Category: Movie Discussions
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Fear in the Night (1972)
Written by Jimmy Sangster and Michael Syson Directed by Jimmy Sangster Starring Judy Geeson, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Peter Cushing US Release Oct. 1974 RT 94 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. The final film in Hammer’s original psychological thriller cycle, Fear in…
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Maniac (1963)
Written by Jimmy Sangster Directed by Michael Carreras Starring Kerwin Matthews, Nadia Gray, Liliane Brousse US Release Oct. 30, 1963 RT 86 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Maniac makes you long for the good old days… the early 1960s, when…
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Straight on Till Morning (1972)
Written by John Peacock Directed by Peter Collinson Starring Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant US Release August, 1974 RT 96 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains major plot spoilers; ending of movie revealed. By the time it was over, I think I liked Straight on Till…
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Demons of the Mind (1972)
Written by Christopher Wicking Directed by Peter Sykes Starring Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Gillian Hills, Yvonne Mitchell, Paul Jones, Patrick Magee US Release May, 1974 RT 89 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; major plot points revealed. Demons of the Mind is a…
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Die! Die! My Darling (1965) and Crescendo (1970)
Die! Die! My Darling! aka Fanatic (1965) Written by Richard Matheson Directed by Silvio Narizzano Starring Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan, Yootha Joyce US Release May 19, 1965 RT 97 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Die! Die! My Darling! (aka…
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Nightmare (1964) and Hysteria (1965)
Nightmare (1964) Written by Jimmy Sangster Directed by Freddie Francis Starring David Knight, Moira Redmond, Jennie Linden, Brenda Bruce US Release June 17, 1964 RT 83 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Nightmare was the fourth Hammer “mini-Hitchcock” that Jimmy Sangster…
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Paranoiac (1963)
Written by Jimmy Sangster Directed by Freddie Francis Starring Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Alexander Davion US Release May 15, 1963 RT 80 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. On IMDb, Paranoiac is ranked third only to The Nanny and…
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Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)
Written by John Hunter Directed by Cyril Frankel Starring Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford, Felix Aylmer, Bill Nagy US Release Aug. 1960 RT 81 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. In 2016, pedophilia is an uncomfortable subject for a movie. Can you…
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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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