Baron Craze’s Visions of Horror #19 – May 7 to 13 May 31, 2023
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Ground Meat – Pathological Silence

https://www.facebook.com/groundmeatmetalmusic

https://groundmeatmetal.bandcamp.com/

May 7, 2023 – Sunday

Outpost [2008]

R – 1h 30m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892899/

Anniversary: 15-years

Genre: Action/ Horror/ Sci-fi

Director: Steve Barker

Writers: Steve Barker, Kieran Parker, Rae Brunton

Stars: Ray Stevenson, Julian Wadham, Richard Brake, Brett Fancy, Ene Frost, Julian Rivett, Michael Smiley, Johnny Meres

Co: Screen Gems

Summary: In war-torn Eastern Europe, a mysterious businessman hires a group of mercenaries on a routine mission to protect him not knowing of the long-hidden secret that lies there.

Out of: 5.8/10

Release Date: 3/11/08

Tagline: You can’t kill what’s already dead

Followed by:

  • Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
  • Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Vector Sector – Massacre at Outpost 84 https://www.facebook.com/VectorSector/ thx: https://www.facebook.com/GraveyardCalling https://graveyardcalling.bandcamp.com/

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Mystic Prophecy – Dracula https://www.facebook.com/mysticprophecy/ thx & label: https://www.facebook.com/RockofAngelsRecords/ https://rockofangelsrecords.bandcamp.com/

May 8, 2023 – Monday

Horror of Dracula [1958]

NR – 1h 22m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/

Anniversary: 65-years

Genre: Drama / Horror

Director: Terence Fisher

Writers: Jimmy Sangster, Bram Stoker

Stars: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Carol Marsh, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Olga Dickie

Co: Hammer Films Prod Co; Universal Pictures Dist. Co

Summary: Jonathan Harker rouses the ire of Count Dracula after he accepts a job at the vampire’s castle under false pretenses. Harker’s friend, Dr. Van Helsing, then embarks on a hunt for the predatory villain when he targets Harker’s loved ones.

Out of: 7.2/10

Release Date: 5/8/1958

Taglines:

  • Don’t Dare See It…Alone!
  • Important Note!! Don’t Confuse This Picture With the Other DRACULA Movies! This is the NEWEST and BEST One and the ONLY ONE in TECHNICOLOR!
  • …now she’s one of the dead-alive brides of DRACULA!
  • Sensational SHOCK and THRILL SHOW!
  • Every night he rises from his coffin-bed silently to seek the soft flesh, the warm blood he needs to keep himself alive!
  • Frankenstein spills it..! Dracula drinks it! In the screen’s greatest double creature feature! [double bill with “The Curse of Frankenstein”]
  • A double dose of full COLOR thrills! [double bill with “The Curse of Frankenstein”]
  • Christopher Lee’s fang-tastic, first ever performance as the Lord of the Undead.
  • The chill of the tomb won’t leave your blood for hours… after you come face-to-face with DRACULA!
  • The terrifying lover who died – yet lived!
  • Who Will Be His Bride Tonight?

Trivia:

  • This is the first time that Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are top-billed in any theatrical film. The last would be The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973).

Reference in:

Followed by:

  • The Brides of Dracula (1960)
  • Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
  • Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
  • Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
  • Scars of Dracula (1970)
  • Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
  • The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
  • The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Edited in: Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

Featured in:

  • The Horror Show (TV Movie 1979)
  • Fade to Black (1980)
  • The Horror of It All (TV Movie 1983)
  • Innocent Blood (1992)
  • Monster Mania (TV Movie 1997)
  • Dracula’s Bram Stoker (TV Movie 2003)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Blitzkid – Bloodletting (Concrete Blonde Cover) https://www.facebook.com/BlitzkidOfficial/

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Holy Dragons – Three Greatest Pigs

https://www.facebook.com/holydragonsband https://holydragons.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/holy_dragons_official/ thx & lab: https://www.facebook.com/pitchblackrecords https://www.instagram.com/pitchblackrecords/ https://pitchblackrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://twitter.com/pitchblackrcrds

May 9, 2023 – Tuesday

Squeal [2008]

R – 1h 19m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288399/

Anniversary: 15-years

Genre: Horror

Director: Tony Swansey

Writers: Tony Swansey, Dennis Doornbos

Stars: Allison Batty, Kevin Oestenstad, Stephen Dean, Joe Burke, Kelly Jean Badgley, Esther Claire, Gary Murphy, Devin Schuyler, Mike Masset

Co: Entertainment One – 2010 DVD

Summary: When band members are stranded on a country road, excitement of their first tour is diminished by the horrors of a science experiment gone awry. Their pig-human hybrid mutant captors have many horrors in store but true revulsion does not descend until daylight when the extent of their work is revealed.

