Horror Hotel. 1960. 7/10

http://thegirlwhoknewtoomuch.files.w...eepy-peeps.jpg

'The Smiling Ghost' (1941)
-Wayne Morris

Plot: IMDB
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.
Phantom's Review: Goofy, but entertaining "Old Dark House" style mystery/comedy.
Plenty of slapstick humor,some nice atmospheric scenes, and a couple of decent attempts at actual scares. The plots not very original, but the acting is fine and it moves at a brisk pace. Not a classic, but I enjoyed it.

::EEK!::

Tarantula 1955

Starring one of my favorite 50's era actors, John Agar and the always gorgeous Mara Corday. I never grow tired of this movie, and I'm pretty sure I've seen it 13 million times.

Me too..one of the first horror films I caught-no pun intended::big grin::. Still enjoy watching it a couple times a year and also catching a young Clint Eastwood as the pilot towards the end of the film..."Drop 'em ALL!"

ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES (1958). Real low budget hurts this, but good turns by Bruno Vesota and the late luscious Yvette Vickers make it worth checking out. ***

Ya know, Tarantula was one of the first Horror movies I remember watching too. It's right up there with the Universal Monsters on my list of things I blame/thank for my horror addiction. I could add The Tingler to that list as well. Hmm, I guess I know what I'm watching next.


The Tingler- You can't go wrong with Vincent Price in a William castle movie. I also really love the silly but grand concept of the titular creature. It exists in all of us, but fear triggers it's growth? That in itself is creepy enough for me. Yeah, watching this movie today, I appreciate it for the camp value, but when I saw it, and those " in blood red color " scenes, at the age of 8 or 9, …sheesh, that shit scared me to death.

You are 100% correct..the Price/Castle combo was great. Tried THE TINGLER when real young but just scared me too much...didn't see it until years later and absolutely love it...silly, but scary as well. Vincent is hilarious with his verbal sparring with his wife and probably in one of the first LSD trips ever filmed.

" The walls! THE WALLS! "::big grin::

LOVE that part::smile::::smile::::big grin::::big grin::!

The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p...psjwwjw4ce.jpg

>>: B+