Blood Soaked Cinema: A Taste of Evil 2005 Horror Movie Review

A TASTE OF EVIL is a mix of horror and sci-fi films. One odd man out worth mentioning is “How Awful About Alan,” an Aaron Spelling made-for-TVer about a man with psychosomatic blindness who’s convinced that someone is trying to kill him. This is more of a mystery film than anything, and a rather tepid one at that.


“The Brain that Wouldn’t Die” is the famous disembodied head in a pan of water later copied in the sci-fi spoof “Mars Attacks!”


The “Giant Leeches” are typically fakey-looking Roger Corman creations. This movie has the appearance of being filmed at a swimming pool overgrown with shrubbery.


The rest here are the common PD stuff offered on many a DVD box set.


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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.


(2.8) Attack Of The Giant Leeches (1959) - Ken Clark/Yvette Vickers

(4.5) The Black Room (1984) - Stephen Knight/Cassandra Gava/Christopher McDonald

(4.3) Bloody Pit Of Horror (Italy/USA-1965) - Mickey Hargitay/Walter Brandi

(3.2) The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962) - Jason Evers/Virginia Leath/Leslie Daniels

(3.8) Bride Of The Gorilla (1951) - Lon Chaney Jr./Raymond Burr

(2.6) Eegah (1962) - Arch Hall Jr./Richard Kiel

(2.9) The Giant Gila Monster (1959) - Don Sullivan/Fred Graham

(3.1) The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) - Steve Brodie/Barbara Hale/Alan Hale Jr./Leslie Parrish

(5.6) How Awful About Alan (TV-1970) - Anthony Perkins/Julie Harris/Joan Hackett

(2.1) Invasion From Inner Earth (1974) - Paul Bentzen/Debbi Pick/Nick Holt

(4.8) King Of The Zombies (1941) - Dick Purcell/Joan Woodbury/Mantan Moreland

(4.4) The She-Beast (UK/Italy-1966) - Barbara Steele/John Karlsen