Monday, March 29, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1979

 

  1. STALKER
  2. CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER
  3. ALIEN
  4. LIFE OF BRIAN
  5. SALEM'S LOT
  6. THE CHINA SYNDROME
  7. APOCALYPSE NOW
  8. HOT STUFF
  9. LAST HURRAH FOR CHIVALRY
  10. SCAVENGER HUNT
  11. THE MUPPET MOVIE
  12. RICHARD PRYOR:  LIVE IN CONCERT
  13. J-MEN FOREVER
  14. LUPIN THE THIRD:  THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO
  15. THE WARRIORS
  16. MACBETH  (Dir. Philip Casson)
  17. PHANTASM
  18. THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL
  19. THE MYSTERY OF CHESS BOXING
  20. THE BLACK HOLE
  21. ZOMBIE
  22. THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH
  23. MURDER BY DECREE
  24. KNOCKABOUT
  25. BREAKING AWAY
  26. THE IN-LAWS
  27. WINTER KILLS
  28. THE ODD ANGRY SHOT
  29. THE GREAT SANTINI
  30. THE ROSE
  31. NORMA RAE
  32. ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
  33. TO RUSSIA . . . WITH ELTON
  34. THE JERK
  35. TEN TIGERS OF KWANGTUNG
  36. LOVE AT FIRST BITE
  37. DISCO GODFATHER
  38. THE MAGNIFICENT BUTCHER
  39. TIME AFTER TIME
  40. NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE
  41. BEING THERE
  42. TOURIST TRAP
  43. THE AMITYVILLE HORROR
  44. THE LADY VANISHES
  45. DRACULA
  46. CASTING THE RUNES
  47. SCREAMS OF A WINTER'S NIGHT
  48. THE OLD CROWD
  49. LOST AND FOUND
  50. OF COOKS AND KUNG FU
  51. STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE
  52. PORRIDGE
  53. WHEN A STRANGER CALLS
  54. BABY SNAKES
  55. THE GREAT ALLIGATOR
  56. THE HORROR SHOW
  57. THE DEADLY BREAKING SWORD
  58. ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT SCARY
  59. MAD MAX
  60. HAIR
  61. MEATBALLS
  62. STARTING OVER
  63. SCHALKEN THE PAINTER
  64. GOING IN STYLE
  65. BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY
  66. ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ
  67. THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS
  68. THE CORN IS GREEN
  69. SILENT SCREAM
  70. THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE
  71. THE EVICTORS
  72. THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH
  73. BLOODLINE
  74. DIRTY HO
  75. THE TWO WORLDS OF JENNIE LOGAN
  76. ALL THAT JAZZ
  77. JUST YOU AND ME, KID
  78. THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN
  79. BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
  80. JAGUAR LIVES
  81. DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE
  82. THE DARK
  83. 1941
  84. THE PRISONER OF ZENDA

Sunday, March 28, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1978

 


  1. DAWN OF THE DEAD
  2. HALLOWEEN
  3. AUTUMN SONATA
  4. WATERSHIP DOWN
  5. THE BIG FIX
  6. ALWAYS FOR PLEASURE
  7. THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN
  8. THE MEETINGS OF ANNA
  9. THE LEGACY
  10. RED SHIFT
  11. THE RUTLES:  ALL YOU NEED IS CASH
  12. THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS
  13. GERMANY IN AUTUMN
  14. INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
  15. LORD OF THE RINGS
  16. DEATH ON THE NILE
  17. THE FIVE VENOMS
  18. HEROES OF THE EAST
  19. TERROR
  20. THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
  21. HOLOCAUST
  22. PIRAHNA
  23. GREASE
  24. THE EVIL
  25. THE GRAPES OF DEATH
  26. ROCKERS
  27. SHAOLIN MANTIS
  28. CRIPPLED AVENGERS
  29. BORN INVINCIBLE
  30. ABSOLUTION
  31. SUPERMAN
  32. MAGIC
  33. SOMEONE'S WATCHING ME
  34. DAMIEN:  OMEN II
  35. THE MANITOU
  36. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
  37. THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY
  38. REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER
  39. CHILD OF GLASS
  40. THE INITIATION OF SARAH
  41. COMA
  42. THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
  43. DR. STRANGE
  44. THE DARK SECRET OF HARVEST HOME
  45. THE CAT AND THE CANARY
  46. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE
  47. THE WATER BABIES
  48. STAR CRASH
  49. BLIND RAGE
  50. PATRICK
  51. ANIMAL HOUSE
  52. THE BLOODSTAINED SHADOW
  53. VAMPIRE HOOKERS
  54. HEAVEN CAN WAIT
  55. SWEENEY 2
  56. HOUSE OF THE DEAD
  57. ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE ALONE?
  58. NURSE SHERRI
  59. GAME OF DEATH
  60. FOUL PLAY
  61. UP IN SMOKE
  62. ENTER THE GAME OF DEATH
  63. THE BIG SLEEP
  64. KISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK
  65. LASERBLAST
  66. RESCUE FROM GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
  67. AMAZING WORLD OF GHOSTS
  68. AVALANCHE
  69. THE CURSE OF THE BIGFOOT
  70. FACES OF DEATH
  71. SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
  72. BEYOND AND BACK
  73. FAIRY TALES

Saturday, March 27, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1977

 


  1. HIGH ANXIETY
  2. STAR WARS
  3. SUSPIRIA
  4. OH, GOD!
  5. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
  6. GRAND THEFT AUTO
  7. THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY
  8. THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN
  9. HITLER:  A FILM FROM GERMANY
  10. 21 UP
  11. ANNIE HALL
  12. SPECTRE
  13. SLAP SHOT
  14. THE HAUNTING OF JULIA
  15. A PHOTOGRAPH
  16. THE MANY ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH
  17. SWEENEY!
  18. THE CYNIC, THE RAT AND THE FIST
  19. JULIA
  20. ERASERHEAD
  21. THE UNCANNY
  22. THE HOBBIT
  23. BETWEEN THE LINES
  24. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT
  25. CAPRICORN ONE
  26. KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE
  27. INVINCIBLE ARMOUR
  28. ORCA
  29. CHINATOWN KID
  30. ALUCARDA
  31. SHOCK
  32. COUNT DRACULA
  33. SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
  34. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
  35. KINGDOM OF THE SPIDERS
  36. RABID
  37. THE PSYCHIC
  38. FOES
  39. CANDLESHOE
  40. THE STRANGE CASE OF THE END OF CIVILISATION AS WE KNOW IT
  41. JESUS OF NAZARETH
  42. ARE YOU BEING SERVED?
  43. THE CAR
  44. IN SEARCH OF NOAH'S ARK
  45. PUMPING IRON
  46. SHOCK WAVES
  47. THE SENTINEL
  48. SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER
  49. JABBERWOCKY
  50. THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN
  51. EMPIRE OF THE ANTS
  52. DEAD OF NIGHT
  53. NIGHTMARE IN BLOOD
  54. THE REAL BRUCE LEE
  55. THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN
  56. THE CRATER LAKE MONSTER
  57. END OF THE WORLD
  58. SNOWBEAST
  59. THE EXORCIST II:  THE HERETIC

Friday, March 26, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1976

 


