Wolf Mankowitz Archives

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 21, 2023Hammer Dr Jekyll Adaptation

Hammer Films had great success with their revivals of Dracula and Frankenstein and went on to adapt other classic horror stories. Here they take on the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story as a scientist unleashes his evil personality within

Director: Terence Fisher

Actors: Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff, …

Category: Horror

21 November 202329 December 2025 by Roog

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Rating: ★★★½

Feb 13, 2009The End of the World

Classic British end of the world movie that presents with enormous conviction a fundamentally implausible scenario in which nuclear tests tilt the Earth off its axis causing a massive heatwave and the attempts to right it

Director: Val Guest

Actors: Edward Judd, Janet Munro, Leo McKern

Category: Science Fiction

13 February 200926 January 2026 by Roog

Casino Royale (1967)

Rating: ★

Aug 7, 2001James Bond Spoof

During the James Bond craze of the 1960s, the only Ian Fleming novel not owned by Albert R. Broccoli was turned into a giant farce. The film has five directors, a host of stars (including three playing Bond) and is an incoherent mess

Director: John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Kenneth Hughes, Robert Parrish, Val Guest

Actors: Peter Sellers, David Niven, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, …

Category: Science Fiction

7 August 200128 December 2025 by Roog