Between 1952 and 1977, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation released over 80 feature films with horror, science fiction and fantasy themes, several of them featuring such genre stars as Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, John Carradine and Lon Chaney, Jr. Among Allied Artists' contributions are the classic
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
and the William Castle productions
House on Haunted Hill
and
Macabre
. Allied also released the camp favorites
Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster, From Hell It Came
Queen of Outer Space
, and imported European efforts such as
Blood and Black Lace
Caltiki the Immortal Monster
. Included here are detailed plot synopses and critical analyses of all of the films. Also covered are 22 features, including
Little Shop of Horrors
, made by other companies and released to television by Allied, and the studio's theatrical double-feature reissue of Paramount's
The Blob
and Universal's
Dinosaurus!