Dick Sargent Archives

The Beast With a Million Eyes (1955)

Rating: ★★½

Sep 23, 2020Alien Invader/Animals Amok

Modest and occasionally atmospheric 1950s B-budget alien invasion film where the title is explained as the alien's ability to control animals, making this arguably the first Animals Amok film

Director: David Kramarsky

Actors: Paul Birch, Dick Sargent, Chester Conklin

Category: Science Fiction

23 September 202012 October 2022 by Roog

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)

Rating: ★★

Jun 27, 2017Haunted House Comedy

Don Knotts was a popular comic of the era who specialised in a craven fearfulness. Here he plays in a haunted house comedy. Beyond Knotts' comedic antics, the film never seems very interested in the haunted house aspect

Director: Alan Rafkin

Actors: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent, …

Category: Horror

27 June 201727 October 2025 by Roog

Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 6, 2016Secret Cloning Program

This had its entire plot ripped off as Michael Bay's The Island. Without Bay's action overkill, this is by far the better film, working as a fascinating mystery set-up that leads to an ingenious twist

Director: Robert S. Fiveson

Actors: Peter Graves, Dick Sargent, Keenan Wynn, Lurene Tuttle, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 January 201619 June 2026 by Roog