Gordon Jackson Archives

Meet Mr Lucifer (1953)

Rating: ★★

Jul 12, 2010The Devil Stirs Mischief Via TV

One of the forgotten comedies from UK's Ealing Studios, this rails against the evils of the then new medium of television where The Devil contrives to make people miserable by getting them to watch tv

Director: Anthony Pelissier

Actors: Stanley Holloway, Gordon Jackson, Joseph Tomelty, Peggy Cummins, …

Category: Fantasy

12 July 201026 May 2026 by Roog

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 2, 2001Mutating Astronaut

The first of the Quatermass films and the first major genre hit for Hammer Films. Nigel Kneale creates a literate work of science-fiction horror about a returned astronaut mutating after exposure to an alien fungus

Director: Val Guest

Actors: Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth, Thora Hird, Gordon Jackson

Category: Science Fiction

2 February 200116 June 2026 by Roog

Spectre (1977)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 21, 2007Occult Investigators

Another unsold Gene Roddenberry tv pilot, this would have made for a potentially worthwhile series involving Robert Culp and Gig Young as occult investigators

Director: Clive Donner

Actors: Robert Culp, Gig Young, John Hurt, Ann Bell, James Villiers, …

Category: Horror

21 October 200731 October 2024 by Roog