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 […]
Tag Archives: D.H. Hammer
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
January
25
The Coolest Video Game Review You Have Ever Read
posted by Mr. Black
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 […]
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 […]
December
19
Saturday Night Drive In: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980 New World Pictures)
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So you didn’t go see Star Wars last night. Perhaps tickets are so astronomically high these days that the popcorn and the crying children and the rude belching teenagers just wasn’t worth J.J. Abrams and Disney’s version of Star Wars VII. But that’s okay! We have nowhere near the next best thing! Enter: Battle […]
November
03
Cryptic Escape Magazine Joins Extra Life to Help the Kids!!!
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Dear Subscribers, Friends, and Family, Join Cryptic Escape Magazine and team CoSC’s important mission to save kids and we need your desperately help! Our local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital treats thousands of children each year, regardless of their family’s ability to pay! You shouldn’t have a billing department when these kids are facing scary stuff […]
October
03
Re-Animator (1985 Film)
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Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s “Herbert West-Reanimator”, Re-Animator is a 1985 film that plays on zombie science fiction, horror, and goofy comedy. Re-Animator is the first in a trilogy of films and has since become the very definition of a cult film. The cult hysteria of the film is largely driven by fans of Jeffery Combs, […]
September
28
The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974 Hammer Film)
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Two of my favorite movie studios got together in 1974. Hammer Studios and Shaw Brothers Studio hacked and kicked each other in the face to create one of the greatest cult movies ever. The Legend of the 7Golden Vampires. In North American it was called The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula. It has a third, lesser […]
September
23
The Ride Vincent Vayne
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The Ride of Vincent Vayne Ride into Hell as fast as you can! Then ride out even faster! Grab your bible, sprinkle the holy water, and lock n’ load! The pits of the damned have been opened up as a demonic plague and eldritch horrors have unearthed themselves bringing damnation to the Wild West. Sin, […]
September
22
Age of Adventure
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Age of Adventure Before the first age of humanity, there was a lost forgotten age. The continents of today have yet to be carved out by immense glaciers of the Ice Age. It’s a time where human life was worth little but glory was priceless! Kingdom’s were cleaved from flesh and drawn by the sword. […]
September
21
Pantheon
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Pantheon The new era of superheroes is upon us. An elite group of meta-powered beings is here whether you are ready for them or not. Mutants, mad scientists, sorcerers, and demi-gods rise to The Pantheon. A group of the most super-powered individuals the universe has yet to see has arrived. They intend to declare all-out […]
September
20
Cryptic Escape’s Hallloween Movie Extravaganza! Sept. 28-Nov. 2
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Greetings boyz and ghoulz! Join Cryptic Escape this October for a nightly movie of chills, terror, and horror! The classics are resurrected from the grave to haunt your waking hours! Join us from September 28 – November 2 for this longer than a month long event! We cannot wait to startle you! We always celebrate […]
September
17
Killing Me Darkly
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Killing Me Darkly Sometimes justice is a jail cell. Sometimes justice is a noose. Other times it’s two bullets to the back of the head. What happens when you know all of your government’s secrets? What happens when every elite assassin in the world is hunting the bounty on your head? All hell breaks loose! […]
September
16
Bloody Cherry
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Bloody Cherry The world ended on October 25, 1962. The world itself became extinct and barren. Nuclear weapons ignited and burned the atmosphere away leaving its cities a ruined necropolis. Humans are no longer top of the food chain. The nuclear winter wasn’t even the worst of it. Now factions of humans fight for survival […]
September
15
Star Crashed
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Star Crashed Carson Crash has been thrown far into the future and across the universe into another galaxy. Lost and alone he is forced to befriend aliens, star lords, and demigods in an attempt to return to his own time and place. Away from his daughter, he has to cope with his wife’s death and […]
September
14
Crossing Jack Cross
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Crossing Jack Cross A private dick is thrown into a world of darkness, eldritch horror, and supernatural intrigue as he tries to unravel the mystery of Noweyr. Around every corner, antediluvian terror stalks the innocent and brave alike. Jack Cross, a down on his luck detective who has lost all pride and filled with consuming […]
September
11
Akira (1988 Film) Movie Review
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No other movie can be responsible for Western anime fandom than the epic classic Akira. A 1988 film that should have been dated still feels as crisp and awesomely mind-blowing as the first day it was on the silver screen. Even though years have gone on, the effects of Akira‘s legacy is still felt […]
May
26
47 Ronin (2013 Film) Review
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I love Samurai flicks! I love Samurai stories! I love Samurai mythology! For a long period of my life I ate, drank, and peed Samurai mythology. Those Japanese know how to tell a story! That being said: No other story is more crucial to a country’s national identity than the story of the 47 Ronin. […]
May
21
( Review #1 ) The New 52 in Review, A Brief Look at our Modern Mythology
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I remember growing up and grabbing the occasional Superman comic when I was a teenager. Instead of spending my allowance on candy like the other kids I thought a comic book would be the better value since it was non-perishable. I kept doing this and ended up with a small but impressive comic book collection, […]
February
15
The Great Dictator Speech
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Ever hear of Charlie Chaplin? Sure you have. Well he had a little movie called the Great Dictator. Often confused for a pronazi film, however if you view the movie you’ll see that it’s a critique on world governments as a whole, not just a dark satire piece on Adolf Hitler. Chaplin goes out a […]
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