Betta St John Archives

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

City of the Dead (1959)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 25, 2002Town of Occultists/Reincarnated Witch

An effort from the early days of the Anglo-horror cycle about a town ruled by a reincarnated witch. This comes drenched in a good deal of heavy black-and-white atmosphere

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

Actors: Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel, Betta St John, Valentine Dyall

Category: Horror

25 August 20022 January 2026 by Roog

Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 13, 2013Jungle Hero

The second Tarzan film from producer Sy Weintraub who threw out the custie elements of the Johnny Weissmuller films and actually went to Africa to shoot. The effort makes a satisfying difference

Director: Robert Day

Actors: Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, Lionel Jeffries, John Carradine, …

Category: Fantasy

13 August 201328 August 2026 by Roog