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.