Bela Lugosi's Shed: Poor Quality Film Club
Bela Lugosi's Shed is Podcast exploring Horror, in all its chilling forms. They cover everything from classic horror novels and films through to modern computer games and music. HJ Doom also runs a regular Poor Quality Film Club, and these are all the train-wrecks he has inflicted on the participants so far.
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- DirectorT. Hayes HunterStarsBoris KarloffCedric HardwickeErnest ThesigerAn Egyptologist returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated his tomb.
- DirectorWallace PottsStarsRobert R. ShaferJeff QuallePalmer Lee ToddSix college students on their weekend vacation are humiliated and killed one by one by a psycho cop.Of all the Friday The 13th rip offs it had the most homoerotic undertones.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsGlenn LanganCathy DownsWilliam HudsonA military officer survives a nuclear blast, only to begin to uncontrollably grow into an increasingly unstable giant.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsSally FraserRoger PaceDuncan 'Dean' ParkinGlenn Manning, "The Amazing Colosasal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very hungry.
- DirectorJulio SalvadorRay DantonStarsAndrew PrineMark DamonPatty ShepardTwo archaeologists on a scientific dig come across a vampire burial ground and discover that the creatures are about to awaken and attack a nearby village.
- DirectorDel TenneyStarsWilliam JoyceHeather HewittWalter CoyA playboy adventure novelist joins his publisher on an expedition to Voodoo Island in the Caribbean, where a cancer researcher is being forced to turn the tribes-people into zombies.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsTim HoltAudrey DaltonHans Conried"The Monster That Challenged the World" is a 1957 horror / science fiction movie of when horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters enter the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace.
- DirectorJames BryanStarsNick ClelandMary Gail ArtzJames P. HaydenFour friends camping in the woods inadvertently stumble upon the domain of a maniacal killer.
- DirectorGeorge P. BreakstonKenneth G. CraneStarsPeter DyneleyJane HyltonTetsu NakamuraAn American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.
- DirectorBob ClaverStarsFritz WeaverGretchen CorbettJon KorkesA preacher whose ancestors were cursed by Druids battles Satan, who has taken the form of a huge snake.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsAldo RayAngelique PettyjohnWilliam FairAlien monster uses a psychic to try to take over the earth.
- DirectorDaniel HallerStarsBoris KarloffNick AdamsFreda JacksonA young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.
- DirectorJerry WarrenStarsRobert ClarkeSteve BrodieCameron MitchellWhen a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.
- DirectorJosé María ZabalzaStarsPaul NaschyPerla CristalMiguel de la RivaA man has had a werewolf curse cast upon him. If he doesn't get rid of it, he turns into a killer werewolf when the moon is full.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsChuck ConnorsBuddy EbsenTammy GrimesAn invisible demon in the cargo hold of a jet airliner terrorizes the passengers.
- DirectorRobert ScottStarsMichael St. MichaelsThaddeus GolasDouglass BellA family takes delivery of a new television set, unaware that it is the gateway by which killer zombies enter the world.
- DirectorEugène LouriéStarsBill TraversWilliam SylvesterVincent WinterGreedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus, inciting the wrath of the creature's mother.
- DirectorFrank AgramaStarsBrenda Siemer ScheiderBarry SattelsGeorge PeckA group of fashion models disturb the tomb of a mummy and revive an ancient curse. Along with the mummy rising, slaves who were buried in the desert thousands of years before, also rise, with a craving for human flesh.
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsRobert ForsterRobin RikerMichael V. GazzoA pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.
- DirectorJon HessStarsJoseph BolognaDee WallaceRichard LynchA giant alligator makes a city lake his new feeding ground and must be stopped before he breaks out into the surroundings.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBela LugosiSuzanne KaarenDave O'BrienA mad scientist develops an aftershave lotion that causes his gigantic bats to kill anyone who wears it.
- DirectorGiuseppe VariStarsJohn Drew BarrymoreSusy AndersenEttore ManniA fantastic yarn about a plot to conquer the world with an army of zombies!
- DirectorAlbert BandStarsRichard BooneTheodore BikelPeggy MaurerCemetery director Robert Kraft discovers that by arbitrarily changing the status of plots from empty to occupied on the planogram causes the death of the plots' owners.
- DirectorBill NortonStarsCornel WildeJennifer SaltGrayson HallAn anthropologist/paleontologist and his daughter, while travelling through the southwestern U.S., stumble upon a colony of living, breathing gargoyles.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsSusan CabotAnthony EisleyBarboura MorrisThe head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsSuzy AitchisonNikki BrooksColin HeywoodA group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.
