Peter Sasdy Archives

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Rating: ★★★

Jul 29, 2002Hammer Dracula Sequel

The fifth of Hammer's Dracula films and by general consensus the last worthwhile entry. New director Peter Sasdy brings something fresh and this has an interesting plot that digs beneath Victorian hypocrisy

Director: Peter Sasdy

Actors: Christopher Lee, Ralph Bates, Geoffrey Keen, Linda Hayden, …

Category: Horror

29 July 20025 July 2026 by Roog

Countess Dracula (1971)

Rating: ★★

Dec 4, 2001Countess Bathory Story/Hammer Film

Not another of Hammer’s Dracula films despite the title. This still builds on the brand name but is instead their loose adaptation of the story of the infamous blood-bathing Elizabeth Bathory.

Director: Peter Sasdy

Actors: Ingrid Pitt, Lesley-Anne Down, Nigel Green, Sandor Eles, …

Category: Horror

4 December 200111 January 2026 by Roog

Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Rating: ★★½

Dec 24, 2002Jack the Ripper's Daughter/Hammer Film

Classic effort from Hammer Films in which a psychologist discovers a troubled patient responsible for a string of murders is Jack the Ripper’s daughter. Made with much class

Director: Peter Sasdy

Actors: Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Norman Bird, …

Category: Horror

24 December 200210 March 2026 by Roog

Nothing But the Night (1972)

Rating: ★★

Mar 18, 2003Mind Transplant Syndicate

The one and only film produced by Christopher Lee's production company, this sets up an interesting premise about a mysterious orphanage but fails to quite make it work

Director: Peter Sasdy

Actors: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Diana Dors

Category: Horror

18 March 20031 May 2020 by Roog

Doomwatch (1972)

Rating: ★★★

May 2, 2002Toxic Spill/Mutations

The film spinoff of a 1970s British tv series about a group who investigate scientific and ecological abuses. The film depicts an outbreak of aromegaly on an island near where growth stimulants have been dumped.

Director: Peter Sasdy

Actors: Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, George Sanders, Geoffrey Keen

Category: Science Fiction

2 May 200224 January 2026 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