Clive Revill Archives

Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)

Rating: ★★★★

Aug 16, 1999Missing Child Psycho-Thriller

Psycho-thriller from Otto Preminger about the disappearance of a young girl. As much for the twists and turns of the story, Preminger enjoys the portrayal of the darkly laced characters on the periphery

Director: Otto Preminger

Actors: Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea, Laurence Olivier, Noel Coward, …

Category: Horror

16 August 199916 March 2020 by Roog

Modesty Blaise (1966)

Rating: ★

May 1, 2006Female Super Thief/Comic Book Adaptation

Modesty Blaise was a classic British comic-book about a smart female thief. On screen, it is turned into a copy of the James Bond films that goes for excruciatingly over-the-top camp excess

Director: Joseph Losey

Actors: Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, …

Category: Fantasy

1 May 20065 May 2026 by Roog

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 17, 2003Haunted House

While holding many similarities to The Haunting, this is a strong, intelligent film about parapsychologists investigating a haunted house. Filled with eerie scares and a standout script from Richard Matheson

Director: John Hough

Actors: Roddy McDowall, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt

Category: Horror

17 February 20033 July 2026 by Roog

The Little Prince (1974)

Rating: ★★

May 22, 2005Musical Fable/Young Boy Alien Visitor

Director Stanley Donen conducts a star-studded musical adaptation of Antoine De Saint-Exupéry's children story about an innocent alien prince come to Earth but with ponderous results

Director: Stanley Donen

Actors: Richard Kiley, Gene Wilder, Stephen Warner, Bob Fosse, …

Category: Fantasy

22 May 20053 July 2026 by Roog

The Emperor’s New Clothes (1987)

Rating: ★★

Mar 22, 2010Fairy-Tale

One of the shabby fairytales produced by Cannon Films. Here the clear and simple moral sting of the Hans Christian Andersen original disappears under buffoonish comedy

Director: David Irving

Actors: Sid Caesar, Lysette Anthony, Jason Carter, Clive Revill

Category: Fantasy

22 March 201020 October 2025 by Roog

The Frog Prince (1987)

Rating: ½

Apr 21, 1999Fairy-Tale

This is another in the series of the cheap fairytales made by Cannon Films with Aileen Quinn from Annie as an obnoxious princess who befriends a taking frog

Director: Jackson Hunsicker

Actors: Aileen Quinn, Helen Hunt, Clive Revill

Category: Fantasy

21 April 199915 February 2026 by Roog

Rumpelstiltskin (1987)

Rating: ★★

Mar 21, 2010Fairy-Tale

Another of Cannon Films cheaply made fairytales with Amy Irving starring in an adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin

Director: David Irving

Actors: Amy Irving, Billy Barty, Clive Revill, John Moulder-Brown, …

Category: Fantasy

21 March 20105 March 2025 by Roog

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987)

Rating: ★

Jun 29, 2008Animation/Alice in Wonderland Film

Obscure animated children's movie adaptation of Alice in Wonderland that commits the sin of modernising and Americanizing Alice

Director: Andrea Presciani, Richard Slapczynski

Actors: Janet Waldo, Townsend Coleman, Phyllis Diller, George Gobel, …

Category: Fantasy

29 June 200825 June 2025 by Roog

The Thief and the Cobbler (1994)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 23, 2004Gonzo Arabian Nights Adventure/Animation

Legendary animated masterpiece from Richard Williams that was butchered in release. Williams' animation is visually extraordinary

Director: Richard Williams

Actors: Steven Lively, Bobbi Page, Vincent Price, Ed E. Carroll, …

Category: Fantasy

23 February 200428 September 2019 by Roog

Gentlemen Broncos (2009)

Rating: ★★

Nov 30, 2009Novice Science-Fiction Writer/Nerd Comedy

Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess visits the same territory with this comedy in which teenager Michael Angarano has his manuscript stolen by SF writer Jemaine Clement

Director: Jared Hess

Actors: Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge, Hector Jimenez, …

Category: Science Fiction

30 November 200928 May 2025 by Roog