Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee as Count Dracula in Dracula/The Horror of Dracula (1958)

The Crimson Pirate (1952)

The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 8, 2000Pirate Swashbuckler with Anachronistic Inventions
Burt Lancaster-starring pirate swashbuckler that announces it is not taking itself seriously and goes entertainingly over-the-top, eventually adding a series of wildly anachronistic inventions
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The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 6, 2000Hammer Frankenstein Adaptation
This and The Horror of Dracula the following year set Hammer Films on the map. A remake of Frankenstein very different to the 1931 version that comes in vibrant colour and places Peter Cushing's ruthlessly amoral Baron at the centre of the show
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Dracula (1958)

Dracula (1958)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 1, 2001Hammer Dracula Adaptation
The point where the legend of Hammer Films and the careers of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing began. A vivid colour remake of the Bram Stoker book that put a stake through the heart of the staid Universal horrors and created a new English horror industry
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 25, 2009Hammer Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery
Hammer Films' one and only Sherlock Holmes adaptation. It is beautiful to see the opulence of early Hammer productions brought to bear giving the story unusually effective life
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 21, 2023Hammer Dr Jekyll Adaptation
Hammer Films had great success with their revivals of Dracula and Frankenstein and went on to adapt other classic horror stories. Here they take on the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story as a scientist unleashes his evil personality within
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Hercules in the Center of the Earth (1961)

Hercules in the Center of the Earth (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 1, 2004Greek Mythological Hero
Known under a host of different titles, this is one of the better Italian Hercules films of the 1960s. The great Mario Bava adds vivid atmosphere. With Christopher Lee as the villain
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A Taste of Fear (1961)

A Taste of Fear (1961)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 19, 2013Hammer Psycho-Thriller
The first of Hammer's psycho-thrillers – a departure for the studio with them abandoning their Victorian era setting for a contemporary one – in an attempt to copy the success of Hitchcock's Psycho. Quite a reasonable effort that comes without the improbably contrived plots of some of their later psycho-thrillers
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The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Rating: ★★★½
Jul 5, 2002Super-Villain
The first and best of the series of films featuring Christopher Lee at his ice cold best as the Chinese super-villain Fu Manchu. This was made at the height of the Anglo-horror cycle and employs the production values to superlative regard.
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The Skull (1965)

The Skull (1965)
Rating: ★★
Aug 14, 2004The Marquis de Sade's Possessed Skull
Peter Cushing-Christopher Lee vehicle from Amicus with Cushing as a collector who obtains the Marquis de Sade's possessed skull. One of the more over-rated Anglo-horror films, this feels more like an episode from one of their anthologies than a full film
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Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)

Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)
Rating: ★★★★
Apr 21, 2008Hammer Historical Horror Film
Hammer Films turn the historical story of Rasputin and his influence over the Russian throne into a horror film. Although they treat history liberally, this is a vivid film with an intense performance from Christopher Lee
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Dracula – Prince of Darkness (1966)

Dracula – Prince of Darkness (1966)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 18, 2000Hammer Dracula Film
The third of Hammer's Dracula films. Christopher Lee returns to the role but is given no dialogue. Nevertheless, Terence Fisher delivers some vivid directorial set-pieces that make this one of the better sequels in the series
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Night of the Big Heat (1967)

Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Rating: ★★
Feb 6, 2000Alien Invasion
One of a trilogy of SF films made by Hammer director Terence Fisher during the mid-1960s, none of which have a very good reputation. This is an alien invasion film but Fisher fails to create the paranoid atmosphere of the better US counterparts of this period
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I, Monster (1971)

I, Monster (1971)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 5, 2002Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation
The title and names are changed, otherwise this is an extremely faithful adaptation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring Christopher Lee. Not very successful at the time, this interestingly opens the story out with Freudian psychology
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Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Rating: ★★
Jan 5, 2015Hammer Contemporary Dracula
For their seventh Dracula films, Hammer introduced Dracula to the present-day. The result was a wild mishmash where Christopher Lee plays second fiddle to Hammer's belated attempts to jump aboard the Swinging 60s youth scene
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Rating: ★
Mar 14, 2003Contemporary Hammer Dracula Sequel
The eight of Hammer's Dracula, the second-to-last they would make and the last featuring Christopher Lee. This follows on from the previous film Dracula A.D. 1972 in featuring Dracula in the present day and at least does more with the idea than that film did
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In Search of Dracula (1975)

