The Giant Behemoth (1958)
Jan 18, 2001Atomically Revived Dinosaur
The director of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms essentially rehashes the same film here with another atomically revived dinosaur this time attacking London instead of New York
Andre Morell
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Aug 25, 2009Hammer Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery
Hammer Films' one and only Sherlock Holmes adaptation. It is beautiful to see the opulence of early Hammer productions brought to bear giving the story unusually effective life
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Oct 17, 2024Anglo-Horror/Possibly Supernatural Cat Killings
A film from the early days of the Anglo-Horror cycle about the greedy relatives seeking a will being killed by a possibly supernatural cat
She (1965)
Jul 31, 2001Lost City/Immortal Queen/Hammer Film
Hammer Films conduct an adaptation of the classic H. Rider Haggard story about the discovery of a lost city and its immortal queen but the epic spectacle never much comes to life
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Mar 7, 2009Hammer Zombie Film
Classic Hammer film, vividly made and rich in subtext, concerning aristocrats turning the peasantry into zombies to work in the mines
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Nov 17, 2010True-Life Serial Killer
One of the best true crime films, a chillingly good account of British serial killer Reginald Christie with an excellent Richard Attenborough in the role
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Dec 17, 2000Epic Fantasy/Animation
Way back before Peter Jackson, Ralph Bakshi conducted this animated adaptation of J.R. Tolkien. While by no means uninteresting, the film was not a success and Bakshi failed to return to complete the announced second part of the story