burned at the stake (1981)

aka The Coming.
"This not be the dark ages, this be 1692."
Loreen (Susan Swift) is plagued by recurring nightmares where she is Ann Putnam in Salem 1692, accusing many of being witches, effectively condemning innocent people to death. Is she being terrorised by the father of one of the accused?
Meandering plot, that sparks occasionally, only to splutter out again.

satan's princess (1990)

aka Malediction.
"You really spoiled our evening princess."
Lou Cherney (Robert Forster) is a busted old ex-cop, with a gammy knee, who crawls into a bottle as often as he can. Then life just gets worse when an old case of a missing person comes back to haunt him, and he comes to suspect Nicole St Claire (Lydie Denier) has something to do with the disappearance.
Clunky thriller, that lacks any thrills or horror.

beginning of the end (1957)

"A town of 150 people doesn't just disappear."
Reporter Audrey Ames (Peggie Castle) stumbles on a small town that has been mysteriously destroyed. During follow up interviews she talks to Agricultural scientist Dr. Ed Wainwright (Peter Graves) and they discover that locust have eaten some radioactive wheat and grown enormous. Once found the creatures decide to tour Illinois, starting with a trip to Chicago. As usual the military want to nuke everything, can Audrey and Ed stop the creature before the air-force can make a black hole of home of the blues?
Standard atomic creature feature, lots of talk, a few screams, giant creatures chomping on people, and one stand out feature, the central character being an intrepid female reporter, though she gets quickly ditched in favour of Peter Graves when the action begins.

food of the gods (1976)

"That's what your husband brought us out her for?"
Islanders are feeding their livestock a growth suppliment, but unfortunately the wildlife, including the rats have developed a taste for it, and for humans...
An Eco-horror loosely based on a H.G. Wells novel. Whilst Gordon takes it all seriously, once you see the toy rat heads you wont.

picture mommy dead (1966)

"Do you think mother is still angry with me daddy?"
Susan (Susan Gordon) is traumatised by the death of her mother (Zsa Zsa Gabor) in a fire, and is sent to a convalescent home to recover. Whilst there her father Edward (Don Ameche) marries Francene (Martha Hyer). We open three years after the fire, with Susan returning to the family estate. to be told that she owns the lot. Unless she goes insane that is, and her father and new wife like living the high life! So it's no surprise when she starts being plagued by visions of her mother, and the suspicion that she was responsible for her death, and Francine starts campaigning to have Susan declared insane.
The standard haunted house whodunit with the usual twist ending, but done well.

earth vs the spider (1958)

"If you want to be on the safe side, call the pest control people in Springdale and have 'em send out all the DDT they can find."
Small town America and Carol Flynn (June Kenney) is worried because her dad did not return home last night. She sets out with Mike (Eugene Persson) to look for him, but only finds some strange sticky rope like substance and her father's abandoned truck. They decide to search the nearby caves, however all they find is a giant web and some skeletons...
A typical 50's creature feature from AIP, entertaining if you just let yourself go with it.

attack of the puppet people (1958)

AKA Six Inches Tall.
"There's nothing worse than loneliness."
Sally Reynolds (June Kenney) takes a secretarial job for dollmaker Mr Franz (John Hoyt). Franz specialises in extremely life-like dolls, due to the fact that he is in reality shrinking humans! Due to being lonely he uses these minatures to do his bidding and keep him entertained. June stumbles onto this secret and with her boyfriend Bob (John Agar) she ends up a few inches shorter than she wants to be! Can they extracate themselves and get back to life size?
A fine example of 50's paranoia sci-fi, with rather convincing special effects.

the amazing colossal man (1957)

Lt. Col. Glenn Manning (Glenn Langan) is accidentally exposed to a plutonium bomb blast trying to rescue a crashed pilot. Though badly burned, he survives, but then he begins to grow, and grow and grow! As he grows, he starts to lose his mind. His growth only stops when he reaches 50 feet tall, but by this point he has gone insane. They have to contain him, but he escapes and makes for Las Vegas. Can the scientists and his fiancee Carol (Cathy Downs) stop him?
One of those films that has adequate special effects and fantastically campy and quotable bad dialogue. A b-movie drive-in classic.