The Mummy (1959)
Mar 1, 2022Revived Mummy/Hammer Film
After their enormously successful revival of Dracula and Frankenstein, Hammer Films and Terence Fisher turned to revive the mummy film, all with the bold, vivid effect of their early films
Michael Ripper
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)
Nov 9, 1999Hammer Mummy Film
The second mummy film from Hammer Films, this is a rather dull variant on the genre. Their usual flair and production values emerge here under a director who makes this turn out plodding
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Mar 7, 2009Hammer Zombie Film
Classic Hammer film, vividly made and rich in subtext, concerning aristocrats turning the peasantry into zombies to work in the mines
The Reptile (1966)
Jan 1, 2000Hammer Film/Human-Snake Transformation
Classic Hammer film in which Jacqueline Pearce turns into a snake creature. This seems to have been conceived as one of Hammer's Dracula films but with snakes. It is given more than reasonable atmosphere by director John Gilling
The Deadly Bees (1967)
Mar 3, 2001Killer Bee Attacks
An Amicus film directed by Freddie Francis and with a script by Robert Bloch that proves the dictum that there is no such thing as a good killer bee movie
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Feb 15, 2001Hammer Dracula Film
The fourth of Hammer’s Dracula films. There is a certain amount of silliness to the plot but new director Freddie Francis is on fine form. Christopher Lee is not given much to do
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Jul 29, 2002Hammer Dracula Sequel
The fifth of Hammer's Dracula films and by general consensus the last worthwhile entry. New director Peter Sasdy brings something fresh and this has an interesting plot that digs beneath Victorian hypocrisy
Revenge of Billy the Kid (1992)
Aug 18, 2016Goat-Human Hybrid Amok/Splatter Comedy
A British entry in the 1980s splatter comedy. An aimless comedy about idiotic hayseed yokels with occasional moments of bloodletting and a half-human, half-goat creature running about