DoH: The Classic Era - Movie Reviews

DoH: The Classic Era - Movie Reviews

S01E184 Video Review - 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH
2017PG02:14:00
To do this film justice, Jeff and Daphne are joined by fx artists Ralph Miller III & Bill Mulligan, Ray Harryhausen stop...
S01E183 Video Review - THE RAVEN
2017PG01:00
THE RAVEN (1963) is loaded with horror cred – Karloff, Price, Lorre, Hazel Court, Jack Nicholson, Corman, Matheson, Poe ...
S01E182 Video Review - THE GORILLA
2017PG01:00
THE GORILLA (1939) is a fun, old dark house flick that puts Lugosi's fame and the Ritz Brothers’ slapstick to good use. ...
S01E181 Video Review - I VAMPIRI (LUST OF THE VAMPIRE)
2017PG01:00
Director Riccardo Freda bet he could complete a movie in 12 days. When he lost the bet, cinematographer Mario Bava took ...
S01E180 Video Review - THE LOST CONTINENT
2017PG01:46:00
The Grue-Crew are joined by Richard Klemensen of Little Shoppe of Horrors. The Journal of Classic British Horror Films a...
S01E179 Video Review - BLUEBEARD
2017PG01:54:00
Director Edgar G. Ulmer, star John Carradine, and an accomplished cast and crew turn this poverty row effort into an eff...
S01E178 Video Review - CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR
2017PG01:18:00
CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR or THE CRIMSON CULT? Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, and Barbara freakin' Stee...
S01E177 Video Review - DR. SATAN
2017PG01:32:00
Chris Peters joins the Grue Crew for this police procedural/occult horror with spy gadgets and zombies. This wonderful m...
S01E176 Video Review - AT MIDNIGHT I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL
2017PG01:20:00
Coffin Joe, the creation of José Mojica Marins, makes his first appearance in this film. Guest Gregory Cosby returns to ...
S01E174 Video Review - KING OF THE ZOMBIES
2017PG01:51:00
Combine the "Old Dark House" genre with the voodoo-zombie picture, and you get KING OF THE ZOMBIES (1941). This lighthea...
S01E171 Video Review - BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER
2017PG01:41:00
The lead in this low-budget sci-fi B-picture travels to the apocalyptic future of 2024! D. Edgar G. Ulmer (The Black Cat...
S01E170 Video Review - BILLY THE KID VERSUS DRCULA
2017PG01:25:00
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) is a rip-roaring horror-western featuring the legendary John Carradine, Chuck Courtn...
S01E169 Video Review - KONGA
2017PG01:21:00
KONGA! Could it be the UK's response to the iconic King Kong? Starring Michael Gough as a mad scientist and featuring a ...
S01E168 Video Review - THE REPTILE
2017PG01:11:00
THE REPTILE (1966), from D. John Gilling and W. Anthony Hinds, features Michael Ripper in one of his bigger roles and Ja...
S01E167 Video Review - THE FROZEN DEAD
2017PG01:26:00
THE FROZEN DEAD has a mad scientist, an evil assistant, a talking severed head with telepathic powers, a wall of animate...
S01E166 Video Review - FIEND WITHOUT A FACE
2017PG01:28:00
The Grue Crew welcomes Dave Dreher in their review of this 1950s sci-fi/horror monster flick, FIEND WITHOUT A FACE (1958...
S01E165 Video Review - THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN
2017PG01:26:00
Check out what the Grue-Crew have to share about this fantastic early Hammer/Peter Cushing classic, THE REVENGE OF FRANK...
S01E164 Video Review - THE HEAD
2017PG59:00
THE HEAD (1959), a German sci-fi/horror B-movie, features head transplants galore! An evil scientist reduces a crazed sc...
S01E163 Video Review - ISLE OF THE DEAD
2017NR01:37:00
The Grue Crew joins P.Val Lewton, D.Mark Robson, and legend Boris Karloff for a quietly creepy and haunting masterpiece ...
S01E162 Video Review - THIS ISLAND EARTH
2017NR01:17:00
A landmark 50s sci-fi film, THIS ISLAND EARTH (1955), follows scientists drafted to help save the planet Metaluna, where...
S01E161 Video Review - THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE
2017NR01:34:00
The Grue Crew heads to the Bayou with actress Beverly Garland and a hilariously creepy, but still awesome, Lon Chaney, J...