  1. ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
  2. NEWS FROM HOME
  3. THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE
  4. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT PART 2
  5. MARATHON MAN
  6. THE TENANT
  7. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
  8. MURDER BY DEATH
  9. VIOLENT NAPLES
  10. THE COLLECTION
  11. THE OMEN
  12. NETWORK
  13. THE MUTHERS
  14. ROGUE MALE
  15. HELTER SKELTER
  16. KEOMA
  17. THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS
  18. ROME, ARMED TO THE TEETH aka THE TOUGH ONES
  19. THE GUMBALL RALLY
  20. CHALLENGE OF THE MASTERS
  21. STONES
  22. CARRIE
  23. TAXI DRIVER
  24. SHAOLIN TEMPLE
  25. CAR WASH
  26. KILLER FORCE
  27. KENNY & CO.
  28. SATAN'S SLAVE
  29. GRIZZLY
  30. BURNT OFFERINGS
  31. LOGAN'S RUN
  32. PLEASURE AT HER MAJESTY'S
  33. THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN
  34. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
  35. CREATURE FROM BLACK LAKE
  36. MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH
  37. TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER
  38. SILENT MOVIE
  39. THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN
  40. THE MYSTERIOUS MONSTERS
  41. FAMILY PLOT
  42. DR. BLACK, MR. HYDE
  43. IN SEARCH OF BIGFOOT
  44. MOTHER, JUGS AND SPEED
  45. THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA
  46. DEVIL'S EXPRESS
  47. ROBIN AND MARIAN
  48. THE DEVIL'S MEN aka LAND OF THE MINOTAUR
  49. BUGSY
  50. NEVER TOO YOUNG TO ROCK
  51. SATAN'S BLACK WEDDING
  52. BLACK COBRA
  53. HOT POTATO
  54. BRUCE LEE FIGHTS BACK FROM THE GRAVE
  55. AT THE EARTH'S CORE
  56. THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
  57. MIDWAY
  58. ROCKY

Thursday, March 25, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1975

 


  1. JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE 1080 BRUXELLES
  2. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
  3. THE SUNSHINE BOYS
  4. DOG DAY AFTERNOON
  5. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
  6. JAWS
  7. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
  8. MIRROR
  9. SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM
  10. DEEP RED
  11. GREY GARDENS
  12. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
  13. CRIMINALLY INSANE
  14. THE LEGEND OF LIZZIE BORDEN
  15. IN SEARCH OF DRACULA
  16. THE KILLER OF DOLLS
  17. THE PASSENGER
  18. THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR
  19. RACE WITH THE DEVIL
  20. TAKE A HARD RIDE
  21. TRILOGY OF TERROR
  22. ROLLERBALL
  23. PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK
  24. THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE
  25. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS
  26. EYEBALL
  27. THE WILBY CONSPIRACY
  28. SYNDICATE SADISTS
  29. BREAKHEART PASS
  30. MURRAIN
  31. DEATH RACE 2000
  32. SUPER INFRA-MAN
  33. DOLEMITE
  34. SUDDEN FURY
  35. BUCKTOWN
  36. GALILEO
  37. SUNSET ACROSS THE BAY
  38. BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?
  39. PSYCHIC KILLER
  40. FRIDAY FOSTER
  41. THE NIGHT THAT PANICKED AMERICA
  42. ROOSTER COGBURN
  43. THE STEPFORD WIVES
  44. THE MAN FROM HONG KONG
  45. SWITCHBLADE SISTERS
  46. THE MAN FROM NOWHERE
  47. RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER
  48. KENJI MIZOGUCHI:  THE LIFE OF A FILM DIRECTOR
  49. TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA
  50. NIGHT OF THE SEAGULLS
  51. THE GHOUL
  52. FAREWELL, MY LOVELY
  53. FOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE
  54. SHEBA, BABY
  55. WEREWOLF VS. THE YETI
  56. REQUIEM FOR A VILLAGE
  57. SHAMPOO
  58. YESSONGS
  59. LATE NIGHT TRAINS
  60. THE DEVIL'S RAIN
  61. MYSTERIES FROM BEYOND EARTH
  62. THE OUTER SPACE CONNECTION
  63. LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF
  64. EVIL EYE
  65. THE DEVIL'S KISS
  66. THE INTRUDER
  67. BLACK MOON
  68. MITCHELL
  69. THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1974

 


  1. CHINATOWN
  2. THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER
  3. FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
  4. BLACK CHRISTMAS
  5. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
  6. CALLAN
  7. THE GODFATHER PART II
  8. FEMALE TROUBLE
  9. SYMPTOMS
  10. PENDA'S FEN
  11. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE
  12. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
  13. THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE
  14. BENJI
  15. FOXY BROWN
  16. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT
  17. THE CONVERSATION
  18. THE TOWERING INFERNO
  19. CARTESIUS
  20. THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY
  21. THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE
  22. ACT OF VENGEANCE
  23. THE ODESSA FILE
  24. WONDER OF IT ALL
  25. KUNG-FU KILLERS
  26. CAPTAIN KRONOS, VAMPIRE HUNTER
  27. FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL
  28. THE TAKE
  29. BLAZING SADDLES
  30. SUGAR HILL
  31. HOMEBODIES
  32. IT'S ALIVE
  33. SHRIEK OF THE MUTILATED
  34. DEATHDREAM
  35. THE MUTATIONS
  36. DIRTY MARY, CRAZY LARRY
  37. VAMPIRA
  38. FRIGHTMARE
  39. THE BEAST MUST DIE
  40. AIRPORT
  41. MADHOUSE
  42. PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
  43. THREE THE HARD WAY
  44. BLACK BELT JONES
  45. STAVISKY
  46. AMAZING GRACE
  47. SPASMO
  48. DRACULA  (Dir. Dan Curtis)
  49. THE GHOST GALLEON
  50. BLACK SAMSON
  51. STONE
  52. HEROES TWO
  53. TEN LITTLE INDIANS
  54. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
  55. FOR PETE'S SAKE
  56. DEVIL TIMES FIVE
  57. BEYOND THE DOOR
  58. BLOOD FOR DRACULA
  59. SCREAM OF THE WOLF
  60. IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT MYSTERIES
  61. TOMMY
  62. THE GREAT GATSBY
  63. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GRIZZLY ADAMS
  64. THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
  65. THE LONGEST YARD
  66. THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES
  67. THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES
  68. THE BAT PEOPLE
  69. THE HOUSE ON SKULL MOUNTAIN
  70. SON OF DRACULA
  71. DON'T HANG UP
  72. DARK STAR
  73. ZARDOZ
  74. BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL
  75. THE EERIE MIDNIGHT HORROR SHOW aka ENTER THE DEVIL
  76. MOONCHILD
  77. TENDRE DRACULA
  78. FRANKENSTEIN'S CASTLE OF FREAKS
  79. THE THIRSTY DEAD
  80. A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1973

 


