The Horror of It All (1964)
Jul 19, 2002Old Dark House Comedy
For all that Hammer's Terence Fisher was raised to the status of cult director, there are efforts such as this unfunny Old Dark House comedy that reveal that he was not always on form
Dennis Price
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Oct 5, 2016Alien Invasion
Terence Fisher was a cornerstone figures at Hammer Films. Less well-regarded is his 1960s trilogy of science-fiction films. This is an alien invasion film that is a model of economy, told with a stark effective tension
Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon (1967)
Jun 24, 2007Victorian Rocket Launch Comedy
This jumps aboard the 1960s fad for Jules Verne film adaptations but it has nothing to do with Verne and is instead a slapstick caper film about the building of a rocket during the Victorian era
The Haunted House of Horror (1969)
Jul 8, 2005Old Dark House Thriller
The haunted part of the title is misleading but this is an attempt to update the Old Dark House thriller of the 1930s and 40s to the midst of Swinging 60s London and featuring a youth cast
Venus in Furs (1969)
Apr 19, 2000Supernatural Retribution
One of the better films from exploitation director Jess Franco that develops a haunted atmosphere that while crude is hard to shake
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
Mar 16, 2001Hammer Frankenstein/Comedy
The fifth and worst of Hammer's Frankenstein films. In a play for younger audiences, Peter Cushing was dumped in favour of Ralph Bates in a retelling of the original and an unfunny comedic approach
Vampyros Lesbos (1970)
Dec 2, 2001Lesbian Vampire
Another film in the cult of Jess Franco. Jumping aboard the early 1970s fad for lesbian vampire films, Franco offers up a sofctore take on the story of Dracula but cast with women.
Twins of Evil (1971)
Apr 12, 2003Vampire Twins/Hammer Film
The third and best of Hammer’s Karnstein trilogy, which features twin sisters Madeline and Mary Collinson as vampires. Peter Cushing is on fine form as a witchfinder
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
May 6, 1999Alice in Wonderland Adaptation
A live-action film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland that conducts a passable run through of Lewis Carroll with the supporting characters populated by an all-star British cast
Horror Hospital (1973)
Mar 18, 2003Mad Scientist Comedy
Bizarre entry from the Anglo-horror cycle with Michael Gough as a mad scientist creating zombies and driving a deadly armoured Rolls Royce
Theater of Blood (1973)
Nov 5, 2000Mad Shakespearean Actor's Revenge
Following on from the success of the Dr Phibes films, Vincent Price is cast as a mad Shakespearean actor who employs comically grotesque deaths from Shakespeare's plays to kill his critics
Son of Dracula (1974)
Oct 21, 2013Musical Monster Bash
Bizarre musical monster bash with singer Harry Nilsson as Dracula's son and Ringo Starr as Merlin. A film that seems to have no real clue what it is doing beyond friends having a good time. Nilsson makes surely the screen's least threatening Dracula, while this is the worst film from the usually great Freddie Francis