Ray Russell Archives

Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 11, 2012Man With a Frozen Grin

Another of the films from gimmick master William Castle … a classic work of Grand Guignol in its story of a man with a permanently frozen Joker-like grin, which Castle fills with memorable shock effects

Director: William Castle

Actors: Guy Rolfe, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton, Oscar Homolka, …

Category: Horror

11 January 201227 October 2019 by Roog

Premature Burial (1962)

Rating: ★★½

May 5, 2002Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

The third of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe films, the only one without Vincent Price. Here Ray Milland develops a fearful obsession of being buried alive

Director: Roger Corman

Actors: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Heather Angel, Alan Napier

Category: Horror

5 May 200228 September 2023 by Roog

X – The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1963)

Rating: ★★★½

May 9, 2001Scientist Develops X-Ray Vision

Great Roger Corman film in which Ray Milland is a scientist who invents a serum that allows him x-ray vision with disastrous consequences

Director: Roger Corman

Actors: Ray Milland, Don Rickles, John Hoyt

Category: Science Fiction

9 May 200116 June 2025 by Roog

The Horror of It All (1964)

Rating: ★★

Jul 19, 2002Old Dark House Comedy

For all that Hammer's Terence Fisher was raised to the status of cult director, there are efforts such as this unfunny Old Dark House comedy that reveal that he was not always on form

Director: Terence Fisher

Actors: Pat Boone, Dennis Price, Valentine Dyall, Andree Melly

Category: Horror

19 July 200224 March 2020 by Roog

Chamber of Horrors (1966)

Rating: ★★

Jan 23, 2002Mad Killer

TV pilot about two waxworks curators tracking a mad killer, this was deemed too gruesome for audiences and released to theatres with the addition of a William Castle-like promotional gimmick

Director: Hy Averback

Actors: Patrick O'Neal, Wilfred Hyde-Whyte, Cesare Danova, Philip Bourneuf, …

Category: Horror

23 January 200211 April 2020 by Roog

Incubus (1982)

Rating: ★★

May 5, 2003Demonic Rapist

Film about a demonic rapist that is far more tastefully presented than its premise would suggest, in fact comes with he plodding sedateness of a tv movie

Director: John Hough

Actors: John Cassavetes, John Ireland, Kerrie Keane, Wendy Hughes

Category: Horror

5 May 20038 November 2021 by Roog