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  • Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

    Written by Michael Carreras Directed by Don Chaffey Starring Tony Bonner, Robin John, Julie Ege US Release Sept. 1, 1971 RT 92 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. When you go on a movie binge like I have, watching more than

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  • When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

    Written by Val Guest Directed by Val Guest Starring Victoria Vetri, Robin Hawdon US Release March 17, 1971 RT 96 min. Home Video Warner Bros. Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of movie revealed. Ten years after director Val Guest made Stop Me Before I Kill! for

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  • The Lost Continent (1968)

    Written by Michael Carreras Directed by Michael Carreras Starring Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley, Nigel Stock US Release July 5, 1962 RT 97 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of movie revealed. When I wrote about The Vengeance of

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  • The Vengeance of She (1968)

    Written by Peter O’Donnell Directed by Cliff Owen Starring John Richardson, Olga Schoberova, Edward Judd US Release May 1, 1968 RT 101 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; twist of movie revealed. Three years after She was a hit for Hammer, the studio

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  • One Million Years B.C. (1966)

    One Million Years B.C. (1966) Written by Michael Carreras Directed by Don Chaffey Starring Raquel Welch, John Richardson US Release Feb. 21, 1967 RT 91 min. Home Video 20th Century Fox Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of movie revealed. “This is a story of long, long

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  • Prehistoric Women aka Slave Girls (1967)

    Written by Michael Carreras Directed by Michael Carreras Starring Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Michael Latimer US Release Jan. 25, 1967 RT 91 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of movie revealed. If my information is correct, Prehistoric Women (aka Slave Girls in

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  • The Terror of the Tongs (1961) and She (1965)

    The Terror of the Tongs (1961) Written by Jimmy Sangster Directed by Anthony Bushell Starring Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Geoffrey Toone US Release March 15, 1961 RT 76 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Two years after Hammer made The Stranglers

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  • The Pirates of Blood River (1962) & The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)

    The Pirates of Blood River (1962) Written by John Hunter & John Gilling Directed by John Gilling Starring Kerwin Matthews, Glenn Corbett, Christopher Lee, Peter Arne US Release Aug. 1962 RT 87 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. The Pirates of

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  • Phantom Ship aka The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)

    Written by Denison Clift Directed by Denison Clift Starring Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson, Edmund Willard US Release Oct. 15, 1936 RT 62 min. Home Video YouTube Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. On December 5, 1872, an American merchant ship named “Mary Celeste” was discovered adrift

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  • The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)

    Written by David Zelag Goodman Directed by Terence Fisher Starring Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson, Andrew Cruickshank US Release July 5, 1962 RT 93 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. There’s a simple reason I haven’t watched most of the Hammer adventure movies

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