Fiona Lewis Archives

The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

Rating: ★★

Mar 9, 2001Vampire Hunter Comedy

Roman Polanski misfired with this vampire comedy intended as a spoof of Hammer Films. Beautifully produced but comedy is not Polanski's forte and the film seems to consists of much slapstick running around

Director: Roman Polanski

Actors: Jack MacGowran, Roman Polanski, Ferdy Mayne, Fiona Lewis, …

Category: Horror

9 March 200114 February 2026 by Roog

Dr Phibes Rises Again (1972)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 29, 2001Disfigured Madman

Sequel to The Abominable Dr Phibes that brings back Vincent Price and seeks to replicate the same droll campy humour as before but with more mixed results this time

Director: Robert Fuest

Actors: Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Terry-Thomas, Peter Jeffrey, …

Category: Horror

29 September 200123 October 2024 by Roog

Dracula (1974)

Rating: ★★

Jan 30, 2001Dracula Adaptation

TV movie version of Bram Stoker's book that was released to theatres in some places. Richard Matheson's script brings back many aspects of the book that are dropped by other productions but the film suffers the fatal miscasting of Jack Palance in the title role

Director: Dan Curtis

Actors: Jack Palance, Nigel Davenport, Simon Ward, Fiona Lewis

Category: Horror

30 January 200114 October 2025 by Roog

Tintorera (1977)

Rating: ★★★

Feb 22, 2022Killer Shark Film

One of the better killer shark copycats made in the immediate aftermath of Jaws, this approaches the familiar in unexpected ways

Director: Rene Cardona Jr

Actors: Hugo Stiglitz, Susan George, Andres Garcia, Fiona Lewis, …

Category: Horror

22 February 20221 August 2023 by Roog

The Fury (1978)

Rating: ★★

Jun 10, 2002Psychic Powers

Brian De Palma returns to psychic powers themes in this successor to Carrie, but this is a much more sprawling and often incoherent narrative with only occasional moments of De Palma’s directorial flourish

Director: Brian De Palma

Actors: Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving, John Cassavetes, Andrew Stevens, …

Category: Horror, Science Fiction

10 June 200215 February 2026 by Roog

Strange Behavior (1981)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 14, 2001Mad Scientist/Mind Control Experiments

Modestly effective film in which teens in a small town go berserk and begin killing people as a result of experiments being conducted at the university psychology department

Director: Michael Laughlin

Actors: Michael Murphy, Fiona Lewis, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, …

Category: Horror

14 April 200111 August 2021 by Roog

Strange Invaders (1983)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 14, 2002Alien Invaders

Appealingly quirky film that pays homage to the alien invaders genre of the 1950s as filtered through post-E.T. sensibilities where the invaders still live in a fifties timwarp

Director: Michael Laughlin

Actors: Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 September 200211 August 2021 by Roog

Innerspace (1987)

Rating: ★★

Nov 3, 2003Fantastic Voyage Spoof

Joe Dante pays homage to Fantastic Voyage, the classic film about a submarine journey through the human body. Here Dante plays it as a screwball comedy but his in-joke heavy style failed to catch on with audiences

Director: Joe Dante

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 November 200320 April 2026 by Roog