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Showing posts with label horror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horror. Show all posts
Monday, January 25, 2016

The Gorgon (1964) Review

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Director Terence Fisher redeemed himself after the fiasco of The Phantom of the Opera with this gothic romance featuring a predatory woman ...
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

The Phantom of the Opera (1962) Review

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When Hammer Films was on a roll remaking classic horror stories the idea of revisiting a masked man lurking in an opera house was inevitable...
Tuesday, October 06, 2015

The Brides of Dracula (1960) Review

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This sequel was the obligatory follow up to Hammer Films monster of a hit Horror of Dracula . Beset by production problems from the very beg...
Friday, October 31, 2014

Stephen King’s IT (1990) Review

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A strong cast competes against shaky material in this ground breaking television adaptation. Based on the famous horror novelist’s decades s...
Friday, October 11, 2013

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Review

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Known for its revival of the old horror franchises it was odd that only one stab was made at the werewolf subgenre by Hammer Films. Starring...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The Mummy (1959) Review

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The final Halloween movie review for 2012 limps online swathed in dirty bandages with Hammer Studios’ version of The Mummy . When an ancient...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Legend of Hell House (1973) Review

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In the history of cinema haunted house movies are a dime a dozen, but this one stands out due to its sober tone and character development. W...
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Dracula (1931 Spanish Version) Review

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Filmed simultaneously as the famous English language version, the Spanish Dracula is now regarded as being technically superior. Using the s...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Dracula (1931) Review

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What better way to celebrate Halloween than with the most famous blood sucker of them all? Supernatural horror films gained acceptance and b...
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Sunday, October 23, 2011

Frankenstein (1931) Review

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Halloween fun goes Universal with a review of James Whale’s subversive masterpiece that frightened audiences and packed the theaters. Return...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Horror of Dracula (1958) Review

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It is Hammer time which means another horror movie review to celebrate Halloween. This time the most famous vampire of them all gets the Bri...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Review

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To celebrate Halloween season, Hammer Time begins with a review of the horror film that made the movie studio famous world wide. Plagued by ...