, but not to such a degree. The boys from Baker Street visit DC, with Watson seemingly having the time of his life (especially involving gum) and Holmes put out by being there. A secret document has been put on another object, leading to a "Hidden in Plain sight" scenario. OK, but not much more than that. Besides Bruce and Rathbone, SHIW also has Ian Wolfe (THE RAVEN, BEDLAM), George Zucco (THE MUMMY's HAND), Henry Daniell (THE BODY SNATCHER) and a young married at the time couple Jack Archer and Marjorie Lord (TV's MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY and MAKE ROOM FOR GRANDADDY) who shortly after this had a daughter, Anne, who racked up some decent film credits of her own in the future. **1/2

THE DEADLY BEES (1967). A burned out singer goes to an island for some R'n'R (staying with a combative couple-how could You relax with that) and some mysterious incidents involving Bee attacks begin. Being that there are two non-friendly Bee keepers on the island, it's just gotta be one of them..maybe?

TDB spooked Me as a little one (no doubt, owing to Bee stings I got) and bored Me as a Teen. Still not great, but not as bad as I remembered (and honestly, Amicus did anthology films better, anyway) with decent turns by Suzanna Leigh, Katy Wild (the Mute Girl from EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN-kind of cute here!) and Michael Ripper (whose real life wife at the time ends up in peril here). Noticed as older a plot device from THE DEVIL BAT and the band on TV in the beginning, known as The Birds, reminded Me a lot of The Yardbirds, especially the guitar player on the right. Turns out the guitar is Ronnie Wood who went on to play in The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces and for the last 40 plus years, The Rolling Stones. ***

The Ghoul (1933) Egyptologist and professor Henry Morlant (Boris Karloff) thinks an ancient jewel will give him powers of rejuvenation if it is offered up to the god Anubis. But when Morlant dies, his assistant Laing (Ernest Thesiger) steals the jewel. This one was really well done. It seems that it was lost for a long time until some one discovered the original negatives in an old warehouse during the 1980's. See this one if you can.

RETURN OF THE FLY (1959). B/W sequel to the technicolor 1958 original has the DeLambre son working on the same experiments his Father had been. He is aided by Vincent Price (uncle) and a Friend who isn't all that He apples to be.

Although the "Fly" makeup looks cumbersome, this really isn't too bad and I enjoyed it. ***

Omoo omoo the shark god

Cry of the werewolf

This looks interesting. I kinda like films that are only about an hour.

The little shop of horrors

blood feast

Dementia 13, 1960. 8/10

Director: Francis Coppola

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What a great opening scene::love::::cool::!

SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST (1960). Terence Fisher directed Hammer film dealing with Robin Hoods adventures. Richard Greene, who was on the TV series, plays Robin, although He looks a little too podgy to be so athletic. The film looks good with other performers I like, such as Nigel Green (COUNTESS DRACULA), Niall McGiiness (NIGHT OF THE DEMON), Desmond Llwellyn ("Q" in the James Bond films), Oliver Reed (once again being anti-social and with an unusual speaking style) and of course, the Man, Peter Cushing as a pretty good Sheriff of Nottingham. Film overall is OK, but as far as Robin Hood goes, the 1938 Errol Flynn film is really all You need (Don't even get Me going on the Kevin Costner one::roll eyes::). **1/2

The Terror (1963) ★★★

A fun little watch, not in the least because it pairs two absolute icons of cinema. And an entertaining film to boot. Nice atmos. Defintely up for a rewatch.

ISLAND OF THE LOST (1967). An abrasive Scientist travels with his family to the South Pacific, become shipwrecked and marvel at the strange wildlife found on said island. Ivan Tors (of FLIPPER fame) has his name on production, Ricou Browning (Titular underwater denizen of the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON series and who also worked on FLIPPER) directs and the script is written by another CREATURE alumnus Richard Carlson (also in THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE and VALLEY OF GWANGI). There is some excellent underwater photography and interesting cast; Richard Greene (TV Robin Hood), Luke Halpin (FLIPPER, SHOCK WAVES), Robin Mattson (BONNIE'S KIDS and TV GENERAL HOSPITAL) and lovely Irene Tsu::love::.
I liked IOTL as a little FD, but find it quite dull this time around. The scientist /Father is such an asshole, I'm surprised He wasn't pushed off the boat::mad::!
Probably a film that was more fun to make than it is to watch. **

Revenge of the zombies

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

The man with two lives

Condemned To Live

Chained For Life

BARBARELLA (1968). After winning two Oscars in the 70's, becoming a Fitness Queen in the 80;s and marrying Ted Turner, Jane Fonda would probably like to forget this campy sci-fi flick.

Barbarella is a Space explorer searching the universe and ending up in all kinds of misadventures with her usually in danger or a compromising position.

Not bad overall, if You approach it with the right attitude. **1/2

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

Gang Smashers

Voodoo Man

"Ram-Boo-Na!"::big grin::::big grin::

CIRCUS OF HORRORS (1960). This extremely lurid and nasty thriller was made by the same company who did the likewise HORRORS OF THE BLACK MUSEUM. After botching a Plastic surgery operation, Anton Differing escapes, changes his appearance and acquires a circus (from a young and with hair Donald Pleasance::shocked::) by less than noble means. Over the next few years, he builds a reputation as having a grade A attraction with extremely attractive performers, mostly women. Never mind when he met them, they were of a mostly criminal segment, with burned/scarred faces (and of course, perfect bodies) who He re-figures with surgery and puts them in various roles throughout the big top, including sexual favors. Lots of fun and good cast including Yvonne Monlauer (BRIDES OF DRACULA), Jane Hylton (THE MANSTER) and Yvonne Romain (CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF, NIGHT CREATURES) who is a vision of pure loveliness. ***

The Gorilla

SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH (1943). SH and Dr Watson explore mysterious goings on at a convalescent home for WW2 soldiers. Thankfully, this is all that is mentioned of the conflict and SHFD is a return to the gothic style and without the odd haircut sported by Holmes in the previous three installments. One thing still consistent is his snippiness towards Watson which more or less stayed through the rest of the series. ***

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) ★½

In the category "so bad it's good", this is a ten on*ten.

Only 80 minutes, but there is a ton of stuff going on. And pretty much all of it is*bollocks.

From the laughable special fx over the cardboard set pieces to the non sequitur dialogues, it's a glorious feast of*silliness.

Or to paraphrase Tommy W: Hahaha, what a story,*Ed.

THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956). Third and last CREATURE film is an improvement over REVENGE OF THE CREATURE and is better than I remembered. Still, I HATE what happen to "Creech" in this one ;and hate even more the abuse He takes. It's quite satisfying to see him in action towards the rousing yet depressing wrap-up. ***

It took a while before I was able to see Walks Among Us... you know, when TV was all there was. It's an odd film, with some interesting takes.. kind of like what Escape from the Planet of the Apes was. Bizarre to see the Creature on the table. But like you said it was nice to see the C get some action in the end.

It surely was..that guy was a major tool::mad::

TERROR IS A MAN (1959). Filipino remake of ISLAND OF LOST SOULS doesn't hit all the marks, but better than You would think and some pretty solid atmosphere as well. With Francis Lederer (RETURN OF DRACULA) as the hangdog Mad Doctor and luscious Greta Thyssen (Miss Denmark 1951 and a foil for The Three Stooges in their last few shorts). ***

Missile to the Moon (1958) ★★★

A no budget blockbuster. The same level of stupid, just without a truckload of money and the good looking A-listers that come with it.*

And it was*glorious.