Gretchen Corbett Archives

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death (1971)

Rating: ★★★★

May 5, 2003Haunting

Part post Night of the Living Dead zombie film, part flower child ghost story, part Body Snatchers and lacking in much explanatory logic, this is nevertheless a film of unnerving and eerie effect

Director: John Hancock

Actors: Zohra Lampert, Mariclare Costello, Gretchen Corbett

Category: Horror

5 May 200324 June 2026 by Roog

The Savage Bees (1976)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 26, 2026Killer Bee Attacks

There has very rarely been a good killer bee movie. This is one exception, a directorial effort from no less than the creator of Mission: Impossible that gains its effectiveness by using real rather than optical bees

Director: Bruce Geller

Actors: Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Gretchen Corbett, Horst Buccholtz, …

Category: Horror, Science Fiction

26 March 202626 March 2026 by Roog

Jaws of Satan (1981)

Rating: ½

Dec 27, 2016Satanically Empowered Killer Snakes

This seems to have been slung together as a mash-up of Jaws and the 1970s fad for occult films. Ridiculous and badly made on all levels, no more so than the climax with a giant snake conducting a devil worship ceremony

Director: Bob Claver

Actors: Fritz Weaver, Gretchen Corbett, Jon Korkes, Norman Lloyd, …

Category: Horror

27 December 201612 May 2026 by Roog