  1. F FOR FAKE
  2. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
  3. THE WICKER MAN
  4. PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID
  5. THE LONG GOODBYE
  6. CHARLEY VARRICK
  7. THE EXORCIST
  8. LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE
  9. THEATRE OF BLOOD
  10. FRANKENSTEIN:  THE TRUE STORY
  11. WONDER WOMEN
  12. CHARLOTTE'S WEB
  13. SERPICO
  14. ENTER THE DRAGON
  15. A DELICATE BALANCE
  16. THE MACK
  17. COFFY
  18. DON'T LOOK NOW
  19. BLACK CAESAR
  20. THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA
  21. THE IRON ROSE
  22. THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
  23. MY NAME IS NOBODY
  24. LUDWIG
  25. THE CREEPING FLESH
  26. THE DAY OF THE JACKAL
  27. THE SLAMS
  28. TORSO
  29. THE BOSS
  30. WATTSTAX
  31. ROBIN HOOD
  32. LE MAGNIFIQUE
  33. GANG WAR IN MILAN
  34. THE NIGHT STRANGLER
  35. I ESCAPED FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND
  36. HELL UP IN HARLEM
  37. FRANKENSTEIN
  38. MALACHI'S COVE
  39. SUPER BITCH
  40. DAY FOR NIGHT
  41. DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK
  42. THE STING
  43. HORROR HOSPITAL
  44. MESSIAH OF EVIL
  45. HIT!
  46. THE STONE KILLER
  47. RETURN OF THE BLIND DEAD
  48. SCORPIO
  49. A CANDLE FOR THE DEVIL
  50. VAULT OF HORROR
  51. SOYLENT GREEN
  52. THE FINAL PROGRAMME
  53. THE HANGING WOMAN
  54. THE THANKSGIVING TREASURE
  55. ARNOLD
  56. BEACH OF THE WAR GODS
  57. SCREAM, BLACULA, SCREAM
  58. AMERICAN GRAFFITI
  59. LIVE AND LET DIE
  60. THE YOUNG NURSES
  61. DETROIT 9000
  62. SANTO & BLUE DEMON VS. DRACULA & THE WOLF MAN
  63. THE FIGHTING FISTS OF SHANGHAI JOE
  64. THE SEVERED ARM
  65. THE HOUSE THAT VANISHED aka SCREAM AND DIE
  66. TERROR ON THE BEACH
  67. THE PYX
  68. TONY ARZENTA
  69. COUNT DRACULA'S GREAT LOVE
  70. THE GLASS MENAGERIE
  71. THE SERPENT
  72. THE HOUSE IN NIGHTMARE PARK
  73. IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS
  74. FANTASTIC PLANET
  75. WESTWORLD
  76. DRACULA  (Dir. Jack Nixon-Browne)
  77. DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT
  78. THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT
  79. MURDER ON THE EMERALD SEAS
  80. THE WAY WE WERE
  81. SLEEPER
  82. AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS
  83. THE BLACK SIX
  84. NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT
  85. ALABAMA'S GHOST
  86. DARK PLACES
  87. INVASION OF THE BEE GIRLS
  88. SCREAM BLOODY MURDER
  89. SANTO VS. THE KILLER FROM OTHER WORLDS
  90. THE MANSION OF MADNESS
  91. FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN
  92. HORROR HIGH
  93. LISA AND THE DEVIL
  94. THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN
  95. TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS
  96. THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD
  97. THE DEADLY TRACKERS
  98. GANJA & HESS
  99. HANNAH, QUEEN OF THE VAMPIRES
  100. WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON
  101. GODSPELL
  102. DOUBLE INDEMNITY

Monday, March 22, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1972

 


  1. THE GODFATHER
  2. 1776
  3. DRACULA A.D. 1972
  4. HORROR EXPRESS
  5. THE HOUSE WITHOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE
  6. A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS
  7. SOLARIS
  8. CRIES AND WHISPERS
  9. THE RULING CLASS
  10. SLEUTH
  11. SITTING TARGET
  12. TALES FROM THE CRYPT
  13. DUFFER
  14. THE NIGHT STALKER
  15. AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD
  16. THE AGE OF THE MEDICI
  17. THE WAY OF THE DRAGON
  18. FEMALE PRISONER #701:  SCORPION
  19. THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE
  20. CABARET
  21. BLAISE PASCAL
  22. LONE WOLF & CUB:  BABY-CART AT THE RIVER STYX
  23. LONE WOLF & CUB:  SWORD OF VENGEANCE
  24. DELIVERANCE
  25. STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING
  26. DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING
  27. THE GRAND DUEL
  28. CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS
  29. THE HARDER THEY COME
  30. THE STONE TAPE
  31. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
  32. FIST OF FURY
  33. BLACULA
  34. FIVE FINGERS OF DEATH
  35. SUPER FLY
  36. TOWER OF EVIL
  37. THE BLOOD-SPATTERED BRIDE
  38. THE REVENGERS
  39. WHO SAW HER DIE?
  40. TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD
  41. ASYLUM
  42. THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK
  43. BLACK GUNN
  44. SLAUGHTER
  45. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE?
  46. TROUBLE MAN
  47. THE ITALIAN CONNECTION
  48. WHO SLEW AUNTIE ROO?
  49. CALIBER 9
  50. FRITZ THE CAT
  51. SNOOPY COME HOME
  52. HOTEL MONTEREY
  53. FRENZY
  54. NEITHER THE SAND NOR THE SEA
  55. DEMONS OF THE MIND
  56. ACROSS 110TH STREET
  57. DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN
  58. A DAY OUT
  59. DEATH LINE
  60. DOOMWATCH
  61. SILENT RUNNING
  62. BAFFLED!
  63. KANSAS CITY BOMBER
  64. THE UNHOLY ROLLERS
  65. DAUGHTERS OF SATAN
  66. BARON BLOOD
  67. LE CHAMBRE
  68. FROGS
  69. FURY OF THE WOLF MAN
  70. NEAREST AND DEAREST
  71. NIGHT OF THE LEPUS
  72. THE MUMMIES OF GUANAJUATO
  73. THE DEATHLESS DEVIL
  74. BORN TO BOOGIE
  75. VAMPIRE CIRCUS
  76. SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS
  77. GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE
  78. THE ASPHYX
  79. MACABRE SERENADE
  80. FEAR IN THE NIGHT
  81. BIGFOOT:  MAN OR BEAST?
  82. THE SCREAMING WOMAN
  83. THE EYES OF CHARLES SAND
  84. STANLEY
  85. THE GETAWAY
  86. EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX *BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK
  87. AVANTI!
  88. ENCOUNTER WITH THE UNKNOWN
  89. MURDER MANSION
  90. THE CREMATORS
  91. THE THING WITH TWO HEADS
  92. FOR THE LOVE OF ADA
  93. LAST TANGO IN PARIS
  94. AN AMERICAN HIPPIE IN ISRAEL
  95. LEGEND OF HORROR
  96. GARGOYLES
  97. DRACULA, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN
  98. CANCEL MY RESERVATION
  99. SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT
  100. THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE
  101. BLOOD SABBATH

Sunday, March 21, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1971

 


