Jane Lapotaire Archives

Crescendo (1970)

Rating: ★★½

Mar 5, 2013Hammer Psycho-Thriller

One of Hammer Films' psycho-thrillers. Unlike the others, this is in colour where it loses much of the edgy tension the others had from shooting in b/w. The plot is slow to kick in but does produce some worthwhile twists

Director: Alan Gibson

Actors: Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Jane Lapotaire, Joss Ackland

Category: Horror

5 March 201312 January 2026 by Roog

The Asphyx (1972)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 2, 1999Capturing the Spirit of Death

A very underrated and almost completely ignored film from the great Anglo-horror cycle in which Victorian scientists are on a quest to capture the spirit of death

Director: Peter Newbrook

Actors: Robert Stephens, Robert Powell, Jane Lapotaire

Category: Horror

2 June 199924 November 2025 by Roog

Murder By Moonlight (1989)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 19, 2013Murder Mystery on a Moonbase

Murder mystery set on a moonbase. Aside from assuming the Soviet Union would exist in the future and the datedness of its technology, this creates a surprisingly credible lunar environment set amid East-West tensions. Brigitte Nielsen even gives something approaching a performance

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Actors: Brigitte Nielsen, Julian Sands, Gerald McRaney, Jane Lapotaire, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 June 201313 January 2025 by Roog

There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble (2000)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 11, 2009Magic Soccer Boots

Film about a pair of magical soccer boots, so centred in its local sports culture that it is unlikely to have much appeal outside of its Manchester setting

Director: John Hay

Actors: Lewis McKenzie, Robert Carlyle, Gina McKee, Ben Miller, …

Category: Fantasy

11 January 200910 April 2025 by Roog