Scrooge (1951)
Apr 16, 1999Miser's Redemption
This is usually regarded as one of the best versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, a British-made production starring Alistair Sim
George Cole
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Jun 19, 2001Lesbian Vampires/Hammer Film
The first in Hammer’s trilogy of lesbian vampire films, an adaptation of the classic story Carmilla. Unfortunately in Hammer’'s hands, the story’s subtlety is killed by an emphasis on softcore titillation
Fright (1971)
May 10, 2009Psycho-Thriller
A modest and well directed psycho-thriller from the Anglo-horror cycle with Susan George as a babysitter stalked by a deranged Ian Bannen
The Blue Bird (1976)
Oct 28, 2014Fairy-Tale
A ghastly fairytale adaptation. Classic Hollywood director George Cukor took several stars to shoot in the Soviet Union and the results look like a badly choreographed amateur pantomime, lacking in any essential whimsy
Mary Reilly (1996)
Jul 17, 2009Dr Jekyll's Maid
This took a critical drubbing at the time it came out with everybody laughing at Julia Roberts’ Irish accent but is a revisionist take on the Jekyll/Hyde story, all told through the eyes of Dr Jekyll's maid and an extremely good version of the story