Adrienne Corri Archives

Devil Girl from Mars (1954)

Rating: ★★

Dec 24, 2013Female Alien Invader

British entry in the 1950s alien invader genre with a female invader come to Earth to select male breeding specimens. The invader looks like a dominatrix from outer space who comes accompanied by a ridiculous robot

Director: David MacDonald

Actors: Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Hazel Court, Joseph Tomelty, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 December 201317 January 2026 by Roog

Corridors of Blood (1958)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 18, 200419th Century Medical Experiments

Early Anglo-horror film that seems to be trying to push a story about a 19th century doctor (Boris Karloff)'s discovery of anaesthetic gas out of shape and make it into a horror story.

Director: Robert Day

Actors: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, Betta St John, …

Category: Horror

18 October 200430 May 2026 by Roog

The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 27, 2020Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

Adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story about a guilty murderer haunted by the beating of the victim's heart. A not uninteresting effort written by Brian Clemens, the creator of tv's The Avengers that aims for dark psychological mood

Director: Ernest Morris

Actors: Laurence Payne, Adrienne Corri, Dermot Walsh

Category: Horror

27 February 202011 January 2024 by Roog

A Study in Terror (1965)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 17, 2010Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

Largely forgotten Sherlock Holmes entry that was the first film to pit Holmes against Jack the Ripper. Both sides are treated with respect amid lush production values

Director: James Hill

Actors: John Neville, Anthony Quayle, Donald Houston, Robert Morley, …

Category: Horror

17 July 201023 April 2024 by Roog

Moon Zero Two (1969)

Rating: ★★★

May 6, 2002Lunar Adventures

Muchly ridiculed Hammer film that was billed as a ‘Space Western’. Once one gets past that it is actually a far more interesting film than it suggests

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 May 20027 February 2020 by Roog