Jacqueline Scott Archives

Macabre (1958)

Rating: ★★

Jul 21, 2013Psycho-Thriller

The first of William Castle's films set around outrageous promotional stunts - here he took an insurance policy out against audience members dying of fright. The film entirely belies its promise to scare an audience to death

Director: William Castle

Actors: William Prince, Jacqueline Scott, Jim Backus, Philip Tonge, …

Category: Horror

21 July 20131 August 2026 by Roog

Empire of the Ants (1977)

Rating: ★

Feb 1, 2001Giant Atomic Ants

In the 1950s Bert I. Gordon specialised in cheap giant insect films. Here he takes H.G. Wells' name in vain and jumps aboard the 1970s Animals Amok cycle but still makes another shoddy film about giant ants

Director: Bert I. Gordon

Actors: Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Pamela Susan Shoop, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 February 20014 April 2023 by Roog

Salvage (1979)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 22, 2013Junk Collector Mounts a Trip to The Moon

Pilot for a forgotten short-lived tv series starring Andy Griffith as a junk dealer who decides to mount his own expedition to The Moon. Snappily written and pulls its premise off with a reasonable degree of plausibility

Director: Lee Philips

Actors: Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, Trish Stewart, Richard Jaeckel, …

Category: Science Fiction

22 April 20137 November 2019 by Roog

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 7, 2026Director William Castle Documentary

A documentary about William Castle, the horror director of the 1950s/60s who specialised in sensationalistic promotional gimmicks. This does an excellent job in telling Castle's story and those behind his films

Director: Jeffrey Schwarz

Actors: Forrest J. Ackerman, John Badham, Diane Baker, Bob Burns, …

Category: Horror

7 April 20267 April 2026 by Roog