Max J. Rosenberg

The Skull (1965)

The Skull (1965)
Rating: ★★
Aug 14, 2004The Marquis de Sade's Possessed Skull
Peter Cushing-Christopher Lee vehicle from Amicus with Cushing as a collector who obtains the Marquis de Sade's possessed skull. One of the more over-rated Anglo-horror films, this feels more like an episode from one of their anthologies than a full film
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The Terrornauts (1967)

The Terrornauts (1967)
Rating: ★★
Jul 22, 2013Communications from Space
SF effort from the UK's Amicus Films with an ambitious plot about communication from the stars that manages to prefigure films like Contact and 2001. On the other hand, the film fails is in its pitiful and utterly inadequate special effects
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The Mind of Mr. Soames (1969)

The Mind of Mr. Soames (1969)
Rating: ★★
May 31, 2016Man Awakens with the Man of a Child
This comes with a great premise – a man is woken from a coma for the first time and is forced to deal with the world with the mind of a newborn infant. A clear attempt to copy Charly, this would be a great vehicle for a modern character actor but suffers from stodgy unimaginative handling
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I, Monster (1971)

I, Monster (1971)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 5, 2002Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation
The title and names are changed, otherwise this is an extremely faithful adaptation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring Christopher Lee. Not very successful at the time, this interestingly opens the story out with Freudian psychology
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… And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)

… And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
Rating: ★★
Jan 6, 2005Haunted House/Supernatural Retribution
Amicus Films venture into the haunted house genre with a newlywed Stephanie Beacham haunted by a disembodied hand but atmosphere is weakened by the constant reaching for crude shock effect
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