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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…