Cult Movie Reviews

The Haunted Castle is a gothic horror movie made by Japan’s Daiei Studio in 1969. It was directed by Tokuzô Tanaka. It’s included in the Ra...

Ghost of Kasane Swamp is based on Encho Sanyutei’s 19th century ghost story Shinkei Kasanegafuchi although earlier (and rather different) ...

The Curse of the Cat People , released in 1944, was the sixth of the horror films produced by Val Lewton for RKO.  This was Robert Wise’s fi...

The Bride from Hades is a 1968 gothic horror movie from Japan’s Daiei Studio and based on one of the most famous of all Japanese ghost stor...

Kenji Misumi’s 1959 gothic horror film The Ghost of Yotsuya is one of several film adaptations of a very famous kabuki play. Nobuo Nakagawa...

The Snow Woman is a 1968 Japanese gothic horror movie. The first thing to note is that in Japanese (and Chinese) folklore the supernatural ...

Kim Ki-young’s Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death (also known as Killer Butterfly and several other titles) is a 1978 Korean horror movi...

In the late 60s Japan’s Shochiku studio made a short-lived and tentative attempt to break into the booming market for science fiction, horro...

The Haunting , released in 1963, has the reputation of being one of the best ghost movies ever made. There was a remake in 1999 which I have...

The Vampire Doll is a 1970 Japanese horror movie, the first in what became known as the Bloodthirsty Trilogy. Kazuhiko Sagawa (Atsuo Nakamu...