Joan Freeman Archives

Panic in Year Zero! (1962)

Rating: ★★

Apr 3, 1999Nuclear War/Ruthless Survivalism

A film about the outbreak of nuclear war directed by actor Ray Milland. What takes you aback is the naked liberatarian fantasy that Milland engages in, arguing in favour of a brutal ruthlessness in the name of survival

Director: Ray Milland

Actors: Ray Milland, Frankie Avalon, Jean Hagen, Joan Freeman, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 April 199928 May 2020 by Roog

Tower of London (1962)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 18, 2000Richard III Historical Horror

This is essentially Shakespeare's Richard III mounted as a horror film. Roger Corman and Vincent Price take time away in the midst of their Edgar Allan Poe adaptations to turn the same style to matters historical

Director: Roger Corman

Actors: Vincent Price, Joan Freeman, Michael Pate, Robert Brown, …

Category: Horror

18 December 200027 November 2024 by Roog

The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)

Rating: ★★

Jan 2, 2000Bumbling Idiot Goes into Space

Most of the comics of the 1960s made a film dealing with the Space Race and here it is the turn of Don Knotts. Lots of bumbling slapstick ensues in this hardly inspiring entry

Director: Edward J. Montagne

Actors: Don Knotts, Leslie Nielsen, Arthur O'Connell, Joan Freeman, …

Category: Science Fiction

2 January 200021 November 2023 by Roog

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

Rating: ★★

Nov 2, 2000Slasher Film

The fourth Friday the 13th film, called the final chapter in an effort to kill the series off, only to be such a success this was rescinded in the next film. Joseph Zito directs with more style than usual

Director: Joseph Zito

Actors: Crispin Glover, Kimberley Beck, Corey Feldman, Judie Aronson, …

Category: Horror

2 November 200011 July 2026 by Roog