In Search of Dracula (1975)
Rating: ★★★
May 2, 2018Documentary About Bram Stoker and Origins of Dracula
A documentary that explores Bram Stoker and the creation of Dracula, Transylvania and Vlad the Impaler. Narrated by Christopher Lee, who we see playing both Dracula and Vlad the Impaler
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House of the Long Shadows (1983)

House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Rating: ★★
Apr 12, 2003Old Dark House Thriller
Cannon Films make an Old Dark House film that brings together an aging Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and John Carradine. This denoted the end of the Anglo-horror era but is not nearly as worthy as you feel it should have been
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The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)

The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 21, 2003Superhero Spoof
Witty and overlooked parody of the superhero with Alan Arkin as a retired superhero trying to get back into the game. Made before superhero films became big and has a number of charms that were ahead of its time
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Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Rating: ★★★½
Mar 11, 2025Hammer Films Documentary
The most exhaustive of the various documentaries about Hammer Films. This covers the history of the studio and crucially was made when most of the principals from Hammer’s heyday were still alive and able to be interviewed
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The Stupids (1996)

The Stupids (1996)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 9, 2023Family of Very Stupid People/Gonzo Comedy
A mind-bogglingly surreal John Landis film about a family who take everything literally. A completely demented viewing experience in watching as they bumble around trying to puzzle over who is stealing the garbage
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 19, 2001Epic Fantasy Adventure
Peter Jackson wowed the world with this first part of his adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy. This is epic filmmaking and one that shows Jackson in full command of his craft
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Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Rating: ★★
Jun 20, 2002Space Opera
The second of George Lucas’s Stars Wars prequels is no particular improvement. The romance is stiff and awkward, badly written while the effects sequences seem to be running out of new things to do and so just up the scale of what has happened before with so much going on it reaches a point of visual overload
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Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2003)

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2003)
Rating: ★★
Dec 15, 2005Biblical End Times Serial Killer Thriller
Luc Besson scripted sequel to the serial killer thriller The Crimson Rivers. However, in director Olivier Dahan's hands, this emerges as a empty-headed series of shock images and random action scenes
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Rating: ★★
Sep 16, 2005Gonzo Children's Film/Fantastical Candy Factory
Tim Burton's remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a peculiarly lifeless confection that fails to find any of the zaniness of the original, something that one would have thought would have been Burton's forte
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Rating: ★★★
May 22, 2005Space Opera
The last of George Lucas's Star Wars prequel trilogy and the last opportunity for him to get it right, which he generally does. The effects are expert but are not allowed to dominate as much as they did previously and the focus has come back onto the story and Anakin's transformation into Darth Vader
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Rating: ★★
Mar 9, 2010Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure
Tim Burton takes on Lewis Carroll but Carroll gets lost beneath Burton doing his usual quirky eccentric thing and a plot that seems to want to turn Alice's adventures into a modern epic fantasy
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Burke & Hare (2010)

Burke & Hare (2010)
Rating: ★★
Jun 1, 201119th Century Grave Robbers/Comedy
Lavishly produced, reasonably historically authentic retelling of the story of the grave robbers from John Landis, which also becomes a wasted opportunity that turns the story into a comedy where the title characters are just two likeable schmucks
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Hugo (2011)

Hugo (2011)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 15, 2011Children's Film/Georges Melies Tribute
Martin Scorsese’s venture into making a children’s film is a beautiful production but must have been a studio nightmare – while they try to sell it as a magical fantasy film, Scorsese wants to pay tribute to silent filmmaker Georges Melies
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Season of the Witch (2011)

Season of the Witch (2011)
Rating: ★★
Jan 14, 2011Mediaeval Action Fantasy/Escorting a Witch
Medieavel fantasy action film with Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman assigned to escort a witch who may be able to deliver the land from the Black Plague. The wider moral issues of the film are buried under action and CGI
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Rating: ★★½
Dec 20, 2014Epic Fantasy Adventure
After two bloated and over-padded Hobbit films, Peter Jackson finally gets it together and produces what everyone was expecting him to deliver, even if it means dragging one battle scene out to last an entire film
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Extraordinary Tales (2015)

Extraordinary Tales (2015)
Rating: ★★★
Nov 4, 2015Anthology of Edgar Allan Poe Stories/Animation
An anthology of Edgar Allan Poe tales narrated by Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi and others. Each episode is in a different style, where the succinctness allows the stories to be told as written
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