Roy Ward Baker Archives

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 26, 2003Alien Artefact

The third and in the opinion of many the best of Hammer’s Quatermass films in which Nigel Kneale introduces a conceptually wild array of ideas about Martians, race memory, psychic powers and The Devil

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover, Duncan Lamont

Category: Science Fiction

26 February 20035 July 2026 by Roog

Moon Zero Two (1969)

Rating: ★★★

May 6, 2002Lunar Adventures

Muchly ridiculed Hammer film that was billed as a ‘Space Western’. Once one gets past that it is actually a far more interesting film than it suggests

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 May 20027 February 2020 by Roog

Scars of Dracula (1970)

Rating: ★★

Jun 19, 2003Hammer Dracula Sequel

The sixth of the Hammer Dracula films and generally regarded as the low point of the series. It feels as though nobody involved seemed to be making an effort anymore.

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley, Christopher Matthews, …

Category: Horror

19 June 20037 March 2025 by Roog

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Rating: ★★

Jun 19, 2001Lesbian Vampires/Hammer Film

The first in Hammer’s trilogy of lesbian vampire films, an adaptation of the classic story Carmilla. Unfortunately in Hammer’'s hands, the story’s subtlety is killed by an emphasis on softcore titillation

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, Madeleine Smith, Harvey Hall, …

Category: Horror

19 June 200119 March 2020 by Roog

Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

Rating: ★★★½

May 28, 2000Dr Jekyll Becomes a Woman/Hammer Film

Rather enjoyable latter day Hammer Film, which plays its title pun surprisingly seriously. Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick are perfectly matched as the gender-changing Dr Jekyll

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, …

Category: Horror

28 May 200024 January 2026 by Roog

Asylum (1972)

Rating: ★★★½

Apr 1, 2002Horror Anthology

One of the best of the horror anthologies from UK’s Amicus Films. This adapts four stories from Robert Bloch, which are all tales told by the inmates of the titular asylum and settle in with chill effectiveness

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Robert Powell, Peter Cushing, Charlotte Rampling, Britt Ekland, …

Category: Horror

1 April 200220 November 2025 by Roog

The Vault of Horror (1973)

Rating: ★★

Feb 27, 2003Amicus Horror Anthology

The second of Amicus Films’ adaptations from EC Comics, a follow-up to their earlier Tales from the Crypt and one of their weaker horror anthologies with the episodes much more variable in overall quality

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Tom Baker, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Massey, Anna Massey, …

Category: Horror

27 February 20031 April 2024 by Roog

… 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

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Ian Ogilvy, Geoffrey Whitehead, …

Category: Horror

6 January 20055 November 2025 by Roog

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Rating: ★★

Jan 3, 2005Hammer Dracula/Kung Fu Vampires

The last of Hammer’s Dracula films made after Christopher Lee departed. A co-production with Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers that shows Hammer trying to jump aboard the 1970s kung fu fad

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Peter Cushing, Julie Ege, Robin Stewart, John Forbes-Robertson

Category: Horror

3 January 20053 July 2026 by Roog

The Monster Club (1980)

Rating: ★★

Dec 6, 2002Horror Anthology

Following the collapse of Amicus Films, producer Milton Subotsky went on on his own to make this horror anthology, the bread and butter of Amicus in their heyday. Though he brings in some major horror names – Vincent Price, John Carradine – the jokey tone failed to find any success

Director: Roy Ward Baker

Actors: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Kellerman, …

Category: Horror

6 December 200230 September 2023 by Roog