Tag: Classic Horror

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) – By Baron Craze

December 31, 2023
Film Reviews

This movie is more of a detective’s tale than a horror film especially by today’s standards. It does layer in plenty of atmosphere and a storytelling that audiences of the 1930s would find appealing and a bit bizarre. Another important element that likely is lost upon the modern audiences is when the film was released,…

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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) – By Baron Craze

December 30, 2023
Articles

Horror and Comedy have an unique marriage in the horror genre and has a laugh is the direct opposite of a scream, but for many viewers when we watch a film we know the direct intention of the filmmakers to make us have fears or to generate sheer amusement, the well the latter exists in…

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Creepy Classics (1987) – By Baron Craze

October 19, 2022
Other Worldly Cinema

This is a review I have wanted to do for some time, It’s rather nostalgic, echoing back to a world no more, and produced by the most unlikely company, Hallmark, yes, the same one that has all those Christmas movies and the greeting cards. Well, strangely in 1987 the firm produced and released a VHS…

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Tales of Terror (1962) – By Baron Craze

October 12, 2022
Film Reviews

For horror fans anthology films hold a special place, it often features numerous directors and writers showcasing their talents, and other times they feature a common tread amongst them. This time around it’s the incredible director and producer Roger Corman (The Pit and the Pendulum [1961] and The Masque of Red Death [1964]), using more…

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Coming Soon (1982) – By Baron Craze

June 22, 2022
Other Worldly Cinema

I stumbled across this piece of history in random watching on YouTube, namely watching trailers for our New Releases segment and when I saw the words Jamie Lee Curtis and Universal Monsters I just had to take some time to watch it, after all its only 55-minutes in length. A strong word of advice, as…

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The House That Dripped Blood (1971) – By Baron Craze

July 31, 2021
Articles

For everyone seeing the title, it likely brings smiles and excitement to any horror fan that covering it as an anniversary article and review, noting its 50th, a true testament to the enduring craftsman and artistic manner present on the screen shining the essence of classic gothic horror. The film comes from the legendary Amicus…

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) – By Baron Craze

February 28, 2021
Articles

I thoroughly enjoy anniversary article-reviews, allowing the time to dive deeper into a certain film, and this was one I had circled a long time ago; it serves as an interesting time in cinema, so much occurring in life at that time. In addition, the movie clearly has influence with countless filmmakers, exploring interesting themes…

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Horror List of the Day, Week 1 – By Baron Craze

October 4, 2020
Articles

Every October almost every site and podcast comes up with their master list of horror movies to watch and all with various themes, for example 31 days of zombies or slashers, or even classic horror, another attempt is the one a day method, others make a list called the scariest or most frightening, ever look…

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House of Dracula (1945) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2020
Film Reviews

Universal Studios realized the end of their gold mine of monsters domination was careening to a finish, the mayhem of the Vampires, Werewolves and Monsters, were soon to become buried, at least in terms of the box office for the foreseeable future (well sort of). The director closing the primary chapter, was Erie C. Kenton,…

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Nosferatu (1922) – By Baron Craze

September 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

Any movie that achieves anniversary, especially those over the benchmark of 50-years becomes something special, however when a film reaches 97-years a clear testimony and still serving as enduring quality and remembered fondly for generations, that horror fans is one many reason for an article on Nosferatu (aka: Nosferatu – A Symphony of Horror). A…

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