Blogspot - chicagoghouls.blogspot.com - Chicago Ghouls
General Information:
Latest News:
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1921) 30 Mar 2013 | 10:24 pm
In this silent, classic example of early German expressionism, this cinematic landmark relates the stylized tale of a Dr. Caligari, a fairground showman who hypnotizes an innocent villager--turning hi...
DER GOLEM (1920) 16 Mar 2013 | 10:17 pm
Widely recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, the ancient Hebrew legend of the Golem provided actor/director Paul Wegener with the substance for one of the most adventurous films of the G...
VAMPYR (1932) CARL THEODOR DREYER 9 Mar 2013 | 10:15 pm
With Vampyr, Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer's brilliance at achieving mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, profoundly unsettling imagery (as in The Passion of Joan of Arc and Day of Wrath) was fo...
I VAMPIRI (1956) RICCARDO FREDA, MARIO BAVA 4 Mar 2013 | 05:54 am
Italian horror godfather Mario Bava almost single-handedly ushered in a whole new genre with this moody mix of murder mystery and kinky horror. The prolific cinematographer made his directorial debut...
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932) LUGOSI AND LAUGHTON 13 Nov 2011 | 04:02 pm
A twisted treasure from Hollywood's pre-Code horror heyday, Island Of Lost Souls is a cautionary tale of science run amok adapted from H. G. Wells's novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. In one of his first...
DAY THE WORLD ENDED (1959) ROGER CORMAN PAUL BLAISDELL 8 Oct 2011 | 02:24 pm
After a nuclear war, an unlikely group of people, including a rancher and his daughter (Lori Nelson), a geologist (Richard Denning), a crook and his girlfriend (Adele Jergens), find themselves trappe...
NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957) BEVERLY GARLAND 25 Sep 2011 | 06:06 am
An alien comes to Earth, masquerading as a human, to scout our planet for a new blood source in Not of This Earth. He needs the blood of humans to take back to his planet of Davana for his dying race....
NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS (1976) 10 Sep 2011 | 02:31 pm
This is the fourth and final chapter in Armando de Ossorio's creepy Blind Dead series, which centers on the horrific legacy of the Templars, a medieval sect of occult-practicing Spanish knights, execu...
THE GHOST GALLEON (1975) 28 Aug 2011 | 04:11 pm
Maria Perschy (CASTLE OF FU MANCHU, DER HENKER VON LONDON) and Jack Taylor (BLOOD OF NOSTRADAMUS) star in writer/director Amando de Ossorio's chilling tale THE GHOST GALLEON. A boatload of sexy swimsu...
RETURN OF THE EVIL DEAD (1973) 30 Apr 2011 | 02:14 pm
The satanic Templars return for more bloodletting and mayhem in this sequel to Tombs of the Blind Dead. This time around, the Templars are shown in flashback killing and drinking the blood of a virgi...
