I love the tone and swagger of old horror flicks, they promise to be the most terrifying thing you will ever see, and I guess at the time maybe they were. And the posters are beautiful.
Attack of the Crab Monsters, pictured above, is a film about people trapped on an ever shrinking island who are plagued by terrifying intelligent crab monsters.
Cannibal Holocaust, the classic: A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazonian forest with footage shot by a lost team of videomakers who were documenting cannibal tribes.
It caused a right fuss at the time. After the film was released, some people claimed it was a snuff film i.e. the actors had actually been killed during the shooting of the feature.
To make matters worse, the producer had made the actors sign a contract that kept them out of the media for a year after the film was released. He had to break the contract to avoid life in prison.
On a lighter note, seven animals were killed during the filming…. you don’t hear that anymore do you?
Here’s the trailer for Creature From The Black Lagoon from 1954 about a prehistoric beast:
Devil Girl From Mars, 1954…. cool poster. Here’s the devil girl, a creature without mercy, played by Patricia Laffan:
How to Make A Monster – 1958:
Another gut wrencher… it’s about a disgruntled, sacked special effects makeup guy who gets his revenge on his ex-boss.
I Raconti Del Terrore or Tales of Terror was filmed in 1962 and is made of three parts, each inspired by an Edgar Allan Poe tale.
This is a photo from the casting for the episode – The Black Cat:
Invasion of the Saucer Men was filmed in 1957. The story revolves around a young, amorous couple who run over an alien, The alien’s hand falls off but comes alive with an eye in it. Classic. Here’s the trailer:
So there you go, that was a weird old walk down memory lane wasn’t it? Stay tuned for part two… if you dare….. MWAH HA HA HAAAAA……
