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From Roger Corman's Filmgroup, it's BEAST FROM HAUNTED CAVE (1959), directed by Monte Hellman (what a name!) and starring Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Sheila Noonan, Wally Campo and Richard Sinatra.

Have you ever wondered what KEY LARGO would be like, but in South Dakota and with a monster? Better strap in then!

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The Amazing Mr. X (The Spiritualist, 1948)

"Was it her ashes they found in the car?"

"It was me they found in the car. Don't forget it."

#The Amazing Mr. X #the Spiritualist #1948 #american cinema #Bernard Vorhaus #crane wilbur #Muriel Roy Bolton #Ian McLellan Hunter #lynn bari #turhan bey #cathy o'donnell #richard carlson #Donald Curtis #Virginia Gregg #Harry Mendoza #john alton #Alexander Laszlo #an absolute hot mess of a film. part noir‚ part chiller‚ all melodrama and very camp; Lynn Bari is a grieving widow who turns to medium Bey #for solace. is he a fraud or the real deal? frankly it doesn't much matter‚ as the film skirts absurdity from almost the opening scene #doesn't Bari look beautiful‚ wandering the shore in the twilight? sure she does‚ but let's have a croaky disembodied voice start hissing #her name. wouldn't it be cool to have Bey keep a pet bird as a kind of familiar? why not‚ but make sure we get a human man to provide all #the bird noises (and make it pretty obvious too). how should we introduce this private detective character? why have him start performing #close up magic mid conversation without reference. absolute hokum and although the script isn't bad (particularly once the more noirish #elements kick in) it's just undercut by a series of utterly bizarre decisions. the kicker? this ridiculous film looks absolutely beautiful #cinematographer john alton works absolute miracles with light and shade while director Vorhaus makes the seance scenes a series of #uncanny exercises in aesthetic brilliance. if this was just a better film‚ visually it would be lauded as a classic of 40s cinema #but it isn't‚ it's ridiculous‚ a silly silly film that just happens to be absolutely breathtaking to look at! arghh!

Let us share some leech facts to prepare you for ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1959) from director Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers and Bruno VeSota!

Everyone is a terrible person in this barely horror creature feature.

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It might be a cheap B-movie, but NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST (1958) proves to be historically notable for a few reasons -- one of which being a horror only executive produced by Roger Corman, produced by his brother Gene, and ultimately directed by Bernard Kowalski!

Written by Martin Varno, NIGHT OF THE BLOOD BEAST stars John Baer, Angela Greene, Ed Nelson, Georgianna Carter, Michael Emmet, Tyler McVey and Ross Sturlin.

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