The Monster Club (DVD)

The Monster Club is a 1980 British anthology horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and based on the works of author R Chetwynd-Hayes. The film is a last gasp attempt to get the British horror compendium film back on its feet, or at least given a fond farewell of sorts, with Amicus veterans Roy Ward Baker and Milton Subotsky heavily involved. The framing device features Vincent Price and John Carradine in a rather camp and dated bright garish nightclub/disco where all the patrons are apparently monsters of some kind - conveyed by and large by Halloween masks for (presumably) budgetary reasons. Price plays Erasmus, a kindly older vampire who, feeling a bit peckish, takes ...  Read the complete review