  1. GET CARTER
  2. WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
  3. HAROLD AND MAUDE
  4. THE TROJAN WOMEN
  5. 10 RILLINGTON PLACE
  6. DUEL
  7. SPEND IT ALL
  8. THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
  9. THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES
  10. AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
  11. DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD
  12. BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
  13. DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS
  14. JUST BEFORE NIGHTFALL
  15. BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW
  16. SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSSS SONG
  17. BAY OF BLOOD
  18. THE BIG BOSS
  19. LET'S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH
  20. VANISHING POINT
  21. THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD
  22. MAN IN THE WILDERNESS
  23. SHAFT
  24. THE RETURN OF COUNT YORGA
  25. THE ANDERSON TAPES
  26. THE FRENCH CONNECTION
  27. ZATOICHI MEETS THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN
  28. REVENGE
  29. THE BEGUILED
  30. A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN
  31. HANNIE CAULDER
  32. THE SHADOW WHIP
  33. SHORT NIGHT OF GLASS DOLLS
  34. THE DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE
  35. THE WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMAN
  36. CRUCIBLE OF HORROR
  37. CAT O'NINE TAILS
  38. FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET
  39. REQUIEM FOR A VAMPIRE
  40. SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION
  41. THE STALLS OF BARCHESTER
  42. BLOOD OF THE DRAGON
  43. THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN
  44. THE OMEGA MAN
  45. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN
  46. WILLARD
  47. BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB
  48. WHEN EIGHT BELLS TOLL
  49. DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE
  50. RED SUN
  51. CHACO aka BASTARD, GO AND KILL
  52. FRIGHT
  53. THE FOX WITH THE VELVET TALE
  54. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN
  55. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
  56. BLOOD AND LACE
  57. MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
  58. GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH
  59. COUNTESS DRACULA
  60. TWINS OF EVIL
  61. SANTO VS. FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER
  62. HANDS OF THE RIPPER
  63. NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS
  64. MACBETH  (Dir. Roman Polanski)
  65. SANTO AND THE VENGEANCE OF THE MUMMY
  66. THE MEPHISTO WALTZ
  67. TARKAN AND THE BLOOD OF THE VIKINGS
  68. CARRY ON AT YOUR CONVENIENCE
  69. A HOWLING IN THE WOODS
  70. I EAT YOUR SKIN
  71. NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA
  72. THE RESURRECTION OF ZACHARY WHEELER
  73. BRIAN'S SONG
  74. I, MONSTER
  75. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
  76. LUST FOR A VAMPIRE
  77. BILLY JACK
  78. THX-1138
  79. THE BEAST OF THE YELLOW NIGHT
  80. OCTAMAN
  81. DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN
  82. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL GUNFIGHTER
  83. WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS
  84. BLOOD LEGACY
  85. SOMETHING CREEPING IN THE DARK
  86. WEB OF THE SPIDER
  87. LADY FRANKENSTEIN
  88. ISLE OF THE SNAKE PEOPLE
  89. THE FEMALE BUNCH
  90. MOOCH GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
  91. THE INCREDIBLE 2-HEADED TRANSPLANT
  92. MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
  93. THE TOY BOX

Saturday, March 20, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1970

 


  1. CATCH-22
  2. ROBIN REDBREAST
  3. VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS
  4. THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE
  5. KING:  A FILMED RECORD . . . FROM MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS
  6. CHISUM
  7. MONTE WALSH
  8. THE DUNWICH HORROR
  9. HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS
  10. SANTO AND BLUE DEMON VS. THE MONSTERS
  11. THE HONEYMOON KILLERS
  12. WOODSTOCK
  13. LE CERCLE ROUGE
  14. KELLY'S HEROES
  15. COTTON COMES TO HARLEM
  16. BARQUERO
  17. 7 PLUS SEVEN
  18. THE TWELVE CHAIRS
  19. TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME, JUNIE MOON
  20. DONKEY SKIN
  21. COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE
  22. GIMME SHELTER
  23. TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA
  24. AND SOON THE DARKNESS
  25. AN EVENING OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
  26. THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF
  27. FRAGMENT OF FEAR
  28. RITUAL OF EVIL
  29. THE VAMPIRE DOLL
  30. CROWHAVEN FARM
  31. THE VAMPIRE LOVERS
  32. THE BALLAD OF TAM LIN
  33. HOLLYWOOD HORROR HOUSE
  34. THE HOUSE THAT WOULDN'T DIE
  35. EQUINOX
  36. PATTON
  37. THE BEAST IN THE CELLAR
  38. AIRPORT
  39. A MAN CALLED HORSE
  40. M*A*S*H*
  41. KING LEAR
  42. CROMWELL
  43. ELVIS:  THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
  44. THE BLACK BRIGADE
  45. THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS
  46. JULIUS CAESAR
  47. SCROOGE
  48. LITTLE BIG MAN
  49. THE UNHOLY FOUR
  50. A HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON
  51. THE WIZARD OF GORE
  52. 4 CLOWNS
  53. THE BLOODY JUDGE
  54. CHARIOTS OF THE GODS
  55. THE ARISTOCATS
  56. SCARS OF DRACULA
  57. RIO LOBO
  58. BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES
  59. LOVE STORY
  60. SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN
  61. ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
  62. COLOSSUS:  THE FORBIN PROJECT
  63. BLOODSUCKERS
  64. COUNT DRACULA
  65. PUFNSTUF
  66. BEAST OF BLOOD
  67. HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN
  68. AWAKENING OF THE BEAST
  69. LEGEND OF THE WITCHES
  70. CRY OF THE BANSHEE
  71. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TO COUNT DRACULA
  72. SATANIS:  THE DEVIL'S MASS
  73. TORA! TORA! TORA
  74. BIGFOOT
  75. ASSIGNMENT TERROR
  76. ONE MORE TIME

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1969

 


  1. THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE
  2. THE ITALIAN JOB
  3. ARMY OF SHADOWS
  4. THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY
  5. I START COUNTING
  6. THE ARRANGEMENT
  7. AGE OF CONSENT
  8. HAMLET  (Dir. Tony Richardson)
  9. THIS MAN MUST DIE
  10. THE MILKY WAY
  11. MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S
  12. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
  13. THE WILD BUNCH
  14. IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG
  15. HAVE SWORD, WILL TRAVEL
  16. FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
  17. DJANGO THE BASTARD
  18. 100 RIFLES
  19. SABATA
  20. LATITUDE ZERO
  21. YOKAI MONSTERS:  ALONG WITH GHOSTS
  22. THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED
  23. FEAR NO EVIL
  24. JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN
  25. NIGHT GALLERY
  26. EYE OF THE CAT
  27. ALFRED THE GREAT
  28. THE HANG UP
  29. ALICE'S RESTAURANT
  30. GARRINGO
  31. PIT STOP
  32. MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND
  33. SANTO AND DRACULA'S TREASURE
  34. GAMERA VS. GUIRON
  35. CASTLE KEEP
  36. ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS
  37. A BULLET FOR THE PRESIDENT aka THE PRICE OF POWER
  38. THE VALLEY OF GWANGI
  39. CARRY ON CAMPING
  40. MOON ZERO TWO
  41. MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE
  42. THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR
  43. A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN
  44. THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN
  45. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN
  46. EASY RIDER
  47. THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT
  48. THE MALTESE BIPPY
  49. MODEL SHOP
  50. FIVE BLOODY GRAVES
  51. MARLOWE
  52. A HANGING FOR DJANGO aka NO ROOM TO DIE
  53. THE DEVIL'S EIGHT
  54. THE MAN WITH THE GLASS EYE
  55. THE WITCHMAKER
  56. THE BED SITTING ROOM
  57. MALENKA aka FANGS OF THE LIVING DEAD
  58. THE OBLONG BOX
  59. BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE
  60. THE CUT-THROATS
  61. THE SIDEHACKERS
  62. NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES

Tuesday, March 09, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1968

 