- DirectorHerbert L. StrockStarsWhit BissellPhyllis CoatesRobert BurtonProfessor Frankenstein creates a hulking teenager from the body of an accident victim; his "creation" awakens and goes on a killing spree.
- DirectorWillard CarrollStarsPeter RiegertJoan SeveranceWilliam HickeyA Norse runestone is discovered in Western Pennsylvania. The prophecy upon it tells of the Norse great wolf Fenrir (Fenris), and that its release from the stone will bring about Ragnarok --- the end of the world. Archaeologist Sam Stewart and wife Marla find it has some connection to their friend Martin. A young boy named Jacob is haunted by terrifying nightmares of what is to come, and his family explains these dreams through stories from Norse legend, which says that the only one who can destroy Fenrir is Tyr, the Norse god of war, who is prophesied to return to fight the creature.
- DirectorLance ComfortStarsWilliam SylvesterHubert NoëlCarole GrayA secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals.
- DirectorJoel M. ReedStarsJamie GillisRyan HilliardRon ArmstrongInvestigators search for soldiers' missing bodies, and hear unbelievable rumors about zombies. Dismissing those rumors they set out to investigate. After two men are found dead, CIA special-agent Nick Monroe is sent to flush out what are suspected to be deserters from the old U.S. Army Chemical Corps unit. Nick's ruthless investigation uncovers a ghoulish plot of world domination, but first he must escape the horror that does not want to be known... yet!
- DirectorKen WiederhornStarsClarence ThomasBrooke AdamsLuke HalpinVisitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of Zombie soldiers.
- DirectorStephen CarpenterJeffrey ObrowStarsRod SteigerKim HunterDavid Allen BrooksA geneticist takes his assistants to his old family home to locate the deadly product of his late mother's revolutionary research into rapid human evolution--his monstrous, tentacled baby brother--before a mad scientist gets to him first.
- DirectorDavid L. HewittStarsJohn CarradineRoger GentryVic McGeeIn 1975, four astronauts, Dorothy, Doc, Charlie, and Steve, crash land on Mars when taking readings, with only four days of supplies. They must try to survive on the surface, which is barren except for some canals with huge maggots with fins. After embarking through a golden igneous cavern, braving a storm and finding an unmanned Earth vessel, they discover a golden road which leads them to the unchanging ruins of what was once a beautiful Martian city. The Martians are modeled on the Flatheads of Oz, and their collective consciousness, the "Wizard," forbids them to leave until they perform a very small task.
- DirectorJerry LondonStarsClint WalkerRobert UrichCarl BetzA small construction crew on an island is terrorized when a spirit-like being takes over a large bulldozer, and goes on a killing rampage.
- DirectorHernan CardenasStarsRobert LansingSteve HanksNita TalbotA biological experiment in Florida goes awry. The result: 8-foot long land crabs which roar loudly and kill everything in sight.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsKay HawtreyLesleh DonaldsonBarry MorseA young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they open, however, guests begin disappearing or turning up dead.
- DirectorConstantine S. GochisStarsJerry LazarusJeannetta ArnetteNick CarterSix people are trapped within the confines of their old high school during their 10th high school reunion with a psychotic, masked preacher who kills them off for their sinful lives they have made for themselves.
- DirectorEdward D. Wood Jr.StarsBela LugosiTor JohnsonTony McCoyA mad doctor attempts to create atomic supermen.
- DirectorJim MakichukStarsRiva SpierMurray OrdSheri McFaddenThree friends on a New Year's Eve snowmobiling excursion find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge where the elderly female innkeeper is concealing a sinister secret.
- DirectorJohn Carl BuechlerStarsYvonne De CarloDebrah FarentinoBrian RobbinsA comic book artist Whitney Taylor is doomed to repeat history in a most grotesque way when she unleashes a demon after drawing it.
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsRobin ClarkeJennifer AshleyStephanie BeachamA crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsFrancis LedererNorma EberhardtRay StricklynAfter a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.
- DirectorRoger CormanFrancis Ford CoppolaJack HaleStarsBoris KarloffJack NicholsonSandra KnightA young French soldier cut off from his unit is beguiled by a mysterious woman, whom he learns is the wife of the local Baron - and that she seemingly died twenty years earlier.
- DirectorJimmy LiftonStarsTracy WellsRoddy McDowallSally KellermanThe discovery of a demon mirror sets off a bizarre series of "deadly accidents" when a young girl and her brother are caught in an intricate web of evil and deceit.
- DirectorHerb WallersteinStarsBo SvensonYvette MimieuxRobert LoganA Colorado ski resort is besieged by a sub-human beast that commits brutal murders on the slopes.
- DirectorDavid KeithStarsWil WheatonClaude AkinsMalcolm DanareWhen a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.
