The Abominable Dr. Phibes

This is a 1971 surreal horror in the lavish style of art deco. This is the first of two films of the Dr Phibes series. There are a series of four of the cult books by William I Goldstein.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes stars Vincent price, Joseph Cotton and Virginia North. It was directed by Robert Fuest.   
It has plenty of strange shocks, imaginative murders and a string of symbolism that includes the automaton band musicians, a frog mask, a gold unicorn bust and more. Dr Phibes wants revenge on the doctors who he believes failed in saving his beloved wife. She's kept in a glass coffin and there is a Snow White theme about it but this one doesn't wake up. The police are trying to understand the bizarre killings of doctors. Sometimes the film gets very twisted in such morbid comedy.
I rate this film a 9/10 (unfortunately it wasn't on long enough). 
Warning: Never get on a plane without checking for rats first.
Howls ^^

The Stepford Wives (1975)

This is one of the most creepiest non-paranormal horror films without slasher elements or axe welding maniacs. My review is of the 1975 original film. Its based on the book of the same title by author Ira Levin. It was directed by Brian Forbes.
The plot begins with a family house move. The focus is on mother Joanna, who enjoys photography and finds it difficult to make friends with the women in the new town called Stepford. There is a lot of weird goings on, as some of the women turn bizarre if they drink alcohol. They're obsessed only with housework and they all wear frilly old fashioned dresses. Joanna's husband knows something is going on, and his new lot of friends are all creepy.
The film gets a 8/10 as it's quite chilling.

Howls ^^   

Haunted House of Horror

This 1969 film called Haunted House of Horror is just one of those shelved films no one has ever seen, to my knowledge. Nor really a horror film or a film about a haunted house like the name suggests. The film has been given other names such as The Dark and Horror House. Directed by Michael Armstrong and starred Frankie Avalon and Jill Haworth.
This is a murder mystery and a slasher. During a party, a group of friends decide to visit an abandoned manor house for some ghost hunting. Once they get there, someone is brutally killed. They all decide to keep quiet about it, and pretend they didn't go there, while someone else has been watching them all. Later another person is found dead in the old house, and they get deeper into the crime.
Even though there isn't anything paranormal in this one, the old house looks spooky as it's very dark so everyone has to light candles. There are some weird moments and a few tense scenes but mostly it's not a horror film even though it's placed in the horror genre!
I rate this a 1/10 for slowness.
Any comments: Soap fans may like it.

Howls ^^

The Blood Beast Terror

The Blood Beast Terror is a monster flick by Tigon from 1967. It was directed by Vernon Sewell and stars Peter Cushing. The film starts off with a murder mystery that resolves around the brutal killings of men with strange marks left on their skin. It's believed that it was caused by a death's head moth species, a kind of hawkmoth with a skull shaped pattern. Only problem being that the killer is much bigger than the average moth, and things just get weirder and weirder. An unexpected twist of the hideous kind happens and the investigation goes further into studying country living! A few nature walks gives this horror a very Springtime feel.
I shall give this underrated horror film a 5/10.
Anything else to add? Fake fish!

Howls ^^

Frightmare (1974)

This is a gruesome horror called Frightmare made in 1974. It stars Rupert Davies, Sheila Keith, Deborah Fairfax and Paul Greenwood. It was directed by Pete Walker.
In the movie we see a fair little but understand when a couple, Dorothy and Edmund Yates, are sent on trial for a brutal murder. Decades after, both are now living together in a cottage. Their daughter Jackie (actually she's the step daughter of Dorothy) delivers bleeding parcels for them, and keeps this a secret from her younger sister Debbie. Little does Jackie know that Debbie is a killer. Debbie is also the daughter of both Dorothy and Edmund.
Dorothy is a cannibal and uses the Tarot on her victims so that it's implied she's a witch. Some people have described this film as Britain's answer to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I rate this a 3/10.
Howls ^^ 

Burnt Offerings (1976)

"Up the ancient stairs, down the twisting corridor,
behind the locked door, something lives,
something strange, something evil,
something from which no on
has ever returned."
(The text on the poster)

This is a strange horror film from 1976 based on the book of the same title Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco. It stars Bette Davis, Oliver Reed and Karen Black. Directed by Dan Curtis.
A married couple, their son and aunt look for a house to rent during the Summer holiday. They come across an enormous house. After they move in, there is something dreadful and mysterious about the house. 
I rate this a 7/10 for sheer weirdness. 

Howls ^^

Nightmare on the 13th Floor

The TV movie "Nightmare on the 13th Floor" is a 1990 thriller. It stars Michele Greene, James Bolin and Alan Fudge. Directed by Walter Grauman.
It's about a journalist who decides to make a story for a travel magazine, and visits a large historical hotel that was built in the 19th Century. She befriends one of the other guests, a woman who wears a crystal pendant, although things go wrong when she vanishes. Then it's obvious that the hotel has a very dark and deadly side. The frieze and the ornaments are creepy.
I rate this film a 7/10 for it's good during popcorn night.
Howls ^^