Yearly Archives: 2016

November 04

The Devil Bat (1940 Full Film)

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PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation) released this classic Bela Lugosi, The Devil Bat, movie back in 1940.  It was their very first horror film and with the success of The Devil Bat would go on to make many more movies.  They became prolific in their movie releases because they were able to produce movies quickly and […]

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October 20

The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974 Hammer Film)

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October 16

The Cat and the Canary (1939 Paramount Full Film)

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Ever wonder where the story of “people ending up in a creepy mansion and then one by one people start dying and everyone starts suspecting everyone” comes from?  You know, the classic whodunit?  Before big time movie monsters like The Thing or Freddie Kruger there was the classic whodunits where people were actually quite afraid […]

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October 12

Alien Raiders (2008 Warner Full Film)

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So what do you do when you want to remake the classic John Carpenter film, The Thing?  Well you don’t.  Never remake this timeless classic!  However; you are allowed to let it inspire you to retell the story in a different setting and have some fun with it. Enter Alien Raiders!  This film features a […]

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October 10

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997 Buena Vista Full Movie)

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Considered a comedy horror film directed by Anthony Waller, An American Werewolf in Paris was stuck in development for six years!  Waller had to co-writers Tim Burns and Tom Stern to help out with this much anticipated sequel to the John Landis film An American Werewolf in London and was shot in the UK, Netherlands, […]

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October 07

April Fool’s Day (1986 Paramount Pictures Full Movie)

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So you’re in college.  You’re bored but you have an eccentric rich friend with a private island.  What is there to do before April Fool’s Day?  Well obviously you grab all your mates and strand yourself on an island with a murderer and whoopee cushions!   April Fool’s Day is a mystery thriller directed by […]

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October 06

Criminally Insane (1975 Full Film)

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They say being addicted to food is a vicious cycle.  You eat cause your sad, you’re sad because you eat.  Well there isn’t anything more true in this crazy film about Fat Ethel, a psycho who murders anyone who gets in the way of her appetite! Criminally Insane is a 1975 film directed by Nick Millard […]

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October 05

Blood and Black Lace (1964 Full Film)

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Blood and Black Lace.  Or as I like to call it.  A really great freaking film!  Others would call it Six Women for the Murderer.  Blood and Black Lace is definitely a much cooler title though. Quite fitting for a legendary film such as this imported from Italy.  It was directed by Mario Bava and […]

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October 04

The Maze (1953 Allied Artists Pictures Full Film)

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Do you ever get the urge to walk up to a camera and start monologuing to a make believe audience about a terrifying event that happened in your life?  No?  You should start!  But before you do you need a few lessons and we’re going to give them to you for low low price of…absolutely nothing! […]

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October 03

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942 Columbia Pictures Full Movie)

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Looking to buy an old tavern and call it your own?  Professor Nathaniel Billings has just the place for you!  Never-mind the ghosts and the super mutants running around the place murdering people.  It’s all for the war effort so obviously it’s for the greater good right?   I love this movie.  It’s a light […]

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October 02

Svengali (1931 Warner Brothers Full Film)

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Are you a tone deaf singer with good looks but you’re broke on your ass but you still wish to make it big?  Well look no further than Svengali!  Need auto-tune to become a star?  Svengali says, screw that!  He’ll make you an instant star over night with his occultic powers he’ll be able to turn you […]

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October 01

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920 Babelsberg Studio film)

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We start tonight off by a trip back in time to what people would consider the very first movie of the horror genre.  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was released in 1920 as a German silent film.  Written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer and Directed by Robert Wiene this film is thought to be […]

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October 01

Cryptic Escape’s Halloween Movie Extravaganza II October 1 -31!

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It’s that wonderful time of the year!  Join Cryptic Escape this October for nightly fix of all things chilling and gruesome!  We are bringing back the classics from their tombs and a few new goodies here and there.  Halloween movies were something special and we’re sharing that special with you! You can leave comments for […]

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February 06

Saturday Night Drive In: Destination Moon (1950 George Pal Film)

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Also known as Operation Moon, Destination Moon is a 1950 independent film produced by George Pal.  The film is directed by Irving Pichel and stars John Archer (Not the one from Enterprise), Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, and Woody Woodpecker.  Though independent and not really what I could call a great film it is […]

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January 27

A Mystery of the Compagna (1891 Short Story)

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A Mystery of the Compagna, written by Anne Crawford, is a old tale form the Victorian era.  Originally written under the pseudonym Von Degen it would be the only book that Anne Crawford would go on to write.  Her sister, F. Marion Crawford, would be the more famous writer while Anne would go on to […]

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January 25

The Coolest Video Game Review You Have Ever Read

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  Push Play! It’s a cold stormy night.  It’s raining like a mother fucker as I stand in the graveyard of my backyard.  A crack of thunder and I could see the epitaphs of all the tombstones of all the conquered video games of my past.  A triumph of all the ass I have kicked […]

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January 23

Saturday Night Drive In: The Ape (1940 Monogram Pictures)

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Yes, this movie is about an ape.  Don’t click away!  This movie is anything but monkey business! Legendary Boris Karloff stars in this film about a mad-scientist who needs human spinal fluid to cure polio.  While at the same time an Ape escapes and goes on a rampage through town.  However; things take a WILD […]

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January 20

Ash Vs. Evil Dead: Season 1, Episode 1 (“El Jefe” Review)

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What do you get when you take Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Rob Tapert and 30 years of iconic cult mythology?  ASH VS. EVIL DEAD!  No matter what your favorite Ashely Williams installment of the Necronomicon lore you prefer you will find something that will draw you to this tell written and polished show.  Yes it […]

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January 19

Midnight Mass (Movie Review)

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Midnight Mass is one of my life’s biggest regrets. I can watch anything. I can enjoy many movies, books, works of art, etc. I can do this by examining them and searching for an underlying feeling. Any art makes you feel something. I can find something redeeming in just about anything. I’ve seen this movie […]

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January 17

Saturday Night Drive In: Just Imagine (1930)

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Tonight we go back to the future…of 1980!  It’s interesting how you can see one of these old films and it almost literally takes you back in time.  Or in the case of tonight’s feature the future.  Just Imagine is the film that probably made Back to the Future a cool film.  You see the […]

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January 09

Saturday Night Drive In: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 )

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This weekend we go back in time to 1920 where the pioneers of cinema had to struggle with issues we could only have nightmares about in today’s time.  Issues like expensive film, mixing sound, the right make up, and of course very little money.  These pioneers of of the silver screen were able to create […]

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January 07

Superman: Secrets and Lies (Volume 2)

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Continuing on from out last review of Superman: What Price Tomorrow? we see a definite improvement in the Superman New 52 franchise.  Superman:  Secrets and Lies advances the world of Metropolis and it’s almost prime-time television drama. The artwork and stories are better but is Superman better? The very first improvement you see when you […]

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January 05

The Last Lords of Gardonal (1867 Short Story)

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A fantastic, pre-Dracula, cautionary tale about being careful what you wish for!  Written by William Gilbert in 1867, the story was usually published with various anthologies of spooky nature.  The Last Lords of Gardonal definitely brings “Damn that’s scary!” back to literature. The Last Lords of Gardonal will take about two or three hours to […]

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January 02

Saturday Night Drive In: Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974 Hammer)

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2016 should be launched with three words. Awesome British Horror!!!  Hammer Film Productions woke up, looked at this script for Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, determined it was bad ass, slapped on a R rating (oooooooooooo), and basis for Vampire Hunter D was created!  For this we thank you, Hammer! The film was meant to be […]

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