- DirectorDouglas KungStarsChia-Hui LiuSiu-Wong FanMan Kit CheungThe plot thickens as the heroes, Pak and Hak, discover a horrible plan by the evil genius "DR.Magma" as he makes the evil dead come to life and fight the Shaolin monks that have mastered the art of fighting.
- DirectorEugenio MartínStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingAlberto de MendozaWhile on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsTalia ShireRobert FoxworthArmand AssanteA government health inspector is dispatched to assess the damage a logging company is causing to a patch of forest claimed by Native Americans, and comes face to face with true terror wreaking havoc in the woods.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsJohnny DownsGeorge ZuccoAnne NagelA mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge.
- DirectorHerbert J. LederStarsDana AndrewsAnna PalkPhilip GilbertA crazed scientist (Dana Andrews) keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.
- DirectorPeter SasdyStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingDiana DorsThree rich trustees are murdered - appearing as suicides. When a bus filled with orphans and three other rich trustees has an "accident," Colonel Bingham investigates.
- DirectorJames A. SullivanStarsJohn AgarCarol GilleyRalph Baker Jr.A government space experiment into the effects of cosmic rays on animal life goes horribly wrong, creating a mutant monster that terrorizes a rural community.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterTobe HooperLarry SulkisStarsJohn CarpenterTom ArnoldTobe HooperThree short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.
- DirectorRon HonthanerStarsVictor FrenchJanee MichelleJean DurandMurders occur at the southern estate of a voodoo priestess when four relatives gather to hear her will.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsStan IvarWendy SchaalLyman WardAfter a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.
- DirectorJack PollexfenStarsLon Chaney Jr.Max ShowalterMarian CarrCharles "The Butcher" Benton, a brutal death row inmate gets double-crossed by his crooked lawyer. He gets his chance for revenge when, after he's been executed, a bizarre experiment brings him back to life and more deadly than ever.
- DirectorHarley CokelissStarsMichael BeckAnnie McEnroeJames WainwrightPost World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.
- DirectorDennis DimsterStarsBrian BonsallJosie BissettAshley LaurenceA seemingly sweet and innocent little boy causes murder and mayhem in his new neighborhood and falls for the teenage girl next door.
- DirectorMichael AndersonStarsRichard ChamberlainJohn HousemanSara BotsfordA disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.
- DirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsPamela FranklinKate JacksonLloyd BochnerA young woman investigating her sister's suicide at a private girls' school finds herself battling a Satanic cult.
- DirectorPierre DavidStarsDaniel QuinnDarlanne FluegelRichard GroveSam Staziak, a rookie cop with the Los Angeles Police Department, is also a 'scanner' (psionic). When a string of murders begins to decimate the police department, Sam faces sensory overload and possible insanity as he uses his powers to hunt the man responsible for the killings.
- DirectorSteve BarnettStarsDaniel QuinnPatrick KilpatrickKhrystyne HajeA demonic 'scanner' terrorizes Los Angeles and the only person who can stop him may not have the neurons for the job.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsRobert GlaudiniDemi MooreLuca BercoviciIn a post-apocalyptic USA, a doctor/scientist infected with a new strain of parasite ends up in a small desert town, trying to find a cure.
- DirectorLászló KardosStarsVictor JoryWilliam HudsonCharlotte AustinJory and his followers stay immortal by siphoning off the life forces of others. If they don't get renewed, they petrify.
- DirectorV.V. Dachin HsuMichael W. LeightonStarsGeorge ChakirisWings HauserPamela LudwigA vampire arrives in Los Angeles to investigate a recent series of murders which bear the hallmarks of vampire attacks. Wanting to track down the murderer, he hires a private investigator who herself is obsessed with vampire mythology.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsChristopher LeePatrick AllenPeter CushingWhile mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsDavid JanssenBarbara RushBradford DillmanAfter several locals are viciously murdered, a Louisiana sheriff starts to suspect he may be dealing with a werewolf.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsPaul GanusMegan WardRalph WaiteUnicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm".
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDavid NaughtonDorian HarewoodMarilyn JonesA Los Angeles student working as a coroner's assistant falls in love with a strange young woman.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsJohn StinsonDiana DavidsonDavid MosesAn ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of the Syngenor - the synthesized genetic organism!
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsMichael GarfieldKim TerryPhilip MacHaleKiller slugs on the rampage in a rural community.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingNeil McCallumAboard a British train, mysterious fortune teller Dr. Schreck uses tarot cards to read the futures of five fellow passengers.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsBeverly GarlandBruce BennettLon Chaney Jr.A woman in a hypnotic state recounts to two doctors the details of a horrific experience from her past life that began with the mysterious and sudden disappearance of her husband.
