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The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

Rating: ★

Mar 16, 2001Hammer Frankenstein/Comedy

The fifth and worst of Hammer's Frankenstein films. In a play for younger audiences, Peter Cushing was dumped in favour of Ralph Bates in a retelling of the original and an unfunny comedic approach

Director: Jimmy Sangster

Actors: Ralph Bates, David Prowse, Veronica Carlson, Kate O'Mara, …

Category: Horror

16 March 20012 April 2026 by Roog

Scars of Dracula (1970)

Rating: ★★

Jun 19, 2003Hammer Dracula Sequel

The sixth of the Hammer Dracula films and generally regarded as the low point of the series. It feels as though nobody involved seemed to be making an effort anymore.

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Christopher Matthews, …

Category: Horror

19 June 20037 March 2025 by Roog

Welcome to Blood City (1977)

Rating: ★★

Jul 31, 2000Western Simulation in Virtual Reality

Clearly influenced by the original Westworld, this is an interesting film about people waking up inside a computer-simulated Western town. Without realising it, this was the very first film to depict Virtual Reality

Director: Peter Sasdy

Actors: Keir Dullea, Jack Palance, Samantha Eggar, Chris Wiggins, …

Category: Science Fiction

31 July 20008 June 2025 by Roog

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

Rating: ★★★½

Aug 31, 2005Lost World Adventure

Not one of the Doug McClure Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations but by the same people and in the same vein. Thanks to a particularly inventive script this is the best of these lost world adventures

Director: Kevin Connor

Actors: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie, …

Category: Science Fiction

31 August 200522 April 2025 by Roog

The Awakening (1980)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 21, 2000Resurrected Mummy Queen

Adaptation of Bram Stoker's Jewel of the Seven Stars about the spirit of an Ancient Egyptian queen possessing a modern day woman. Lavishly produced with a series of novelty deaths modeled on The Omen. Also the first mummy film to actually shoot in Egypt

Director: Mike Newell

Actors: Charlton Heston, Stephanie Zimbalist, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, …

Category: Horror

21 July 200012 October 2023 by Roog

Memoirs of a Survivor (1981)

Rating: ★½

Jan 4, 2003Decayed Future

Adaptation of a Doris Lessing novel set in a collapsing future England. Nicely portrayed but crytpically surreal touches end up baffling

Director: David Gladwell

Actors: Julie Christie, Leonie Mellinger, Christopher Guard

Category: Science Fiction

4 January 20037 January 2025 by Roog

Britannia Hospital (1982)

Rating: ★★

Jan 1, 2001British Social Satire

The third in a trilogy of satirical films from director Lindsay Anderson and star Malcolm McDowell, this takes a biting crosscut of British society as a hospital prepares for a royal visit

Director: Lindsay Anderson

Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Robin Askwith, …

Category: Science Fiction

1 January 200112 December 2025 by Roog

Strange Invaders (1983)

Rating: ★★★

Sep 14, 2002Alien Invaders

Appealingly quirky film that pays homage to the alien invaders genre of the 1950s as filtered through post-E.T. sensibilities where the invaders still live in a fifties timwarp

Director: Michael Laughlin

Actors: Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Diana Scarwid, Michael Lerner, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 September 200211 August 2021 by Roog

Link (1986)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 9, 2006Killer Chimpanzee

Australian director Richard Franklin makes a film with Elisabeth Shue trapped in a house with a hyper-intelligent killer chimpanzee. The film has structural problems but Franklin does generates fine tension

Director: Richard Franklin

Actors: Elisabeth Shue, Terence Stamp

Category: Horror

9 November 200627 June 2026 by Roog