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The Haunted Strangler (1958)

The Haunted Strangler (1958)
Rating: ★★
Nov 16, 2010Split Personalitied Killer
Split Personalitied Killerhaunted-strangler-1958-grip-of-the-strangler1958A split-personality killer film from the early days of the English horror cycle that fails through fundamentally absurd psychology and a hammy performance from Boris Karloff
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Boris Karloff, Elizabeth Allen, Vera Day, Dorothy Gordon, …
Category: Horror
16 November 201030 May 2026 by Roog

Corridors of Blood (1958)

Corridors of Blood (1958)
Rating: ★★★
Oct 18, 200419th Century Medical Experiments
19th Century Medical Experimentscorridors-of-blood-19581958Early Anglo-horror film that seems to be trying to push a story about a 19th century doctor (Boris Karloff)'s discovery of anaesthetic gas out of shape and make it into a horror story.
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Francis de Wolff, Betta St John, …
Category: Horror
18 October 200430 May 2026 by Roog

First Man Into Space (1959)

First Man Into Space (1959)
Rating: ★★
Dec 20, 2000Mutated Astronaut
Mutated Astronautfirst-man-into-space-19591959British-made SF film that is undeniably influenced by The Quatermass Xperiment about a test pilot turned into a mutated monster after flying above the upper atmosphere
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Carl Jaffe, Robert Ayres
Category: Science Fiction
20 December 200022 October 2025 by Roog

Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)

Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 13, 2013Jungle Hero
Jungle Herotarzan-the-magnificent-19601960The second Tarzan film from producer Sy Weintraub who threw out the custie elements of the Johnny Weissmuller films, while going to Africa to shoot rather than a studio backlot. The effort makes a satisfying difference
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, Lionel Jeffries, John Carradine, …
Category: Fantasy
13 August 201329 April 2026 by Roog

She (1965)

She (1965)
Rating: ★★
Jul 31, 2001Lost City/Immortal Queen/Hammer Film
Lost City/Immortal Queen/Hammer Filmshe-1965-hammer1965Hammer Films conduct an adaptation of the classic H. Rider Haggard adventure story about the discovery of a lost city and its immortal queen but the epic spectacle never much comes to life
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, John Richardson, …
Category: Fantasy
31 July 200118 May 2026 by Roog

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)
Rating: ★★★½
Apr 20, 1999Jungle Hero
Jungle Herotarzan-and-the-valley-of-gold-19661966One of the best Tarzan films of the 1960s, the first starring US footballer Mike Henry. This goes to shoot in Mexico with Tarzan in search of a lost valley and plays the action with a fine gritty edge
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Mike Henry, Nancy Kovack, David Opatoshu, Manuel Padilla Jr, …
Category: Fantasy
20 April 199930 May 2026 by Roog

Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

Tarzan and the Great River (1967)
Rating: ★★
Jul 21, 2026Jungle Adventure
Jungle Adventuretarzan-and-the-great-river-19671967Producer Sy Weintraub made some of the best of all Tarzan films in the 1960s, shooting in real locations and with thrilling adventure elements. This is one of his weaker ones that takes Tarzan to Brazil accompanied by an annoying cute kid
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Mike Henry, Jan Murray, Manuel Padilla Jr, Diana Millay
Category: Fantasy
21 July 202621 July 2026 by Roog

The Initiation of Sarah (1978)

The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
Rating: ★★
Dec 15, 2007Sorority Girl's Telekinetic Revenge
Sorority Girl's Telekinetic Revengeinitiation-of-sarah-tv-19781978A TV movie that has been construed as a blatant copy of Carrie where innocent Kay Lenz moves into a sorority house and finds occult goings-on around her
Director: Robert Day
Actors: Morgan Fairchild, Shelley Winters, Kay Lenz, Tony Bill, …
Category: Horror
15 December 200721 July 2026 by Roog

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