Basil Rathbone

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 27, 2002Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery
The first in a series of Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone, who became the definitive Holmes for many years, and a reasonable adaptation of the Arthur Conan Doyle novel
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Son of Frankenstein (1939)

Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Rating: ★★★½
Oct 19, 2003Universal Frankenstein Sequel
The third of Universal's Frankenstein films, the last to feature Boris Karloff as the monster and the last good entry before the sequels became formulaic. Shot with the clear influence of German Expressionism, this is filled with memorable characters and some great performances
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The Black Sleep (1956)

The Black Sleep (1956)
Rating: ★★
Sep 13, 2012Mad Scientist
The very last gasp of the 1930s/40s mad scientist film, a swansong that brings together an amazing cast from the era including Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Basil Rathbone and Tor Johnson. Slightly better produced than most of the era's cheapies
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The Comedy of Terrors (1963)

The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 1, 2001Murderous Morticians Comedy
Droll black comedy with Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone as morticians who decide to drum up business by murdering people. This assembles much of the team behind the Roger Corman Edgar Allan Poe films
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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Rating: ★★½
Apr 21, 2008Expedition to Venus/Russian SF Film
Roger Corman had a good deal of success in the 1960s by buying up footage from Soviet SF films, shooting English language inserts and reissuing them. Bar a handful of scenes with some Hollywood actors, this is almost the whole of the Russian film Storm Planet
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)

Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
Rating: ★
Jan 5, 2014Country and Western Singers in a Haunted House Comedy
A film of legendarily bad proportions where a group of Country and Western singers end up in a haunted house. Despite casting some famous horror actors, this is more interested in its excruciating country performances
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