A writer of horror stories in invited to a club and told three stories. A woman takes a job cataloguing books for a recluse who is hiding a secret. Second story a quiet boy bullied at school is told that his father was a count and is watched by a clergyman. Third story, a film director looking for a place to film his new movie finds a village populated by monsters.

Vincent Price plays the non lethal vampire and meets Author John Carradine who introduces him to the Monster Club. Both lead actors (although may be minor roles) seem to have great personalities to the charachters. All three stories last about 20 minutes and are very enjoyable with some last minute twists at the end. Donald Pleasance, Britt Eckland and Patrick Magee star alongside with some 80s pop.

This biopic of JRR Tolkien is beautifully performed and staged but much like the work of the man himself, some passages are overlong - the Cellar Door sequence - whilst others could have done with expanding.

I didn't know an awful lot about the author of The Hobbit prior to this and to be honest i still don't, other than he made up languages and drank a lot with his toff mates at Oxford and lay wounded in a very muddy, very bloody trench at the Somme as visions of dragons and Mordor danced before his eyes in the smoky mist.

Having said that, i found the last half an hour quite an affecting watch and my final thoughts were that as with Tolkien's prose this film was all about friendship.

In a small Scottish village, murdered bodies turn up and suspicion falls on the residents of a castle haunted by a Curse involving a cat.

Nice dark horror/giallo movie by Antonio Margheriti, this may not be perfect as it has the hallmarks of suspicious people, dark gothic castle and a ape that makes no sense to be there. Jane Birkin plays the young girl who returns to her family estate when people being killed around her. The aftermath of the killings is visible and briefly seen in blink and miss it moments. Does have its decent moments with a good cast and plot twists than can keep you guessing, entertaining.

In a small Scottish village, murdered bodies turn up and suspicion falls on the residents of a castle haunted by a Curse involving a cat.

Nice dark horror/giallo movie by Antonio Margheriti, this may not be perfect as it has the hallmarks of suspicious people, dark gothic castle and a ape that makes no sense to be there. Jane Birkin plays the young girl who returns to her family estate when people being killed around her. The aftermath of the killings is visible and briefly seen in blink and miss it moments. Does have its decent moments with a good cast and plot twists than can keep you guessing, entertaining.