Triskaidekafiles

Triskaidekafiles is a love letter to cheesy cinema from the 80s and 90s, with the occasional dip into other eras.  if you're a fan of MST3K, Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, or just bad horror movies in general, Trisk is the place for you.

Filtering by Tag: black and white

Hideous Sun Demon (1958)

HIDEOUS SUN DEMON

WRITERS: Screenplay by E.S. Seeley, Jr.

Additional Dialogue by Doane Hoag

DIRECTOR: Robert Clarke

STARRING: Robert Clarke as Dr. Gilbert McKenna

Patricia Manning as Ann Russell

Nan Peterson as Trudy Osborne

Patrick Whyte as Dr. Frederick Buckell

Fred La Porta as Dr. Jacob Hoffman

Bill Hampton as Police Lt. Peterson

Donna King as Suzy's Mother

Peter Similuk as George Messorio

Robert Garry as Dr. Stern

Xandra Conkling as Suzy

QUICK CUT: A man discovers the effects the sun can have on your body.

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From Hell it Came (1957)

FROM HELL IT CAME

WRITERS: Screenplay by Richard Bernstein

From a story by Richard Bernstein and Jack Milner

DIRECTOR: Dan Milner

STARRING: Tod Andrews as Dr. William Arnold

Tina Carver as Dr. Terry Mason

Linda Watkins as Mrs. Mae Kilgore

John McNamara as Prof. Clark

Gregg Palmer as Kimo

Robert Swan as Tano

Baynes Barron as Chief Maranka

Suzanne Ridgway as Korey

QUICK CUT: An island vacation goes horribly wrong when the natives get restless.

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Atom Age Vampire (1960)

ATOM AGE VAMPIRE

WRITERS: Piero Monviso, Gino DeSantis, and Alberto Bevilacqua

DIRECTOR: Anton Giuilo Majano

STARRING: Alberto Lupo as Professor Albero Levin

Susanne Loret as Jeanette Moreneau

Sergio Fantoni as Pierre Mornet

Franca Parisi as Monique Rivere

Roberto Bertea as Sacha

Ivo Garrani as Commisario Bouchard

QUICK CUT: A dancer is willing to take any risk she can to fix her face following a horrible accident.

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Night of the Demon (1957)

NIGHT OF THE DEMON

WRITER: Screenplay by Charles Bennett and Hal E. Chester
    Based on a story by Montague R. James

DIRECTOR: Jaques Tourneur

STARRING: Dana Andrews as John Holden
    Peggy Cummins as Joanna Harrington
    Niall McGinnis as Doctor Karswell
    Maurice Denham as Professor Harrington
    Athene Seyler as Mrs. Karswell
    Laim Redmond as Mark O'Brien
    Richard Leech as Inspector Mottram
    Reginald Beckwith as Mr. Meek

QUICK CUT: While investigating the claims of whether or not demons are real, Doctor Holden discovers a deeper world of magic than he ever knew existed.

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A Bucket of Blood (1959)

A BUCKET OF BLOOD

WRITER: Charles B. Griffith

DIRECTOR: Roger Corman

STARRING: Dick Miller as Walter Paisley
    Barboura Morris as Carla
    Antony Carbone as Leonard de Santis
    Julian Burton as Maxwell H. Brock
    Ed Nelson as Art Lacroix
    Judy Bamber as Alice
    Myrtle Damerel as Mrs. Swicket
    Burt Convy as Lou Raby
    Lynne Storey as Sylvia

QUICK CUT: A struggling artist struggles no more when he discovers you can make very life-like creations...through murder.

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Fiend Without a Face (1958)

FIEND WITHOUT A FACE

WRITER: Screenplay by Herbert J. Leder
    Original story by Amelia Reynolds Long

DIRECTOR: Arthur Crabtree

STARRING: Marshal Thompson as Major Jeff Cummings
    Kynaston Reeves as Professor Walgate
    Kim Parker as Barbara Griselle
    Stanley Maxted as Colonel Butler
    Terence Kilburn as Captain Al Chester
    James Dyrenforth as Mayor
    Robert MacKenzie as Constable Gibbons

QUICK CUT: On the outskirts of tiny Canadian town, a US Air Force base has opened up.  Once people start falling dead, the blame is pointed squarely at the bases nuclear reactor, but the truth is stranger than any of them may think.  Think.  Get it?  Because it's killer brains.

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