Dennis Price Archives

The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)

Rating: ★★★

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

Director: Terence Fisher

Actors: Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Thorley Walters, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 October 201620 October 2025 by Roog

The Horror of It All (1964)

Rating: ★★

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

Director: Terence Fisher

Actors: Pat Boone, Dennis Price, Valentine Dyall, Andree Melly

Category: Horror

19 July 200224 March 2020 by Roog

Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon (1967)

Rating: ★

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

Director: Don Sharp

Actors: Burl Ives, Terry-Thomas, Gert Frobe, Troy Donahue, …

Category: Science Fiction

24 June 200731 May 2026 by Roog

Venus in Furs (1969)

Rating: ★★★

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

Director: Jess Franco

Actors: James Darren, Maria Rohm, Klaus Kinski, Margaret Lee, …

Category: Horror

19 April 200028 May 2025 by Roog

The Haunted House of Horror (1969)

Rating: ★★

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

Director: Michael Armstrong

Actors: Frankie Avalon, Richard O'Sullivan, Jill Haworth, Julian Barnes, …

Category: Horror

8 July 20053 November 2025 by Roog

Vampyros Lesbos (1970)

Rating: ★★

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.

Director: Jess Franco

Actors: Ewa Stromberg, Soledad Miranda, Dennis Price, Jess Franco, …

Category: Horror

2 December 200121 July 2025 by Roog

The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

Rating: ★

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

Director: Jimmy Sangster

Actors: Ralph Bates, David Prowse, Veronica Carlson, Kate O'Mara, …

Category: Horror

16 March 20012 April 2026 by Roog

Twins of Evil (1971)

Rating: ★★★

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. This works due to a strong hand from director John Hough and Peter Cushing on fine form as a witchfinder

Director: John Hough

Actors: Peter Cushing, Madeline Collinson, Mary Collinson, Damien Thomas, …

Category: Horror

12 April 200320 December 2021 by Roog

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

Rating: ★★½

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

Director: William Sterling

Actors: Fiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, …

Category: Fantasy

6 May 199915 February 2026 by Roog

Theater of Blood (1973)

Rating: ★★★

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

Director: Douglas Hickox

Actors: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Milo O'Shea, …

Category: Horror

5 November 20006 May 2020 by Roog

Horror Hospital (1973)

Rating: ★★

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

Director: Antony Balch

Actors: Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Skip Martin, Kurt Christian, …

Category: Horror

18 March 200326 August 2021 by Roog

Son of Dracula (1974)

Rating: ½

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

Director: Freddie Francis

Actors: Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Freddie Jones, Suzanna Leigh, …

Category: Horror

21 October 201312 August 2019 by Roog