Nigel Kneale

The First Men in the Moon (1964)

The First Men in the Moon (1964)
Rating: ★★
Sep 5, 2002Victorian Lunar Expedition/H.G. Wells Adaptation
Adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel about a Victorian journey to the Moon and encounter with its denizens. The film comes with Ray Harryhausen effects but is considerably weakened by a buffoonish tone
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The Witches (1966)

The Witches (1966)
Rating: ★★★
Dec 21, 2011Hammer Film/Witchcraft in a Sleepy English Village
Hammer film, not as well known as some of their other works, from a Nigel Kneale script that creates some effect in its story of schoolteacher Joan Fontaine moving to a sleepy English village and finding the locals engaged in witchcraft
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Quatermass (1979)

Quatermass (1979)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 26, 2001Alien Megalithic Artefacts Reactivated
The fourth and final of Nigel Kneale's Quatermass stores, which shows the professor as an old man in decaying future Britain trying to deal with an alien force manifest through ancient megaliths. A surprisingly bleak and cynical end to the saga but still with the greatness of Kneale's writing
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 19, 2001Mad Scientist's Occult Revenge Plot
Unrelated to the Michael Myers saga, John Carpenter tried to use the Halloween name to launch an original horror series. The plot is a baffling mix of Celtic magic and hi-tech but Tommy Lee Wallace creates some way out effects scenes
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