John Hough Archives

Twins of Evil (1971)

Rating: ★★★

Apr 12, 2003Vampire Twins/Hammer Film

The third and best of Hammer’s Karnstein trilogy, which features twin sisters Madeline and Mary Collinson as vampires. This works due to a strong hand from director John Hough and Peter Cushing on fine form as a witchfinder

Director: John Hough

Actors: Peter Cushing, Madeline Collinson, Mary Collinson, Damien Thomas, …

Category: Horror

12 April 200320 December 2021 by Roog

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 17, 2003Haunted House

While holding many similarities to The Haunting, this is a strong, intelligent film about parapsychologists investigating a haunted house. Filled with eerie scares and a standout script from Richard Matheson

Director: John Hough

Actors: Roddy McDowall, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill, Gayle Hunnicutt

Category: Horror

17 February 20033 July 2026 by Roog

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Rating: ★★

Jun 20, 2002Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Film

Disney live-action film with two psi-powered kids on the run. A popular hit that seems to have been mostly construed around a series of novelty effects set-pieces

Director: John Hough

Actors: Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, Eddie Albert, Donald Pleasence, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 June 200216 March 2025 by Roog

Return from Witch Mountain (1978)

Rating: ★

Feb 11, 1999Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Film

Sequel to Disney's Escape to Witch Mountain with the psi-powered alien kids up against a villainous Christopher Lee and Bette Davis

Director: John Hough

Actors: Christopher Lee, Bette Davis, Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, …

Category: Science Fiction

11 February 19994 June 2024 by Roog

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

Rating: ★★

Jun 22, 2002Other-Dimensional Haunting

Problem ridden Disney ghost story with a science-fiction rationalisation that never quite comes together on screen

Director: John Hough

Actors: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Bette Davis, David McCallum, Kyle Richards, …

Category: Science Fiction

22 June 200227 February 2020 by Roog

Incubus (1982)

Rating: ★★

May 5, 2003Demonic Rapist

A film about a shapeshifting demonic rapist. This is far more tastefully presented than its premise would suggest, in fact comes with he plodding sedateness of a tv movie

Director: John Hough

Actors: John Cassavetes, John Ireland, Kerrie Keane, Wendy Hughes

Category: Horror

5 May 200317 April 2026 by Roog

Biggles (1986)

Rating: ★★

Aug 9, 2000Time Travelling WWI Flying Ace

Biggles, Captain W.E. Johns' famous flying ace, appeared in a long-running series of boys books. In his big screen film outing. he has the ignominy of playing second fiddle to a young American hero in a Back to the Future copy

Director: John Hough

Actors: Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Peter Cushing, William Hootkins

Category: Fantasy

9 August 200027 November 2025 by Roog

American Gothic (1987)

Rating: ★

May 3, 1999Family of Psychos

Horror film about a heroine imprisoned by a family who insist on absurdly outmoded traditional values. Mostly an opportunity for the cast, led by Rod Steiger as the family patriarch, to go completely over-the-top

Director: John Hough

Actors: Rod Steiger, Yvonne de Carlo, Sarah Torgov, Janet Wright, …

Category: Horror

3 May 199916 November 2025 by Roog

Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)

Rating: ★

Apr 10, 2003Werewolves

The Howling was a witty and genre savvy werewolf film; this is one of several all-terrible sequels. The plot tiresomely rehashes the first film and the only point of note are the variably effective wolf transformation effects

Director: John Hough

Actors: Romy Windsor, Michael T. Weiss

Category: Horror

10 April 200316 September 2021 by Roog