  1. THE LION IN WINTER
  2. WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU
  3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
  4. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
  5. ROSEMARY'S BABY
  6. ROMEO AND JULIET
  7. KURONEKO
  8. HELL IN THE PACIFIC
  9. WHERE EAGLES DARE
  10. THE GREAT SILENCE
  11. THE DEVIL RIDES OUT
  12. A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY
  13. SECRET CEREMONY
  14. HOUR OF THE WOLF
  15. TARGETS
  16. THE BOSTON STRANGLER
  17. BULLITT
  18. YELLOW SUBMARINE
  19. WITCHFINDER GENERAL
  20. THE SWIMMER
  21. THE ANNIVERSARY
  22. DARK OF THE SUN
  23. PLANET OF THE APES
  24. DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE
  25. OUTLAW:  GANGSTER V.I.P.
  26. THE GREEN SLIME
  27. BLACK JACK
  28. THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN
  29. IF YOU MEET SARTANA, PRAY FOR YOUR DEATH
  30. CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
  31. GOLDEN SWALLOW
  32. KILL THEM ALL AND COME BACK ALONE
  33. MONTEREY POP
  34. THE LIVING SKELETON
  35. JOHNNY HAMLET
  36. YOKAI MONSTERS:  SPOOK WARFARE
  37. GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL
  38. A DANDY IN ASPIC
  39. THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR
  40. OUTLAW:  GANGSTER V.I.P. 2
  41. GREETINGS
  42. 2001:  A SPACE ODYSSEY
  43. GAMERA VS. VIRAS
  44. YOKAI MONSTERS:  100 MONSTERS
  45. DANGER:  DIABOLIK
  46. HEAD
  47. ICE STATION ZEBRA
  48. SEBASTIAN
  49. THE BAMBOO SAUCER
  50. GENOCIDE
  51. THE ZOMBIE WALKS
  52. CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR
  53. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS
  54. THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
  55. THE WRECKING CREW
  56. THE BATWOMAN
  57. THE EXOTIC ONES
  58. THE OTHER SIDE OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
  59. CORRUPTION
  60. CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER
  61. BLACKBEARD'S GHOST
  62. THE LOST CONTINENT
  63. ANZIO
  64. THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR
  65. BARBARELLA
  66. I LOVE YOU, ALICE B. TOKLAS
  67. PHENOMENAL AND THE TREASURE OF TUTANKHAMEN
  68. EVEN THE WIND IS AFRAID
  69. BRIDES OF BLOOD
  70. THE RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE
  71. THE ODD COUPLE
  72. THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES
  73. GIRL IN THE GOLD BOOTS
  74. THE FEAR CHAMBER
  75. THEY SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN
  76. THE HELLCATS
  77. OLIVER!
  78. SCARE THEIR PANTS OFF

Monday, March 08, 2021

RAWHIDE [1951]

 This is an absolute gem of a Western I never really hear people talk about but this may now be my favourite film directed by the old master Henry Hathaway.  And my favourite Tyrone Power film.  AND my favourite Susan Hayward film!  All this and I never saw it before now!



I never would've seen this film at all except for mention of it in a Susan Hayward biographical doc I happened to watch.  The film looked good so I went and ordered the blu ray.  How have I never seen it before now?!?  The film takes place basically in one location:  a relay station/rest stop of the Overland Mail Company called Rawhide Pass where stagecoaches heading west (or east) put in for a plate of beans.  The station is in the middle of nowhere (actually Lone Pine, California -- somewhere between Mt. Whitney and Death Valley) and is manned by two men:  Sam Todd (Edgar Buchanan) and young Tom Owens (Tyrone Power).  Owens is the son of the Overland Mail Co.'s manager and has been sent there to learn how to "rough it" and how to put in an honest day's work.  A stagecoach full of passengers pulls into the outpost; one of which is steely Vinnie Holt (Susan Hayward) along with little baby Callie (Judy Ann Dunn).  Some cavalry men arrive with news that a killer named Rafe Zimmerman (Hugh Marlowe) has escaped with a few other prisoners from Huntsville.  The cavalrymen will escort the stagecoach but Overland company policy forbids sending a child into danger so Vinnie and Callie must stay behind at Rawhide Station.  Vinnie fights like a wildcat to be allowed to go but Sam orders Tom to drag her from the stagecoach and they leave without her.  


A fuming Vinnie takes possession of Tom's quarters and takes his gun while she goes to to a nearby hot spring to take a bath.  Meanwhile, Zimmerman and his goons ride into Rawhide Pass outpost and take Sam and Tom prisoner.  As Vinnie returns to the outpost, she sees Sam make a break for his rifle only to be gunned down by outlaw Tevis (a marvelously slimy Jack Elam).  She ducks down behind the horse trough and unknowingly loses Tom's gun and gun belt there.  The outlaws see her and take her prisoner.  Assuming that Vinnie and Callie are Tom's wife and daughter, all three are locked up in Tom's room while Zimmerman and his motley band of outlaws wait for the gold stage to arrive tomorrow morning.




Almost like a film noir with horses, RAWHIDE gives us the old familiar trope of some people held hostage by killers but Hathaway (and Dudley Nichols superb script) bring a freshness to the proceedings that make for a taut, nail-biter of a western.  I'm not one of those people who think Tyrone Power was just a pretty face who couldn't act; but here Power gives probably the best performance I've seen him give.  He totally subsumes his "Tyrone Power" persona and gives a performance as Tom Owens that shows the character over-his-head and trying desperately to think of a way to get them out of this dangerous situation.  Power depicts the genuine fear and desperation of the character wonderfully. 

The entire cast is, without exception, exceptionAL!  Edgar Buchanan as the crotchedy old hand Sam Todd is lovable as usual.  Hugh Marlowe was known to me for most of my life as a rather stodgy, bland actor of such classic fifties science fiction films as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS but her really shines in westerns like Henry Hathaway's GARDEN OF EVIL (which I only just saw last month) and, even better, here in RAWHIDE.  In fact, RAWHIDE is probably the best Hugh Marlowe performance I've seen as the educated killer Zimmerman who is saddled with a random handful of outlaws who are with him only because they happened to escape prison along with him.  Marlowe's exasperation at these misfits is always just under the surface as Zimmerman tries his best to both get them to do what he tells them and also keep his prisoners in check.  Speaking of the outlaws, we have another handful of stupendously great actors:  Jack Elam as the snake-like Tevis, George Tobias (probably best known as TV's Abner Kravitz from BEWITCHED) as the loyal hound dog Gratz, and Dean Jagger as the dim-witted fan of fancy clothes Yancy.  These are not your usual bunch of outlaw second bananas but each actor gives a fully rounded performance leaving the outlaw bunch clearly-defined.  I can't even believe I'm going to say this but even infant Judy Ann Dunn gives an actual performance as little Callie!  

But above all, the film belongs to Susan Hayward who is tough-as-nails while remaining totally feminine and is the true hero of the movie. 


Hayward's performance here is actually pretty remarkable as she protects the baby at all costs while refusing to let any man treat her as a doormat.  Even while the outlaws have her at gunpoint and she is forced to do what they say, Hayward never appears cowed or resigned to her fate.  At one point, she even berates Tyrone Power for meekly going along with them without trying to find an escape route.  It is Hayward's character who spurs Power into action; however, at no point does he become "the hero" of the film.  At most, he could be called "co-hero" with Susan Hayward as the true backbone of the film.  In fact, no romance is remotely possible in the first half of the film because Tom Owens is simply not good enough for Vinnie; it's only after she shows him the way to bravery that he can become worthy of her.  So, by the end of the film when Vinnie shows a true affection for Tom, it seems completely believable and organic instead of the usual crammed-in Hollywood romantic angle.

RAWHIDE is a no-nonsense, clear-eyed tense thriller of a western that you've just gotta see if you haven't already.  Masterly directed from an excellent script with a top notch cast and beautifully photographed by Milton R. Krasner taking full advantage of the rugged, bleak beauty of Lone Pine.

