Jack Hill Archives

Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1968)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 1, 2001Crazed Family

Obscure film that has developed a certain cult following concerning a murderous family. This plays out like a non-comedy version of the Addams Family and has an undeniable ghoulish atmosphere

Director: Jack Hill

Actors: Lon Chaney Jr, Sid Haig, Jill Banner, Quinn Redeker, …

Category: Horror

1 October 20017 December 2024 by Roog

House of Evil (1971)

Rating: ½

Jan 30, 2020Murders in a Sinister Old Mansion/Evil Toys

One of four miserably cheap Mexican films that were the last works an 81 year old Boris Karloff ever appeared in. Here he presides over relatives gathered for the reading of his will as they are killed by malevolent toys

Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibañez

Actors: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Andres Garcia, Angel Espinoza, …

Category: Horror

30 January 20202 November 2025 by Roog

Isle of the Snake People (1971)

Rating: ½

Oct 9, 2003Voodoo Cult

One of four cheap Mexican films made by Boris Karloff just before his death. Here Karloff plays a Caribbean plantation owner obsessed with voodoo rituals

Director: Jack Hill, Juan Ibañez

Actors: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Quintin Bulnes

Category: Horror

9 October 200329 March 2021 by Roog