Out of: 3.6/10

Release Date: 5/9/08

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Tubi

Temple of Lies – Pigbitch https://www.facebook.com/templeoflies/ https://templeoflies.bandcamp.com/ label: https://www.facebook.com/AtticRecordsuk/ thx: https://www.facebook.com/bjfpr/ https://twitter.com/judith_fisher

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Savage Henry – The Strangler https://savagehenryandtheinfamousonepounders1.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SavageHenryAndTheInfamousOnePounders

May 10, 2023 – Wednesday

The Haunted Strangler [1958]

NR – 1h 18m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051706/

Also saw: Never Cry Werewolf [2008] (TV Movie)

Anniversary: 65-years

Genre: Crime/ Mystery/ Horror

Director: Robert Day

Writer: Jan Read, John Croydon

Stars: Boris Karloff, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson, Vera Day, Tim Turner

Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Summary: A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

Out of: 6.2/10

Release Date: 5/11/58

Taglines:

  • Their wild beauty marked them for death by . . . The Haunted Strangler
  • Karloff-KING OF MONSTERS-In His New Picture of 1,000 Horrors!
  • KING OF THE MONSTERS! KARLOFF IN HIS NEW HORROR HIT! (Original print ad – all caps)

Trivia: While director Robert Day and the make-up man were discussing how to achieve Boris Karloff‘s metamorphosis without undue complication or expense, the actor volunteered that he could achieve the effect by taking out his dentures, which he had also done when he played Frankenstein’s monster in Frankenstein [1931].

Featured in: 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene (2017)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: DVD

Cold Blue Rebels – Sock Hop Strangler https://www.facebook.com/people/Cold-Blue-Rebels/100058054361583/

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May 11, 2023 Thursday – N/A

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The Tomb Tones – Dracula’s Brother https://www.facebook.com/thetombtones/ https://tombtones.bandcamp.com/

Brandon Fiechter – Count Dracula https://www.facebook.com/bfiechter2/ https://twitter.com/branf88 https://brandonfiechter.bandcamp.com/

May 12, 2023 – Friday

Count Dracula’s Great Love [1973]

NR – 1h 25m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068654/

Anniversary: 50-years

Genre: Horror

Director: Javier Aguirre

Writers: Javier Aguirre, Alberto S. Insúa, Paul Naschy

Stars: Paul Naschy, Rosanna Yanni, Haydée Politoff, Mirta Miller, Ingrid Garbo, José Manuel Martín, Víctor Barrera

Co: Castilla Films

Summary: The Transylvanian vampire searches for a virgin sacrifice to resurrect his long-dead daughter.

Out of: 5.2/10

Release Date: 4/15/73

Taglines:

  • She’s the Kind of a Girl You Can Sink Your Teeth Into.
  • They Rise At Night For More Than A Bite.
  • Crazed Women Desperate For Satisfaction.
  • Sharing his hunger for female flesh was his thirst for human blood…

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Blu-ray

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/count-draculas-great-love

Derek Fiechter – Lost in Dracula’s Lair https://www.facebook.com/dfiechter2 https://twitter.com/dfiechter2 https://dbfiechter.bandcamp.com/

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Midnight Syndicate – Mausoleum d’Haverghast https://www.midnightsyndicate.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MidnightSyndicate/ https://twitter.com/MidSyndicate

May 13, 2023 – Saturday

Mausoleum [1983]

R – 1h 36m

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085918/

Anniversary: 40-years

Genre: Fantasy/ Horror

Director: Michael Dugan

Writers: Robert Barich, Robert Madero, Katherine Rosenwink

Stars: Marjoe Gortner, Bobbie Bresee, Norman Burton, Maurice Sherbanee, LaWanda Page, Laura Hippe

Co: Motion Picture Marketing (MPM)

Summary: A 10 year-old girl, mourning the death of her mother, becomes possessed by a demon who has been preying on her female ancestors for centuries. Years later, the demon starts to take over, both mentally and physically.

Out of: 5.1/10

Release Date: 5/13/83

Taglines:

  • The Nightmare Has Begun!
  • Centuries of Evil Have Just Awakened
  • What Evil Lives In The…. Mausoleum
  • Centuries of evil erupt from the tomb!

Trivia:

Reference in: Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

References: One Dark Night (1981)

My Opinion: ~ Listen to Podcast ~

Found: Crackle/ Plex/ Tubi/ Blu-ray

https://www.amazon.com/Mausoleum-Blu-ray-Combo-Bobbie-Bresee/dp/6317704341/

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Bloody Hammers – Welcome to the Horror Show https://www.facebook.com/BloodyHammers/ https://twitter.com/BloodyHammers https://www.instagram.com/bloodyhammers/

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