- DirectorBarry RosenStarsWarhawk TanzaniaLarry FleischmanWilfredo RoldanA tough black martial artist cop takes on warring street gangs and an evil demon that haunts the New York City subways.
- DirectorArthur CrabtreeStarsMarshall ThompsonTerry KilburnMichael BalfourA scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters (complete with spinal-cord tails!) who terrorize an American military base in this nightmarish chiller.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsBoris KarloffAnthony DawsonDerek BirchA researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler.
- DirectorJohn GrissmerStarsLouise LasserMark SoperJulie GordonA boy kills a man and accuses his twin brother of the murder, and the innocent brother ends up institutionalized, while his psychotic twin goes free. 10 years later, the innocent twin escapes, which triggers his brother into killing again.
- DirectorTim KincaidStarsNorris CulfNadine HartsteinJ. Buzz Von OrnsteinerA highly unlikely band of heroes traverses a post-apocalyptic wasteland to rescue a scientist from the tyrannical Dark One and his army of robots.
- DirectorLarry CohenStarsDavid CarradineMichael MoriartyCandy ClarkNYPD detectives Shepard and Powell are working on a bizarre case of a ritualistic Aztec murder. Meanwhile, something big is attacking people of New York and only greedy small time crook Jimmy Quinn knows where its lair is.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsLouis JourdanAdrienne BarbeauRay WiseAfter a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.
- DirectorMark PaviaStarsMiguel FerrerJulie EntwisleDan MonahanA reporter is on the trail of a vampiric murderer who travels by plane.
- DirectorBernard VorhausStarsTurhan BeyLynn BariCathy O'DonnellOn the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.
- DirectorFred GalloStarsMarc SingerLaura Mae TateBryan CranstonA deadly virus attacks the crew of a Saturn space station.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsCarol SpeedWilliam MarshallTerry CarterA marriage counselor becomes possessed by a demon of sexuality when her father-in-law, an archaeologist and an exorcist, accidentally frees it while in Africa.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsRichard HarrisonJeong-lee HwangJonathan WattisThree martial-arts students search for the Golden Ninja Warrior, a statue reputed to have magic powers.
- DirectorRoger CormanStarsRay MillandDiana Van der VlisHarold J. StoneA Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.
- DirectorPat BoyetteStarsRuss HarveyHelen HoganWilliam McNultyAn evil, sadistic count lives in a waterfront castle with his insane family members. One day the survivor of a shipwreck washes ashore near the castle and finds himself a captive there.
- DirectorGeorge McCowanStarsRay MillandSam ElliottJoan Van ArkA group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.
- DirectorQuentin LawrenceStarsForrest TuckerLaurence PayneJennifer JayneA series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.
- DirectorMarc B. RayStarsFred HolbertLeigh MitchellRobert KnoxA deranged kid murders his father and has his arm crushed by the farm tractor. After being discharged from the mental hospital with an amputee, he discovers that his mother has remarried, prompting him to go on a homicidal rampage.
- DirectorRichard ClabaughStarsFrayne RosanoffRobert EnglundCasper Van DienAfter a military plane crash near a small American town, a giant man-eating snake sets off on a killing spree. The locals must find a way to eliminate the snake, with the help of a scientist who knows about the snake to kill it.
- DirectorJames K. SheaStarsMary ApplesethHarvey ShainDerna WyldeA space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet. The crew have to survive until they hopefully are found and rescued.
- DirectorDonald M. JonesStarsCharles MillerSeth FosterElly KosloTwo men in a deserted area without knowing how they got there, are trying to escape from an unknown force that pursues them. They soon discover that a secret government experiment is responsible for their situation.
- DirectorJames NeilsonStarsPatrick McGoohanGeorge ColeTony BrittonIn eighteenth century England, the mysterious masked rider known as the Scarecrow (Patrick McGoohan) leads a rebel band to save the town of Romney Marsh from King George III's (Eric Pohlmann's) oppression and Naval press gangs.
- DirectorSteve SekelyFreddie FrancisStarsHoward KeelNicole MaureyJanette ScottAfter an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsKevin VanHentenryckTerri Susan SmithBeverly BonnerA young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
- DirectorLarry HagmanStarsRobert Walker Jr.Gwynne GilfordRichard StahlA technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the thing, it terrorizes the populace, including the local hippies, kittens, and bowlers.
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsYeong-il OhJeong-im NamLee Soon-jaeEarthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsDon Michael PaulLawrence DaneNed BeattyA truck driver builds a special, eight-ton truck to help get revenge against the rednecks who killed his family and raped his girlfriend.