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1967

 


  1. PLAYTIME
  2. THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT
  3. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
  4. WAIT UNTIL DARK
  5. LE SAMOURAI
  6. IN COLD BLOOD
  7. COOL HAND LUKE
  8. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
  9. VIY
  10. THE STOLEN AIRSHIP
  11. CARRY ON DOCTOR
  12. BEDAZZLED
  13. THE JUNGLE BOOK
  14. QUATERMASS AND THE PIT
  15. POINT BLANK
  16. THE PRODUCERS
  17. SMASHING TIME
  18. SPIDER BABY
  19. MAD MONSTER PARTY
  20. THE FIREMAN'S BALL
  21. BRANDED TO KILL
  22. DEATH RIDES A HORSE
  23. THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS
  24. TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
  25. THE DIRTY DOZEN
  26. THE SORCERERS
  27. DANGER ROUTE
  28. DRAGON INN
  29. BANDIDOS
  30. THE UNKNOWN MAN OF SHANDIGOR
  31. GAMERA VS. GYAOS
  32. THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS
  33. DJANGO KILL . . .IF YOU LIVE, SHOOT
  34. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
  35. BONNIE AND CLYDE
  36. THE GRADUATE
  37. GAMES
  38. ACCIDENT
  39. NIGHT OF THE BIG HEAT
  40. EYE OF THE DEVIL
  41. BERSERK
  42. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
  43. THIS NIGHT I'LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE
  44. A CHALLENGE FOR ROBIN HOOD
  45. TORTURE GARDEN
  46. CREATURE WITH THE BLUE HAND
  47. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
  48. KILINK ISTANBUL'DA
  49. THEY CAME FROM BEYOND SPACE
  50. THE AMBUSHERS
  51. JACK AND THE WITCH
  52. THEATRE OF DEATH
  53. THE X FROM OUTER SPACE
  54. THE MUMMY'S SHROUD
  55. THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT
  56. FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN
  57. FIVE GOLDEN DRAGONS
  58. THE TRIP
  59. CLAMBAKE
  60. CASINO ROYALE
  61. DOCTOR DOLITTLE
  62. REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE
  63. MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
  64. YONGARY, MONSTER FROM THE DEEP
  65. HILLBILLYS IN A HAUNTED HOUSE
  66. THE LIVING CORPSE
  67. FITZWILLY
  68. THE SHUTTERED ROOM
  69. NIGHT FRIGHT
  70. GHOSTS, ITALIAN STYLE
  71. GALLERY OF HORROR
  72. WILD REBELS

Sunday, March 07, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1966

 


  1. PERSONA
  2. ANDREI RUBLEV
  3. THE TAKING OF POWER BY LOUIS XIV
  4. BLOW-UP
  5. CARRY ON SCREAMING
  6. DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS
  7. THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN
  8. THE PROFESSIONALS
  9. THE ROAD TO NASHVILLE
  10. LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE
  11. THE SAND PEBBLES
  12. THE FACE OF ANOTHER
  13. THE SWORD OF DOOM
  14. WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
  15. FANTASTIC VOYAGE
  16. HOW TO STEAL A MILLION
  17. FUNERAL IN BERLIN
  18. FAHRENHEIT 451
  19. KILL, BABY, KILL
  20. ISLAND OF TERROR
  21. PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES
  22. DJANGO
  23. THE SILENCERS
  24. ALICE IN WONDERLAND  (Dir. Jonathan Miller)
  25. THE TRYGON FACTOR
  26. THE BIG T.N.T. SHOW
  27. THE SHE BEAST
  28. WALK, DON'T RUN
  29. WAKE UP AND KILL aka WAKE UP AND DIE
  30. DAIMAJIN
  31. THE GOLDEN BAT
  32. THE FORTUNE COOKIE
  33. A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
  34. THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED
  35. TORN CURTAIN
  36. THE REPTILE
  37. TEXAS, ADIOS
  38. SECONDS
  39. THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS
  40. COME DRINK WITH ME
  41. THE DIABOLICAL DR. Z
  42. RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK
  43. THE DEADLY BEES
  44. BATMAN
  45. MODESTY BLAISE
  46. EL DORADO
  47. THE TRAP
  48. QUEEN OF BLOOD
  49. THE WILD WORLD OF BATWOMAN
  50. THE MURDER CLINIC
  51. THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM
  52. RETURN OF DAIMAJIN
  53. WRATH OF DAIMAJIN
  54. MURDERERS' ROW
  55. HARPER
  56. DALEKS' INVASION EARTH:  2150 A.D.
  57. THE BLACK CAT
  58. THE OSCAR
  59. THE PSYCHOPATH
  60. AN ANGEL FOR SATAN
  61. THE WRONG BOX
  62. INCUBUS
  63. KISS KISS, KILL KILL
  64. DEATH IS NIMBLE, DEATH IS QUICK
  65. AGENT JOE WALKER:  OPERATION FAR EAST
  66. MUNSTER GO HOME
  67. BLOOD BATH
  68. BORN FREE
  69. IT
  70. RAT PFINK A BOO BOO
  71. EL ROJO
  72. PATRIOTISM
  73. THE WITCHES
  74. ARABESQUE
  75. THE WITCH
  76. THE FROZEN DEAD
  77. WAR BETWEEN THE PLANETS
  78. THE GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI
  79. CIRCUS OF FEAR
  80. THE SHOOTING
  81. BILLY THE KID VS. DRACULA
  82. THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU
  83. STING OF DEATH
  84. CURSE OF THE VAMPIRES
  85. WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS
  86. CHAMBER OF HORRORS
  87. WILD, WILD PLANET
  88. THE CHRISTMAS THAT ALMOST WASN'T
  89. JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER
  90. DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS
  91. LIGHTNING BOLT
  92. DEATH CURSE OF TARTU
  93. RED ZONE CUBA
  94. SEVEN GOLDEN MEN STRIKE AGAIN
  95. WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY
  96. THE BIBLE:  IN THE BEGINNING . . . 
  97. MANOS:  THE HANDS OF FATE

Saturday, March 06, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1965

 


  1. REPULSION
  2. CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT
  3. PIERROT LE FOU
  4. SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS
  5. THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT
  6. DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS
  7. THE IPCRESS FILE
  8. DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE BIKINI MACHINE
  9. HELP!
  10. PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES
  11. FISTS IN THE POCKET
  12. DIE DIE MY DARLING aka FANATIC
  13. THE COLLECTOR
  14. THE BEDFORD INCIDENT
  15. NIGHTMARE CASTLE
  16. FASTER PUSSYCAT!  KILL!  KILL!
  17. THE SINISTER MONK
  18. CAT BALLOU
  19. THE 10TH VICTIM
  20. A STUDY IN TERROR
  21. THE RAILRODDER
  22. THE EARLY BIRD
  23. THE NANNY
  24. GO GO MANIA aka POP GEAR
  25. THE SATAN BUG
  26. EVIL BRAIN FROM OUTER SPACE
  27. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
  28. THE RIDER OF THE SKULLS
  29. DIE MONSTER DIE
  30. THE SKULL
  31. BEACH BLANKET BINGO
  32. ALPHAVILLE
  33. THE KNACK . . . AND HOW TO GET IT
  34. SEVEN GOLDEN MEN
  35. WAR GODS OF THE DEEP
  36. THE WORLD OF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
  37. THE LOVE GODDESSES
  38. THE FACE OF FU MANCHU
  39. VON RYAN'S EXPRESS
  40. A KING'S STORY
  41. DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS
  42. CARRY ON COWBOY
  43. SHE
  44. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
  45. THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
  46. TEN LITTLE INDIANS
  47. THE GREAT RACE
  48. GAMERA
  49. THE CINCINATTI KID
  50. SHIP OF FOOLS
  51. TERROR-CREATURES FROM THE GRAVE
  52. THE LEMON GROVE KIDS MEET THE MONSTERS
  53. A COFFIN FOR THE SHERIFF aka LONE AND ANGRY MAN
  54. THE SWEET SOUND OF DEATH
  55. MONSTERS CRASH THE PAJAMA PARTY
  56. ATOMIC RULERS OF THE WORLD
  57. ATTACK FROM SPACE
  58. INVADERS FROM SPACE
  59. DARK INTRUDER
  60. PRIMITIVE LONDON
  61. BLOOD BEAST FROM OUTER SPACE
  62. THUNDERBALL
  63. THE GHOST OF THE HUNCHBACK
  64. SAN FERRY ANN
  65. VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS
  66. THE WIZARD OF MARS
  67. WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT?
  68. THE LOVED ONE
  69. HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE
  70. THE DOLLS
  71. DEVILS OF DARKNESS
  72. ORGY OF THE DEAD
  73. HOUSE OF THE BLACK DEATH
  74. FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER
  75. THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
  76. FACE OF THE SCREAMING WEREWOLF
  77. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA
  78. THE EYE CREATURES
  79. BLOODY PIT OF HORROR
  80. CREATURE OF THE WALKING DEAD
  81. THE BEACH GIRLS AND THE MONSTER
  82. MONSTER-A-GO-GO
  83. THE EMBALMER
  84. CURSE OF THE FLY
  85. THE SOUND OF MUSIC
  86. CURSE OF THE VOODOO