S01E160 Video Review - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
2017PG01:28:00
The Crew takes in this 1920 version of DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, starring John Barrymore. Makeup-lite early versions of H...
S01E159 Video Review - THE MANSTER
2017PG01:26:00
The tagline for THE MANSTER (1959) screams, "SEE THE TWO-HEADED KILLER CREATURE!" Filmed in Japan, this delightfully sil...
S01E158 Video Review - HOUSE OF DRACULA
2014NR01:23:00
Who doesn't want to sit down with Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, and the Wolf Man on any given Saturday afternoon? Hou...
S01E157 Video Review - GORGO
2014NR
Gorgo features Doc’s favorite non-Japanese sea monster, and you have to love the film’s, "No, the monster is not the mai...
S01E156 Video Review - The City of the Dead (aka Horror Hotel)
2014NR01:36:00
THE CITY OF THE DEAD is an atmospheric, creepy tale of witches' curses and murder. Featuring a chilling Christopher Lee ...
S01E155 Video Review - It Came From Outer SpaceI
2014NR01:32:00
Calling all “Monster Kids!” The Grue Crew tackles the sci-fi, 3-D Jack Arnold classic, IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (1953). ...
S01E154 Video Review - The Wasp Woman
2014NR
Ready for early Roger Corman-directed, drive-in monster movie madness? THE WASP WOMAN is a “signature 1950s creature fea...
S01E153 Video Review - I Was a Teenage Werewolf
2014NR01:20:00
Before rising to fame as Bonanza's Little Joe, a young Michael Landon stars as a teen in need of anger management, and W...
S01E152 Video Review - Il Demonio
2014NR01:30:00
IL DEMONIO, an Italian entry in the folk horror subgenre, is a must-watch for horror aficionados for its exquisite B
S01E151 Video Review - The White Reindeer
2017NR01:19:00
THE WHITE REINDEER is a little-known, yet highly effective, 1952 Finnish horror classic featuring Lewtonesque horror and...
S01E150 Video Review - Rosemary's Baby
2017NR02:03:00
The Classic Era reaches its epic milestone of 150 episodes with a review of this iconic genre entry that lands near the ...
S01E149 Video Review - X the Unknown
2017NR01:31:00
It's time to explore early Hammer sci-fi films with X THE UNKNOWN (1956), part of a trilogy of Cold War sci-fi features,...
S01E148 Video Review - Even the Wind is Afraid
2017NR01:22:00
The Grue-Crew heads to Mexico, encountering a restless spirit seeking revenge. Woot. Excitement follows! The cult film i...
S01E147 Video Review - 1984
2017NR01:32:00
Join the Grue-Crew for a very special review of the 1954 BBC TV Live presentation of 1984, starring Peter Cushing in a b...
S01E146 Video Review - Fantastic Voyage
2017NR01:40:00
Fantastic Voyage is remarkable for its special effects and for being one of Raquel Welch’s breakout roles. As the only w...
S01E145 Video Review - Faust
2017NR01:22:00
Featuring innovative special effects for the time, Faust, directed by F.W. Murnau, is one of the preeminent examples of ...
S01E144 Video Review - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
2017NR01:30:00
Along with guest host Ralph Miller III, the Grue-Crew savors this Ray Harryhausen stop-motion masterpiece. Beautifully c...
S01E143 Video Review - Diabolique
2017NR02:18:00
Move over, Hitchcock! Director Henri-Georges Clouzot adapts Boileau-Narcejac's novel to the screen and creates a masterp...
S01E142 Video Review - Stranger on the Third Floor
2017NR01:19:00
This episode, the Grue-Crew are wowed by the brilliance of Peter Lorre, highlighted by the dark stylings of cinematograp...
S01E141 Video Review - The Creature Walks Among Us
2017NR01:56:00
The Decades of Horror Classic Era Grue Crew dives into the third and final adventure of Universal’s Gill-Man. The Creatu...
S01E140 Video Review - The Aztec Mummy
2017NR02:12:00
The Grue-Crew tries to clear up any confusion viewers might have over the five films with "The Aztec Mummy" in their tit...
S01E139 Video Review - The Deadly Bees
2017NR01:54:00
An Amicus thriller directed by Freddie Francis is always fun for the Gruesome Magazine Classic Era Grue Crew. Though the...
S01E138 Video Review - The Brainiac
2017NR01:30:00
With everything from the Inquisition to a comet to a 300-year curse to an unexplained monster with inexplicable powers t...
