Written by James M. Tate / 1/28/2025 / No comments / british , cult , horror , neda arneric , peter sykes , rural , seventies , sheila allen , simon brent , spiders
NEDA ARNERIC SPREADS 'VENOM' IN 'THE LEGEND OF SPIDER FOREST'

Neda Americ in VENOM Alternate: THE LEGEND OF SPIDER FOREST Year: 1971 Rating: *** After the grainy, low-budget VENOM aka THE LEGEND OF SPID...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/26/2025 / No comments / gerald sim , hammer films , horror , lewis fiander , martine beswick , ralph bates , seventies , susan brodrick , thriller
RALPH BATES & MARTINE BESWICK AS 'DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE'

Martine Beswick in DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE Year: 1971 Rating: ***1/2 Seeking a new face during the late 1960's and early 1970's...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/25/2025 / No comments / angharad rees , april wilding , body-count , derek godfrey , eric porter , hammer films , horror , jane merrow , katya wyeth , lynda baron , seventies
ERIC PORTER & ANGHARAD REES IN HAMMER'S 'HANDS OF THE RIPPER'

Title: HANDS OF THE RIPPER Year: 1971 Rating: ****1/2 In 1971, Hammer Films managed to get two films centering not really on Jack the Ripper...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/24/2025 / No comments / barbara bel geddes , debra paget , fifties , film noir or melodrama , grace kelly , howard da silva , james warren , jeff corey , jeffrey hunter , john randolph , paul douglas , richard basehart , thriller
RICHARD BASEHART STANDS PAUL DOUGLAS IN 'FOURTEEN HOURS'

Richard Basehart in FOURTEEN HOURS Year: 1951 Rating: ****1/2 The sparse poster for FOURTEEN HOURS has a rendering of Barbara Bel Geddes...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/23/2025 / No comments / british neo noir , british new wave , caper , dilys watling , george martin , heist , john rutland , sixties , suspense , terence cooper , thriller , warren mitchell , william lucas
WILLIAM LUCAS & JOHN RUTLAND WEATHERING 'CALCULATED RISK'

William Lucas in CALCULATED RISK Year: 1963 Rating: ***1/2 Low-budget thriller has THE BREAK baddie and overall capable British New Wave a...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/22/2025 / No comments / british neo noir , crime , david sumner , heist , jan waters , lance comfort , roberta tovey , sixties , william lucas
LANCE COMFORT DIRECTS WILLIAM LUCAS IN 'TOUCH OF DEATH'

William Lucas in Lance Comfort's TOUCH OF DEATH Year: 1961 Rating: ***1/2 Four years after TOUCH OF DEATH, when British b-movie director...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/21/2025 / No comments / anne bancroft , anthony hopkins , british , david lynch , eighties , freddie francis , freddie jones , frederick treves , hannah gordon , history , john geilgud , time period
MEL BROOKS PRESENTS DAVID LYNCH'S ICONIC 'THE ELEPHANT MAN'

Anthony Hopkins in David Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN Year: 1980 Rating: **** After the bleak B&W, nightmarishly bizarre ERASERHEAD, oth...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/20/2025 / No comments / cornelia sharpe , creature , drama , eighties , exploitation , horror , hostage , klaus kinski , nicol williamson , oliver reed , sarah miles , snake , sterling hayden , susan george , suspense , thriller
VILLAINOUS OLIVER REED AND KLAUS KINSKI BITING INTO 'VENOM'

Title: VENOM Year: 1981 Rating: **** In England, a sickly child and his grandfather are overtaken by the help in their family estate: Earli...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/19/2025 / No comments / action , bettina ciampolini , bobby rhodes , body-count , dario argento , horror , italian , lamberto bava , natasha hovey , nicoletta elmi , urbano barberini , zombie
DARGIO ARGENTO PRESENTS LAMBERTO BAVA'S HORROR 'DEMONS'

Title: DEMONS from DEMONI Year: 1985 Rating: ***1/2 It's a shame when, after thirty-minutes, when an audience watching a violent slasher...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/18/2025 / No comments / adventure , cannon , donna denton , eighties , fantasy , jack palance , michelle clarke , nigel chipps , rebecca ferratti , science-fiction , sequel , urbano barberini
DONNA DENTON & REBECCA FERRATTI SHARING 'OUTLAW OF GOR'

Title: OUTLAW OF GOR aka GOR II Year: 1988 Rating: *** Cannon's fantasy exploitation GOR was more obviously leading towards a sequel tha...
OLIVER REED & REBECCA FERRATTI IN THE CANNON FANTASY 'GOR'

Oliver Reed in GOR Year: 1987 Rating: ***1/2 Beginning with an uptight, otherwise average-looking, spectacle-wearing professor lecturing a u...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/16/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , duncan lamont , glyn houston , hammer films , katherine woodville , oliver reed , ronald lewis , sixties , yvonne romain
KATHERINE WOODVILLE & OLIVER REED 'THE BRIGAND OF KANDAHAR'

Katherine Woodville in THE BRIGAND OF KANDAHAR Year: 1965 Rating: **1/2 With the seven Hammer Films featuring then-rising young star Oliver ...
LIZABETH SCOTT AND PAUL HENREID IN HAMMER'S 'STOLEN FACE'

Title: Stolen Face Year: 1952 Rating: *** Passive CASABLANCA French actor Paul Henreid's cheated on again, here in Hammer's noirish-...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/15/2025 / No comments / blackmail , british film noir , diana dors , fifties , george brent , hammer films , hammer noir , marguerite chapman , meredith edwards , peter reynolds , terence fisher
TERENCE FISHER DIRECTS DIANA DORS IN HAMMER'S 'MAN BAIT'