Friday, March 05, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1964

 


  1. MY FAIR LADY
  2. MARY POPPINS
  3. THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
  4. ONIBABA
  5. KWAIDAN
  6. BANDE A PART
  7. HAMLET  (Dir. Grigori Lozintsev)
  8. ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS
  9. THE GORGON
  10. THE TOMB OF LIGEIA
  11. MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
  12. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
  13. 7 UP
  14. GERTRUD
  15. ZULU
  16. THE GUNS OF AUGUST
  17. THE T.A.M.I. SHOW
  18. WRESTLING WOMEN VS. THE AZTEC MUMMY
  19. THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH
  20. BECKET
  21. MARNIE
  22. DR. STRANGELOVE
  23. CHARULATA
  24. RED DESERT
  25. SEVEN DAYS IN MAY
  26. THE KILLERS
  27. A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
  28. CASTLE OF BLOOD
  29. BLOOD AND BLACK LACE
  30. AT MIDNIGHT I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL
  31. GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM
  32. THE NAKED KISS
  33. THE FLESH EATERS
  34. GIRL WITH THE GREEN EYES
  35. HOT ENOUGH FOR JUNE
  36. CHEYENNE AUTUMN
  37. CRYPT OF THE VAMPIRE
  38. MURDER MOST FOUL
  39. CULLODEN
  40. MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA
  41. 7 FACES OF DR. LAO
  42. TOPKAPI
  43. WITCHCRAFT
  44. RIO CONCHOS
  45. THE TRAIN
  46. THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN
  47. THE GHOST OF SIERRA DE COBRE
  48. ROBIN AND THE 7 HOODS
  49. THE MONSTER OF LONDON CITY
  50. GHIDORAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER
  51. THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
  52. GOLDFINGER
  53. FAIL-SAFE
  54. BIKINI BEACH
  55. SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON
  56. THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
  57. MUSCLE BEACH PARTY
  58. NIGHTMARE
  59. CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED
  60. THE BLOOD DRINKERS
  61. SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS
  62. MARK OF THE TORTOISE
  63. HUSH...HUSH...SWEET CHARLOTTE
  64. DOGORA
  65. THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH
  66. VIVA LAS VEGAS
  67. MURDER AHOY
  68. JOY HOUSE
  69. THE DEVIL-SHIP PIRATES
  70. PARIS WHEN IT SIZZLES
  71. EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
  72. LILITH
  73. THE STRANGLER
  74. WHAT A WAY TO GO!
  75. A SHOT IN THE DARK
  76. CASTLE OF THE LIVING DEAD
  77. THE PHANTOM OF SOHO
  78. THE EARTH DIES SCREAMING
  79. THE SECRET OF DR. ORLOF
  80. THE CURSE OF THE LIVING CORPSE
  81. STRAIT-JACKET
  82. THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB
  83. THE THRILL KILLERS
  84. THE TIME TRAVELERS
  85. CARRY ON SPYING
  86. THE DEATH RAY OF DR. MABUSE
  87. FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
  88. THE CURSE OF THE HIDDEN VAULT
  89. THE TRIAL OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD
  90. THE NIGHT WALKER
  91. THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES
  92. LONDON IN THE RAW
  93. THE MANIACS
  94. THE NAKED WITCH
  95. KISS ME QUICK
  96. THE CREEPING TERROR
  97. ATTACK OF THE MAYAN MUMMY

Thursday, March 04, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1963

 


  1. WINTER LIGHT
  2. THE COMEDY OF TERRORS
  3. THE HAUNTING
  4. THE SILENCE
  5. HIGH AND LOW
  6. THE GREAT ESCAPE
  7. THE BIRDS
  8. DONOVAN'S REEF
  9. LORD OF THE FLIES
  10. THE RAVEN
  11. BLACK SABBATH
  12. 8 1/2
  13. BAY OF ANGELS
  14. SHOCK CORRIDOR
  15. MURIEL, OR THE TIME OF RETURN
  16. SPARROWS CAN'T SING
  17. THE SADIST
  18. MATANGO
  19. THE SERVANT
  20. THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE
  21. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
  22. X:  THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES
  23. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
  24. PARANOIAC
  25. JUDEX
  26. THE GIRL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
  27. THE MAD EXECUTIONERS
  28. KISS OF THE VAMPIRE
  29. THE GIRL HUNTERS
  30. THE HAUNTED PALACE
  31. MURDER AT THE GALLOP
  32. HEAVENS ABOVE
  33. JOHNNY COOL
  34. OSS 117 IS UNLEASHED
  35. HUD
  36. TWICE TOLD TALES
  37. SUNDAY IN NEW YORK
  38. UNDER THE YUM-YUM TREE
  39. DEMENTIA 13
  40. THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER
  41. DOCTOR OF DOOM
  42. IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD
  43. BEACH PARTY
  44. THE BLACK ABBOT
  45. THE WHITE SPIDER
  46. THE INDIAN SCARF
  47. SANTO IN THE WAX MUSEUM
  48. CARRY ON CABBY
  49. CHARADE
  50. THE MIND BENDERS
  51. CLEOPATRA
  52. THE DAMNED
  53. BYE BYE BIRDIE
  54. THE TERROR
  55. THE GHOST
  56. HORROR CASTLE
  57. DIARY OF A MADMAN
  58. OPERATION TITIAN
  59. THE OLD DARK HOUSE
  60. BLOOD FEAST
  61. THE CURSE OF THE YELLOW SNAKE
  62. THE MANIAC
  63. THE PINK PANTHER
  64. THE ATOMIC BRAIN
  65. IKARIE XB-1
  66. THE NUTTY PROFESSOR
  67. THE SLIME PEOPLE
  68. THE THREE STOOGES GO AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAZE
  69. 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS
  70. THE CRAWLING HAND
  71. THE BLANCHEVILLE MONSTER
  72. THE MADMEN OF MANDORAS
  73. THE STRANGLER OF BLACKMOOR CASTLE
  74. TERRIFIED
  75. THE SKYDIVERS

Wednesday, March 03, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1962

 