S01E137 Video Review - The Brides of Dracula
2017NR01:39:00
Guest Hosts Richard Klemensen and Alistair Hughes join the Grue Crew for this Hammer classic. We all had a blast discuss...
S01E136 Video Review - The Return of Dracula
2017NR01:16:00
Guest Hosts Richard Klemensen and Alistair Hughes join the Grue Crew for this Hammer classic. We all had a blast discuss...
S01E135 Video Review - Attack of the Mushroom People (Matango, Fungus of Terror)
2017NR
This episode of the Classic Grue Crew is joined by Dirk Rogers for Ishirô Honda's classic Attack of the Mushroom People ...
S01E134 Video Review - Horrors of the Black Museum
2017NR01:33:00
The Classic Era Grue Crew welcomes guest host Steven Turek to discuss this fun example of Michael Gough scenery chewing ...
S01E133 Video Review - The Fly
2017NR01:31:00
If you saw "The Fly" as a kid, certain scenes likely haunted your nightmares. The film marks the final turn to horror in...
S01E132 Video Review - Son of Dracula
2017NR
Son of Dracula, the third entry in Universal's series of Dracula films, is more fun than people give it credit for. Lon ...
S01E131 Video Review - The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
2017NR
The Classic Era Grue Crew admires another Mexican gem, The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (El esqueleto de la señora Morales, ...
S01E130 Video Review - Kill, Baby... Kill!
2017NR01:28:00
Kill, Baby, Kill! is another magnificent effort from Mario Bava, and the Classic Era Grue-Crew express their love for th...
S01E129 Video Review - The Crawling Eye (1958, aka The Trollenberg Terror)
2017NR01:24:00
Although the effects are a bit cheesy, The Crawling Eye (aka The Trollenberg Terror, 1958) has a lot going for it. The C...
S01E128 Video Review - Mr. Sardonicus
2017NR
Your Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Grue-Crew have a blast discussing William Castle's Mr. Sardonicus, especially di...
S01E127 Video Review - El Libro De Piedra
2017NR
El Libro de Piedra, a Mexican supernatural horror film, is a hidden gem that the Grue-Crew is thrilled to have discovere...
S01E126 Video Review - Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell
2017NR
Wait. What? This tokusatsu film tells a story that includes an assassin, a bomber, a hijacker, suicidal birds, a plane c...
S01E125 Video Review - The War of the Worlds
2017NR01:27:00
The word "classic" is in the channel title, and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is a true science fiction classic! The Grue-Crew, ...
S01E124 The Mask of Fu Manchu - Movie Review
2017NR01:00
"The slightest move will send a bullet crashing through your stiff British spine.” What’s all this, then? Join this epis...
S01E123 The Blob - Movie Review
2017NR01:00
Beware of The Blob! Join this episode’s Grue-Crew—Whitney Collazo, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr—as ...
S01E122 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Movie Review
2017NR01:00
The Grue Crew is just as impressed with Miriam Hopkins' performance as they were with March's, and they are equally impr...
S01E121 Son of Frankenstein - Movie Review
2017NR01:00
The final chapter in Universal's trilogy of Frankenstein films released in the 1930s, SON OF FRANKENSTEIN, is a wonderfu...
S01E120 Donovan's Brain - Movie Review
2017NR01:00
The Classic Era Grue Crew has fun exposing plot holes while marveling at the performances of Lew Ayres, Nancy Davis Reag...
S01E119 Dos Monjes, aka Two Monks - Movie Review
2017NR01:00
Possibly the second Mexican horror film, DOS MONJES is an impressive morality tale oveflowing with images inspired by Ge...
S01E118 Kwaidan - Movie Review
2017NR01:00
Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing world of this Japanese anthology, which draws inspiration from the tales of Lafcadio...
S01E117 Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare - Movie Review
2017NR
YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE (1968), also known as THE GREAT YOKAI WAR, delves into Japanese folklore, part of a trilog...
S01E116 The Valley of Gwangi - Movie Review
2017NR01:14:00
Ray Harryhausen stop-motion animation, dinosaurs, and cowboys! What's not to like? THE VALLEY OF GWANGI (1969) gets a un...
S01E115 Macario - Movie Review
2017NR
MACARIO (1960) is an emotional Mexican supernatural fable centered around Día de los Muertos, directed by Roberto Gavald...
