Shane Briant Archives

Straight on Till Morning (1972)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 19, 2026Hammer Psycho Film

A psycho film (as opposed to one of their psycho-thrillers) from Hammer Films where innocent and unworldwise Rita Tushingham arrives in London only to be lured in by ice cold killer Shane Briant

Director: Peter Collinson

Actors: Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, Clare Kelly, James Bolam, …

Category: Horror

19 January 202610 July 2026 by Roog

Demons of the Mind (1972)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 16, 2000Family Madness and Victorian Psychology/Hammer Film

This is one of the rare failures from Hammer Films, a not uninteresting work set during the early era of 19th Century psychology and directed with some vivid effect

Director: Peter Sykes

Actors: Robert Hardy, Shane Briant, Patrick Magee, Paul Jones, …

Category: Horror

16 December 20003 March 2026 by Roog

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 11, 2020Eternally Youthful Libertine

From producer Dan Curtis, creator of tv's Dark Shadows and The Night Stalker, an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel about a libertine who remains eternally youthful while his debaucheries are transferred to a portrait. This has to count as the best version of the story to date.

Director: Glenn Jordan

Actors: Shane Briant, Nigel Davenport, Vanessa Howard, John Karlen, …

Category: Horror

11 February 202010 January 2024 by Roog

Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1974)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 1, 2001Hammer Vampire Hunter Film

Interesting Hammer film than never quite succeeded where director Brian Clemens, creator of tv’s The Avengers, tries to blend the staple of the Hammer vampire film with a swashbuckler

Director: Brian Clemens

Actors: Horst Janson, Caroline Munro, John Cater, John Carson, …

Category: Horror

1 April 200127 February 2020 by Roog

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 1, 2014Hammer Frankenstein Film

Hammer's seventh and final Frankenstein film and the last great film that the studio would make. Everyone is back on top form – Peter Cushing at his icily arrogant best and director Terence Fisher delivering a stirring show

Director: Terence Fisher

Actors: Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, David Prowse, …

Category: Horror

1 December 201423 October 2025 by Roog

Hawk the Slayer (1980)

Rating: ★

Jan 25, 2003Sword and Sorcery

British-made sword and sorcery adventure in the early 80s fantasy cycle. This suffers from a cheap and impoverished budget that makes everything look tatty

Director: Terry Marcel

Actors: Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Morgan Sheppard, …

Category: Fantasy

25 January 20035 July 2021 by Roog

Cassandra (1987)

Rating: ★★

Jan 16, 2014Clairvoyance Thriller

An Australian clairvoyance thriller that seems to have substantially drawn its influence from Eyes of Laura Mars. The film was little seen when it came out and the uninvolved direction does little to draw us into what is taking place

Director: Colin Eggleston

Actors: Tessa Humphries, Shane Briant, Briony Behets, Tim Burns

Category: Horror

16 January 201428 December 2025 by Roog

Out of the Body (1989)

Rating: ½

Sep 19, 2024Astral Killer

A cheapie from cult Ozploitation director Brian Trenchard-Smith about a man having clairvoyant visions of an astral killer

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith

Actors: Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries, John Clayton, John Ley, …

Category: Horror

19 September 202419 September 2024 by Roog

Tunnel Vision (1994)

Rating: ½

Nov 24, 2002Psycho-Sexual Thriller

A poorly made Australian copy of Basic Instinct where a detective and his partner are investigated a serial killer. All the heated sexuality comes out tamely

Director: Clive Fleury

Actors: Patsy Kensit, Robert Reynolds, Shane Briant, Gary Day

Category: Horror

24 November 200219 May 2026 by Roog