  1. L'ECLISSE
  2. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
  3. AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON
  4. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL
  5. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
  6. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
  7. THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
  8. BILLY BUDD
  9. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
  10. VIVRE SA VIE
  11. LA JETEE
  12. TALES OF TERROR
  13. ADVISE & CONSENT
  14. PITFALL
  15. THE MIRACLE WORKER
  16. LE DOULOS
  17. TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN
  18. RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY
  19. CARNIVAL OF SOULS
  20. BURN WITCH BURN
  21. THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK
  22. THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
  23. CAPE FEAR
  24. SANTO VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN
  25. DR. NO
  26. NIGHT CREATURES
  27. HATARI!
  28. THE TRIAL
  29. THE PREMATURE BURIAL
  30. EXPERIMENT IN TERROR
  31. KING KONG VS. GODZILLA
  32. THE CREATION OF THE HUMANOIDS
  33. HOW THE WEST WAS WON
  34. THE WITCH'S MIRROR
  35. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
  36. LONELY ARE THE BRAVE
  37. ALL NIGHT LONG
  38. THAT TOUCH OF MINK
  39. THE NOTORIOUS LANDLADY
  40. THE THREE STOOGES IN ORBIT
  41. THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER
  42. THE GREAT CHASE
  43. THE PUZZLE OF THE RED ORCHID
  44. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
  45. THE AWFUL DR. ORLOF
  46. SLAUGHTER OF THE VAMPIRES
  47. THE SADISTIC BARON VON KLAUS
  48. THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS
  49. AMPHIBIAN MAN
  50. JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET
  51. THE CARPET OF HORROR
  52. THE MAGIC SWORD
  53. FOLLOW THAT DREAM
  54. NEUTRON VS. THE DEATH ROBOTS
  55. THE INVISIBLE DR. MABUSE
  56. DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
  57. THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE
  58. BRAINIAC
  59. DUNGEON OF HARROW
  60. WILD GUITAR
  61. TOWER OF LONDON
  62. THE BURNING COURT
  63. SPIRITISM
  64. HAND OF DEATH
  65. THE LONGEST DAY
  66. IN THE DOGHOUSE
  67. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DEADLY NECKLACE
  68. THE ROAD TO HONG KONG
  69. THE WITCH'S CURSE
  70. SATAN NEVER SLEEPS
  71. EEGAH!
  72. VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE
  73. RING OF TERROR
  74. THE CABINET OF CALIGARI
  75. HOUSE ON BARE MOUNTAIN
  76. POSTMAN'S KNOCK

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1961

 


  1. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
  2. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY
  3. THE END OF SUMMER
  4. YOJIMBO
  5. LA NOTTE
  6. VIRIDIANA
  7. THE INNOCENTS
  8. BLAST OF SILENCE
  9. LOLA
  10. THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE
  11. THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
  12. THE HUSTLER
  13. WHAT A CARVE-UP!
  14. JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
  15. VICTIM
  16. PAYROLL
  17. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
  18. MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS
  19. SCREAM OF FEAR
  20. ONE-EYED JACKS
  21. CASH ON DEMAND
  22. UNDERWORLD U.S.A.
  23. MOTHRA
  24. LUNCH HOUR
  25. MURDER SHE SAID
  26. VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
  27. MASTER OF THE WORLD
  28. CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF
  29. EL CID
  30. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
  31. THE GREEN ARCHER
  32. ONE, TWO, THREE
  33. THE MISFITS
  34. TWO RODE TOGETHER
  35. THE HELLFIRE CLUB
  36. PIT OF DARKNESS
  37. SUMMER AND SMOKE
  38. HERCULES IN THE HAUNTED WORLD
  39. NIGHT TIDE
  40. DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN
  41. THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN
  42. DEAD EYES OF LONDON
  43. THE DEVIL'S HAND
  44. THE RETURN OF DR. MABUSE
  45. THE WORLD OF THE VAMPIRES
  46. GORGO
  47. CURSE OF THE DOLL PEOPLE
  48. THE COMANCHEROS
  49. HOUSE OF MYSTERY
  50. KEEP TALKING, BABY
  51. THE MASK
  52. KONGA
  53. THE BLOOD OF NOSTRADAMUS
  54. THE PARENT TRAP
  55. BARABBAS
  56. THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR
  57. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
  58. CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA
  59. HOMICIDAL
  60. THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
  61. TERROR OF THE TONGS
  62. THE LAST SUNSET
  63. WEREWOLF IN A GIRL'S DORMITORY
  64. THE CHOPPERS
  65. MR. SARDONICUS
  66. BLOODLUST
  67. THE DEAD ONE
  68. WEST SIDE STORY
  69. A MATTER OF WHO
  70. ATLANTIS:  THE LOST CONTINENT
  71. THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS
  72. REPTILICUS
  73. GOLIATH AND THE VAMPIRES
  74. SNOW WHITE AND THE THREE STOOGES
  75. VALLEY OF THE DRAGONS

Monday, March 01, 2021

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 1960

 



  1. THE APARTMENT
  2. L'AVVENTURA
  3. HOUSE OF USHER
  4. LATE AUTUMN
  5. THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN
  6. PSYCHO
  7. THE VIRGIN SPRING
  8. LA DOLCE VITA
  9. INHERIT THE WIND
  10. TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS
  11. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
  12. PEEPING TOM
  13. THE HOUSEMAID
  14. CITY OF THE DEAD
  15. WHEN COMEDY WAS KING
  16. THE SKELETON OF MRS. MORALES
  17. STOP, LOOK AND LAUGH
  18. TUNES OF GLORY
  19. BELLS ARE RINGING
  20. BREATHLESS
  21. SERGEANT RUTLEDGE
  22. VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED
  23. BLACK SUNDAY
  24. DEVI
  25. THE TIME MACHINE
  26. BEAT GIRL
  27. EYES WITHOUT A FACE
  28. ZAZIE DANS LE METRO
  29. COMMANCHE STATION
  30. KIDNAPPED
  31. THE CRIMINAL
  32. SPARTACUS
  33. MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN
  34. TWO-WAY STRETCH
  35. NEVER TAKE SWEETS FROM A STRANGER
  36. THE LAST WOMAN ON EARTH
  37. THE THREAD OF LIFE
  38. CIRCUS OF HORRORS
  39. SHIP OF MONSTERS
  40. THE DEVIL'S EYE
  41. MAKE MINE MINK
  42. THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
  43. BRIDES OF DRACULA
  44. SWORD OF SHERWOOD FOREST
  45. THE TERRIBLE PEOPLE
  46. THE RED CIRCLE
  47. THE FLESH AND THE FIENDS
  48. PORTRAIT IN BLACK
  49. MURDER, INC.
  50. THE AVENGER
  51. STOP ME BEFORE I KILL
  52. THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND
  53. OBRAS MAESTRAS DEL TERROR
  54. THE LEECH WOMAN
  55. LIGHT UP THE SKY
  56. THE 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER
  57. HORRORS OF SPIDER ISLAND
  58. TORMENTED
  59. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD VS. THE MONSTERS
  60. 13 GHOSTS
  61. FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS
  62. THE NIGHT THEY KILLED RASPUTIN
  63. PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES
  64. THE RISK
  65. THE LOVES OF HERCULES
  66. BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER
  67. THE SINISTER URGE
  68. THE TELL-TALE HEART
  69. ATOM AGE VAMPIRE
  70. THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL
  71. THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN
  72. THE BELLBOY
  73. 12 TO THE MOON
  74. OCEAN'S ELEVEN