Title: MAN BAIT aka THE LAST PAGE Year: 1952 Rating: ***1/2 Following BAD BLONDE , here's another Hammer British Film Noir dealing with ...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/14/2025 / No comments / charles gray , christopher lee , hammer films , horror , nike arrighi , occult , sixties , terence fisher
CHRISTOPHER LEE STOKING HAMMER'S 'THE DEVIL RIDES OUT'

Christopher Lee & Nike Arrighi in The Devil Rides Out/The Devil's Bride Year: 1968 Rating: ** In two of Hammer legend Christopher Le...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/13/2025 / No comments / carol marsh , christopher lee , dracula , hammer films , horror , janina faye , john van eyssen , melissa stribling , michael gough , peter cushing , terence fisher , valerie gaunt
CHRISTOPHER LEE WITH PETER CUSHING IN 'HORROR OF DRACULA'

Valerie Gaunt facing Christopher Lee's poster image for HORROR OF DRACULA/DRACULA Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2 While Hammer's groundbre...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/12/2025 / No comments / christopher lee , fifties , frankenstein , hammer films , hazel court , horror , peter cushing , robert urquhart , science-fiction , terence fisher , valerie gaunt
PETER CUSHING CREATES HAMMER'S 'THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN'

Title: THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN Year: 1957 Rating: **** What Hammer did for FRANKENSTEIN is made people know that, unlike what it seems hav...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/11/2025 / No comments / frankenstein , freddie jones , hammer films , peter cushing , simon ward , sixties , terence fisher , veronica carlson
PETER CUSHING IN HAMMER'S 'FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED'

Title: FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED Year: 1969 Rating: ** Penultimate FRANKENSTEIN film for Hammer's most prolific director Terence Fi...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/10/2025 / No comments / barbara shelley , body count , christopher lee , dracula , francis matthews , hammer films , horror , philip latham , sixties , suzan farmer
CHRISTOPHER LEE IN HAMMER'S 'DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS'

Christopher Lee in DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS Year: 1966 Rates: ***1/2 Opening with a jaundiced-eye view from the climax of the original, H...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/09/2025 / No comments / anthony higgins , christopher lee , dracula , geoffrey keen , hammer , hammer films , horror , isla blair , john carson , linda hayden , madeline smith , peter sallis , ralph bates , roy kinnear , seventies , vampire
CHRISTOPHER LEE & LINDA HAYDEN 'TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA'

Christopher Lee, Linda Hayden & Isla Blair Taste the Blood of Dracula Year: 1970 Rates: ***1/2 Foreshadowing GHOST STORY with three olde...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/08/2025 / No comments / barbara ewing , barry andrews , christopher lee , dracula , ewan hooper , franchise , freddie francis , hammer films , horror , michael ripper , sixties , veronica carlson
CHRISTPHER LEE VAMPING 'DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE'

Title: DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE Year: 1968 Rating: *** Hammer's DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE came out in 1968, and the studi...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/07/2025 / No comments / action , adventure , hammer films , horror , julie ege , karate , peter cushing , seventies , shen chan , szu shih , vampire
PETER CUSHING TRACKS 'THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES'

Title: THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES Year: 1973 Rates: *** Director Roy Ward Baker had nothing but complaints about the dank/uncomfo...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/06/2025 / No comments / andria lawrence , body count , hammer films , horror , ingrid pitt , lesley-anne down , maurice denham , nigel green , nike arrighi , peter jeffrey , sandor elès , susan brodrick
INGRID PITT AS HAMMER'S 'COUNTESS DRACULA' WITH NIGEL GREEN

Title: COUNTESS DRACULA Year: 1971 Rating: ***1/2 Hammer had a new neck-sucker in Ingrid Pitt after her tour-de-force performance in THE VAM...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/05/2025 / No comments / christopher lee , denholm elliott , hammer films , honor blackman , horror , nastassja kinski , occult , richard widmark , seventies , thriller
HAMMER FILMS PENULTIMATE HORROR 'TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER'

Nastassja Kinski in TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER Year: 1976 Rating: ** Penultimate horror for one of the most famous horror studios, British'...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/02/2025 / No comments / body-count , christopher lee , dracula , franchise , freddie jones , hammer films , joanna lumley , michael coles , peter cushing , thriller , vampire , william franklyn
CUSHING/LEE RETURN IN HAMMER'S 'THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA'

Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing in THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA Year: 1973 Rating: ***1/2 Hammer's THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA shou...
Written by James M. Tate / 1/01/2025 / No comments / caroline munro , christopher lee , christopher neame , dracula , exploitation , hammer films , janet key , marsha a. hunt , michael coles , peter cushing , pip miller , seventies , stephanie beacham , vampire
HAMMER'S SWINGING LONDON COMEBACK OF 'DRACULA A.D. 1972'

Peter Cushing scolds Christopher Neame in Dracula A.D. 1972 Rating: ****1/2 A year after Hammer's progressively-sexual Karstein Trilogy ...
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GENE HACKMAN WITH ROY SCHEIDER IN 'THE FRENCH CONNECTION'
Title: THE FRENCH CONNECTION Shown: Gene Hackman, Marcel Bozzuffi Year: 1971 Rating: ****1/2 After becoming a legendary yet sometimes diffic...