S01E114 The Night of the Hunter - Movie Review
2017NR01:39:00
The Classic Era Grue-Crew and guest host Bill Grabriel all agree THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) is a brilliant film when...
S01E113 M - Movie Review
2017NR
The Classic Era Grue Crew travels back 90 years for Peter Lorre's masterful performance in M (1931), Fritz Lang's protot...
S01E112 Two Thousand Maniacs! - Movie Review
2017NR
When Herschell Gordon Lewis's name is linked to a film, you expect copious gore on a shoestring budget, as seen in TWO T...
S01E111 13 Ghosts - Movie Review
2017NR01:10:00
13 GHOSTS (1960) captures the Classic Era Grue Crew's attention for this episode. The marketing maesto's gimmic for this...
S01E110 The Long Hair of Death - Movie Review
2017NR01:18:00
1960s Italian horror and witchcraft are the fare of the day as the Classic Era Grue Crew ventures out with Antonio Margh...
S01E109 Horror of Dracula - Movie Review
2017NR01:25:00
Richard Klemensen, editor/publisher of LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS (The Journal of Classic British Horror Films) joins the ...
S01E108 Black Sabbath
2017NR01:37:00
Once again, the Classic Era Grue Crew review a film directed by Mario Bava. This time the subject is his legendary antho...
S01E107 Plan 9 from Outer Space
2017NR
The Classic Era Grue Crew finally got around to PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1957), the Ed Wood film famously labeled "the w...
S01E106 Rasputin: The Mad Monk
2017NR01:17:00
It's Hammer time again on Classic Era as the Grue Crew go all ga-ga over Christopher Lee's and Barbara Shelley's perform...
S01E105 The Green Slime
2017NR01:21:00
The Clasic Era Grue Crew tackle THE GREEN SLIME, another legendary SF B-movie with a just as legendary theme song, direc...
S01E104 Attack of the Crab Monsters
2017NR01:16:00
It's trashy B-movie creature feature time with the Classic Era Grue-Crew and Roger Corman's ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS ...
S01E103 The Most Dangerous Game
2017NR
The Grue-Crew from Gruesome Magazine plays along with THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932), a film shot alongside King Kong (1...
S01E102 The Hitch-Hiker
2017NR01:30:00
The Classic Era Grue-Crew delves into the noir realm with THE HITCH-HIKER (1953), a "horror adjacent" film noir directed...
S01E101 Video Review - Rodan
2017NR01:13:00
Decades of Horror: The Classic Era's Grue-Crew from Gruesome Magazine dive into Toho's RODAN (1956), a pivotal precursor...
S01E100 Frankenstein
2017NR02:08:00
The podcast crew marks their 100th episode with Universal's FRANKENSTEIN (1931), directed by James Whale. Starring Boris...
S01E99 The Golem
2017NR01:35:00
Despite being a lesser-known silent classic, THE GOLEM remains significant. Gruesome Magazine's Classic Era Grue Crew se...
S01E98 Island of Lost Souls
2017NR01:35:00
Based on H.G. Wells' THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS is considered the finest adaptation by the Classic E...
S01E97 The Seventh Victim
2017NR01:32:00
The Decades of Horror Classic Era Grue Crew fell in love with this "horror film noir" from Val Lewton's crew at RKO. The...
S01E96 The Bad Seed
2017NR01:40:00
The Classic Era Crew adores The Bad Seed! They delve into its psychological character studies, 4 Oscar nominations, outs...
S01E95 Eyes Without a Face
2017NR01:28:00
Les Yeux Sans Visage is a masterful blend of directing by Georges Franju, outstanding performances by Edith Scob, Alida ...
S01E94 Planet of the Vampires
2017NR01:39:00
Director Mario Bava presents one of the visually most stylish science fiction films of the 1960s despite a low budget. H...
S01E93 Quatermass and Pit
2017NR01:34:00
Hammer's third Quatermass film is a favorite of the Classic Era Grue-Crew as they talk about Martian and human history, ...
S01E92 Tales of Terror
2017NR01:12:00
The podcast's Grue-Crew love this 3-segment anthology and how it fits into the AIP, Corman, Poe formula with a Richard M...
S01E91 The Mummy
2017NR01:13:00
Your podcast, Grue-Crew, loves Hammer's 4th entry in the world of Universal Horror and especially delights in Peter Cush...