Category: Movie Discussions
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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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Night Creatures aka Captain Clegg (1962)
Written by Anthony Hinds Directed by Peter Graham Scott Starring Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen, Oliver Reed US Release June 13, 1962 RT 82 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. After always reading and hearing rave reviews for Night Creatures…
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Cash on Demand (1961)
Written by David T. Chantler & Lewis Greifer Directed by Quentin Lawrence Starring Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Richard Vernon US Release May 15, 1962 RT 84 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. On December 23, the employees of the Haversham branch…
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Taste of Fear (1961) aka Scream of Fear
Written by Jimmy Sangster Directed by Seth Holt Starring Susan Strasberg, Ronald Lewis, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee US Release Aug. 22, 1961 RT 81 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Taste of Fear (aka Scream of Fear in the United States)…
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Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960)
Written by Val Guest and Ronald Scott Thorn Directed by Val Guest Starring Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento, Ronald Lewis US Release June 21, 1961 RT 107 min. Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains fundamental plot spoiler. There are two scenes in Stop Me Before I…
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The Snorkel (1958)
Written by Peter Myers and Jimmy Sangster Directed by Guy Green Starring Peter Van Eyck, Betta St. John, Mandy Miller US Release Sept. 17, 1958 RT 90 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. For most of The Snorkel, I felt as…
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Moon Zero Two (1969)
Written by Michael Carreras Directed by Roy Ward Baker Starring James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell US Release March, 1970 RT 100 min. Home Video Warner Bros. Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers; ending of movie revealed. Oh my goodness, what do I make of Moon Zero Two? …
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Quatermass & the Pit aka Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
Written by Nigel Kneale Directed by Roy Ward Baker Starring James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover US Release Feb. 16, 1968 RT 97 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. A decade after Professor Bernard Quatermass appeared in two Hammer Films (The…
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The Damned (1962) aka These Are the Damned
Written by Evan Jones Directed by Joseph Losey Starring Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox, Oliver Reed US Release July 7, 1965 RT 87 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. What do you make of The Damned, a…
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Quatermass 2 (1957) aka Enemy from Space
Written by Nigel Kneale and Val Guest Directed by Val Guest Starring Brian Donlevy, John Longden, Sidney James, Bryan Forbes US Release Sept. 1957 RT 85 min. Home Video Anchor Bay Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. When we last saw Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy) at the end…
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