Tag: 1970s

Tombs of the Blind Dead (1972) – By Baron Craze

October 14, 2024
Film Reviews

Amando De Ossorio, a Spanish director who had previously directed a rather lame and tame horror film entitled Fangs of the Living Dead [1969] returned with a film heavily influenced by George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead [1968] and used some historical aspects to create a zombie group to terrorize all who cross…

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Kolchak: The Devil’s Platform (1974) Season 1 Episode 7 – By Baron Craze

October 1, 2024
Television Reviews

As I continue my journey through Kolchak: The Night Stalker series I’ve chosen on of my favorites for the spooky month of October, it’s none other than The Devil’s Platform which predates The Omen film by two years, it was one of four episodes directed Allen Baron and created from a story by Tim Maschler,…

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Whitesnake: Lovehunter (1979) Music Review – By Vincent Mento

September 20, 2024
Music Reviews

So, one might wonder how does this fit into the horror realm if at all, well the band’s music has been played in about three productions and David Coverdale lent his voice for another, and the cover-lp artist work was seen in the dark fantasy-sci-fi film Heavy Metal, and it filters back to Deep Purple…

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Legacy of Satan (1974) – BY Baron Craze

August 12, 2024
Film Reviews

The 1970s was a very interesting decade in the horror cinema, so many subgenres opened for filmmakers, with the exploitation and grindhouse circuit had a short-lived stint, the impact was still meaningful, it also led to dreadful almost unwatchable movies, this is one of those. Director Gerard Damiano who was known for his adult entertainment…

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Kolchak “The Ripper” Season 1 Episode 1 – By Baron Craze

July 10, 2024
Television Reviews

As some might recall from the Kolchak Television Series article, I stated I would be taking the time to review individual episodes of this series, and no better way to start than with the first show entitled The Ripper which aired on Friday, September 13, 1974 directed by Allen Baron (who would go on to…

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The House of Seven Corpses (1973) – By Baron Craze

April 3, 2024
Film Reviews

Sometimes in the horror genre’s history you’ll find a film that has an interesting backstory concerning its true date of release, this is one of those movies. The classification according to IMDb it was released in 1974, but in true reality it was unleashed in December 1973, which is proved by two different sources first…

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Alice Cooper: Love It to Death (1971) Music Review – By Baron Craze

April 20, 2021
Music Reviews

Alice Cooper is favorite among horror and metal fans, and during his lengthy legendary career as both band and solo artist, he’s had many hit albums and somewhat forgettable ones too. Now 2021 marks 50-years since ‘Love It To Death’ (known as LITD, for the remainder of this review) was originally released in March of…

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Race with the Devil (1975) – By Baron Craze

February 28, 2021
Film Reviews

  Often in the horror genre, a viewer will discover an unseen rough gem, something that became hidden away for one reason or another, and hence here is this flick that starred the talented Peter Fonda, who had made a handful of horror movies among them the fan cherished Spirits of the Dead (1968), but…

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Bug (1975) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2020
Film Reviews

This was the last film William Castle (House on Haunted Hill [1959]), who admired the simplistic concept of nature attacking the human race, and then seeing his favorite director Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963), but wouldn’t engage in the topic until the mid-seventies, well after producing Rosemary’s Baby (1968) his most successful film. For those unaware of…

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Drive In Massacre (1976) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2020
Archived Reviews

The mid 1970s brought together an interesting brand of horror, in an era that likely never to exist again, while the larger studios dealt themselves winning hands with The Exorcist [1973] and The Omen [1976], the independent films kept the hammer down and turned out their own well to do horror flicks. The exploitation market…

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