Richard Gilden in The Unknown Terror (1957).

Back from the Dead will be released on Blu-ray on May 7 via Kino Lorber. The 1957 horror film is also known as Bury Me Dead.

Charles Marquis Warren (Gunsmoke, Rawhide) directs from a script by Catherine Turney, based on her own 1952 novel The Other One. Peggie Castle, Arthur Franz, Marsha Hunt, and Don Haggerty star.

Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by film historians Tom Weaver, Gary D. Rhodes, and Larry Blamire (new)

Audio commentary by film historians David Del Valle and Dana M. Reemes (new)

Mandy (Peggie Castle) has not been feeling well since arriving at her husband Dick's house on the craggy California coastline. Things get worse—and weirder—when she is suddenly possessed by the spirit of Dick's dead ex-wife, Felicia! Mandy's sister (Marsha Hunt) and Dick (Arthur Franz) desperately want Mandy back, but there are many people who have been waiting a long time for Felicia's return. Sinister people who practice the Black Arts... who will stop at nothing to make sure Felicia is Back from the Dead.

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Clint Eastwood, Charles Marquis Warren, and Eric Fleming on set of Rawhide [X]

Katy Jurado-Charlton Heston "Hoguera de odios" (Arrowhead) 1953, de Charles Marquis Warren.

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‘They dared to enter the Cave of Hell to explore the secrets of Hell and find the…’ The Unknown Terror is a 1957 sci-fi horror film about a millionaire who leads an expedition into a remote jungle to find his wife’s long-lost brother, but instead, the group finds a mad scientist who has created a fungus monster that feeds on the local inhabitants. Promoted as Unknown Terror Directed by Western…

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Charro! (1969)

My rating: 4/10

I mean, the theme song is pretty good.

Blu-ray review: “The Unknown Terror ” (1957)

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Elvis grew up --- No more Mr., Miss or M'am?

ARTICLE FROM THE TIME "CHARRO!" WAS IN PRODUCTION (1968)

Elvis Presley on the filming set of "Charro!", signing autographs for fans. Late 1968.

Desert Sun, 27 September 1968 New Elvis Presley Loses Need For Gold-Leafed Cadillacs By VERNON SCOTT HOLLYWOOD (UPI) ─ Elvis Presley wore a week’s growth of beard; the cowboy hat, western costume and boots were covered with dust. He was playing a gunslinger in a new horse opera, “Charro.” It was an entirely different Elvis from the slick, black-haired youth of the past, strikingly dressed and poutingly pretty. The self-conscious slouch was gone, too. His transformation has been slow. It has taken place away from Hollywood tumult. The clodhopping youngster has become a man who no longer needs gold-leafed Cadillacs or spangled sports jackets. Nor is it necessary for him to star in hokey musicals with scrips that stop dead to fit in a dozen songs that can be transcribed into albums and thereafter into mounds of money. One day recently he walked into a scene for “Charro,” read his lines faultlessly to co-star Ina Balin and waited for further instructions from director Charles Marquis Warren. Elvis then sauntered to the chair reserved for him behind the camera on stage 2 of Goldwyn Studios. For a dozen years Elvis unfailingly greeted me: “Hello. Mr. Scott.” Even after a score of interviews. This time I beat him to the punch “Hello, Mr. Presley.” The 33-year-old star broke into a confident grin. “Hello Vernon." It was Presley’s way of admitting he wasn’t a country boy anymore. “Mr., Miss and M’am” are still reserved for strangers and ancients. But the self-conscious devices have evaporated. One clear indication is the reduction of Elvis' coterie. Only a half-dozen years ago there were between 10 and 13 camp followers in his wake. They were southern boys from down home, paid small salaries to run favors, act as extras, care for his wardrobe, manage his fleet of automobiles and to keep him company.

Credits to 'The Elvis Files magazine' Facebook page for publishing this article on June 22, 2023. Pictures included.

Elvis Presley and Ina Balin for CHARRO! (1969), directed by Charles Marquis Warren

Remembering actress Barbara Werle who passed away on this day in 2013. 🕊

She acted in three movies with Elvis: the first one in 1965, “Tickle Me” (Norman Taurog), where she played Barbara; the second one was also in 1965, “Harum Scarum” (Gene Nelson), where she played one of the Harem girls. The third and final one was in 1969, “Charro!” (Charles Marquis Warren) where she played Sara Ramsey, the sheriff’s wife.

