John Carradine

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 27, 2002Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery
The first in a series of Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone, who became the definitive Holmes for many years, and a reasonable adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle novel
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The Black Sleep (1956)

The Black Sleep (1956)
Rating: ★★
Sep 13, 2012Mad Scientist
The very last gasp of the 1930s/40s mad scientist film, a swansong that brings together an amazing cast from the era including Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Basil Rathbone and Tor Johnson. Slightly better produced than most of the era's cheapies
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The Unearthly (1957)

The Unearthly (1957)
Rating: ★★
Apr 1, 2013Mad Scientist
One of the very last gasps of the great era of mad scientist films from the 1940s. Despite assembling a great cast of genre regulars, this never does much to stir its pot – the mad scientist's scheme is vague and the film almost never ventures outside of a single house
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The Incredible Petrified World (1960)

The Incredible Petrified World (1960)
Rating: ★
Feb 3, 2015Lost World Adventure
Jerry Warren is not as famous as but his films rank there alongside the works of Edward D. Wood Jr in their cheapness, complete lack of directorial style and agonising dullness. This is a lost world adventure that mostly consists of people sitting around in a cave
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Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)

Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 13, 2013Jungle Hero
The second Tarzan film from producer Sy Weintraub wh threw out the pidgin English dialogue and custie animal comedy relief of the Johnny Weissmuller films, while actually going to Africa to shoot rather than a studio backlot. The effort makes a satisfying difference, even if Gordon Scott is too cleancut a Tarzan
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)

Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
Rating: ★
Jan 5, 2014Country and Western Singers in a Haunted House Comedy
A film of legendarily bad proportions where a group of Country and Western singers end up in a haunted house. Despite casting some famous horror actors, this is more interested in its excruciating country performances
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The Astro-Zombies (1968)

The Astro-Zombies (1968)
Rating: ★
Jan 23, 2015Mad Scientist Creates Zombies/Classic Bad Movie
A real Grade Z film. A mind-boggling stew involving John Carradine conducting mad science experiments, technical gaffes aplenty, spy capers featuring Tura Satana and even M.A.S.H.'s Wayne Rogers on script
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Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)

Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)
Rating: ½
Feb 19, 2013Space Expedition to a Prehistoric Planet
Film from Z-budget filmmaker Al Adamson. Most of this is reissued from a Filipino caveman film, along with a handful of filler scenes slung together from odds of Adamson's other half-finished films
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 4, 2001Sex-Themed Skits/Genre Spoofs
Woody Allen film that takes the title of the best-selling sex manual and spins it out as the basis of a series of hilarious sex-themed skits. Contains the famous episode with the giant breast run amok
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The Night Strangler (1973)

The Night Strangler (1973)
Rating: ★★★★
Jan 3, 2013Journalist Tracks an Immortal Killer
Less famous sequel to the cult tv movie The Night Stalker but a far superior work. This repeats much of the first film but with Darren McGavin's Kolchak hunting an immortal killer. Much better script and featuring a superbly eerie climactic venture down into the Seattle Underground
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The White Buffalo (1977)

The White Buffalo (1977)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 7, 2018Western/Hunt for a Mythic Buffalo
Probably the strangest film that Charles Bronson ever made – a retelling of Moby Dick where he plays the real-life figure of Wild Bill Hickok hunting a mythic white buffalo instead of a whale. This was a big financial flop but is a not unworthwhile film
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Monster (1979)

Monster (1979)
Rating: ★
Apr 7, 2016Monster Movie
Obscure 1970s film about a monster emerging from a Colombian lake. The film taps a bunch of subplots and cliche themes but fails to make any of them even remotely interesting. The entire show though is plunged into bad movie stakes by the emergence of the ridiculous monster at the end
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The Monster Club (1980)

The Monster Club (1980)
Rating: ★★
Dec 6, 2002Horror Anthology
Following the collapse of Amicus Films, producer Milton Subotsky went on on his own to make this horror anthology, the bread and butter of Amicus in their heyday. Though he brings in some major horror names – Vincent Price, John Carradine – the jokey tone failed to find any success
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House of the Long Shadows (1983)

House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Rating: ★★
Apr 12, 2003Old Dark House Thriller
Cannon Films make an Old Dark House film that brings together an aging Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and John Carradine. This denoted the end of the Anglo-horror era but is not nearly as worthy as you feel it should have been
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The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer (1986)

The Adventures of Taura: Prison Ship Star Slammer (1986)
Rating: ★★
May 27, 2007Interstellar Women in Prison Film
B-budget director Fred Olen Ray makes a Women in Prison film set in space. Known under several different names, this is another of Olen Ray's bimbo pictures where he plants tongue well in cheek
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Monster in the Closet (1986)

Monster in the Closet (1986)
Rating: ★★
Dec 8, 2016Monster Movie Parody
Monster movie parody that spoofs a number of classic films, including King Kong where it takes the title literally and the monster makes off with the hero giving the film a certain LGBT community relevance in its day. Contains quite an impressive cast list, including featuring both Paul Walker and singer Fergie as kids
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