Heather Ames Movies
- 1958
A good girl goes bad in the face of peer pressure in this exploitation outing from the late '50s. The girl is new in town and before her first day of school is over finds herself face-to-face with a scary group of juvenile delinquent girls with dangerously conical breasts, and bad attitudes to spare. They demand she join their group, but she hesitates. Later she asks the nice college boy who jerks sodas at the local malt shop for his opinion. Of course he tells her to stay away, but soon the lure of popularity grows too strong and she joins the gang. She has great fun being a hooliganette. Unfortunately, the fun turns deadly serious when the gangs leader gets killed. Good campy fun. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Yvonne Lime, Brett Halsey, (more)
- 1958
In this drama, a Korean war vet becomes a pilot who must take care of his late war buddy's little sister and brother. The sister is upset when her brother begins hanging around with a bad biker gang. The vet manages to turn the kid around by convincing him that he would have more fun flying an observation plane for a uranium prospector. Meanwhile the vet and the little sister fall in love. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jackie Loughery, Ed Kemmer, (more)
- 1958
Like many American International films of its era, How to Make a Monster was sold to distributors on the basis of its title alone: only after theatrical play dates had been established did anyone get around to writing a script! Robert H. Harris plays Pete Drummond, who according to the script has been chief makeup man at American-International for 25 years, or approximately 20 years before the studio was actually established. When the studio is sold, Pete is brusquely informed that neither he nor his monster creations -- notably the Teenage Werewolf and Teenage Frankenstein -- will be required any longer, inasmuch as American International is going to concentrate on musicals from now on. Angered and humiliated, Pete takes revenge on the callous studio heads by hypnotizing a couple of actors (Gary Clarke and Gary Conway) into believing that they're genuine monsters. Under Pete's control, the two thespians begin committing murders left and right, wreaking havoc throughout the American International lot. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert H. Harris, Gary Conway, (more)
- 1957
This American-International horror potboiler was originally issue on a double bill with I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (also directed by Herbert L. Strock). The lovely and graceful Sandra Harrison is quite appealing as Nancy Perkins, an innocent girl who falls under the spell of e-vil chemistry teacher Miss Branding (Louise Lewis). Putting Nancy under hypnosis, Miss Branding converts the poor damsel to vampirism, committing murders and then forgetting all about them. The villainess receives her comeuppance when Nancy refuses to snap out of her spell, transforming into a slavering vampiric beast. To cover all bets, Blood of Dracula includes a soft-rock musical number, performed by one of Nancy's potential male victims. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sandra Harrison, Gail Ganley, (more)