Unknown Terror (1957)

Sci-Fi Chillers Collection will be released on May 21 via Kino Lorber. The Blu-ray set features three sci-fi/horror films: The Unknown Terror, The Colossus of New York, and Destination Inner Space.

1957's The Unknown Terror is directed by Charles Marquis Warren and written by Kenneth Higgins. John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards, and May Wynn star.

1958's The Colossus of New York is directed by Eugène Lourié (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms) and written by Thelma Schnee, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury. Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, and Kenneth Tobey star.

1966's Destination Inner Space is directed by Francis D. Lyon and written by Arthur C. Pierce. Scott Brady, Gary Merrill, Sheree North, and Wende Wagner star.

All three films have been have been scanned in 4K by Paramount Pictures. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

The Unknown Terror audio commentary by film historian Stephen Bissette (new)

The Colossus of New York audio commentary by film historians Tom Weaver, Larry Blamire, and Ron Adams

Destination Inner Space audio commentary by film historians David Del Valle and Stan Shaffer

The Colossus of New York interview with film historians Tim Lucas and Steven Bissette

Destination Inner Space interview with film historians Tim Lucas and Steven Bissette

The Colossus of New York theatrical trailer

In The Unknown Terror, a millionaire (John Howard) leads a remote jungle expedition to find the legendary “Cave of the Dead” where his wife’s (Mala Powers) brother had disappeared long ago. Instead, they stumble upon a mad doctor who has created a horde of foam-spewing, fungus-covered monster-men. In The Colossus of New York, when a brilliant scientist (Ross Martin) is accidentally killed, his preserved brain is transferred to the body of a giant robot so that it can continue to serve mankind. But when it gains awareness of its own hideousness, this steel colossus embarks on a rampage of destruction. In Destination Inner Space, when an object of unknown origin is detected in the area of an underwater laboratory, scientists investigate and come face to face with the object—an extraterrestrial saucer! They board the craft and discover a mysterious cylinder, which they take back to the lab for closer inspection. It is then that events take a monstrous turn!

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masterlist!

TURN! Washington's Spies

Caleb Brewster

George Washington

Benjamin Tallmadge

Marquis de Lafayette

Robert Townsend

Ensign [Thomas] Baker

John Graves Simcoe

Hercules Mulligan

John André

Edmund Hewlett

Selah Strong

Alexander Hamilton

Robert Rogers

misc. headcanons

The Dreamer Comic

Nathan Hale

Thomas Knowlton

Enoch Hale

Sons of Liberty

Paul Revere

Sam Adams

Dr. Joseph Warren

John Adams

1776 Musical

Thomas Jefferson

Richard Henry Lee

Roger Sherman

*Misc

Charles Sumner

Richard Egan-Angie Dickinson "Ansiedad trágica" (Tension at Table Rock) 1956, de Charles Marquis Warren.

It's kind of a shame. According to Wikipedia, "Presley signed up to [Charro] with high hopes after reading the serious, song-free script, but was left disappointed when he arrived for his first day of shooting on July 22, 1968, to find that the script he had originally signed up for had been changed beyond recognition."

It makes me sad to know he wanted to get out of those formulaic roles/movies so desperately, yet he never could.

Yes! I had just read that part in Peter's book earlier today! It's a shame too, because I like that movie and it really could have been something serious like A Fistful of Dollars or Gunsmoke, but -

"Elvis arrived on set, bearded and looking appropriately scruffy, only to discover that the script, not exactly a literary masterpiece to begin with but written in the new, bold manner of a Clint Eastwood 'spaghetti western', had been bowdlerized past the point of recognition. The opening scene...became a standard barroom confrontation, and the writer-director, Charles Marquis Warren, turned out to be not only crude in his approach but eccentric in a way that deflected any hope of achieving anything of substance."

It's bittersweet to think of what could have been, had he been able to fully develop as an actor and forced to endure these...less than desirable (albeit profitable, at least at first) pictures.