One Million Years B.C. (1966)

One Million Years B.C. (1966)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 11, 2001Cavemen vs Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Drama
Cult stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen made this classic caveman vs dinosaurs film in collaboration with Hammer Films. The work that brought Raquel Welch to prominence as an actress

Slave Girls (1967)

Slave Girls (1967)
Rating: ★★½
Mar 12, 2013Prehistoric Women-Ruled World/Hammer Film
One of a handful of prehistoric adventure films made by Hammer Studios. This eschews the stop-motion animated dinosaurs of their earlier One Million Years B.C. but does give the stage to Martine Beswick who injects a sizzling dose of sexuality and camps a silly plot up by playing to the hilt

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Rating: ★★★½
Mar 11, 2025Hammer Films Documentary
The most exhaustive of the various documentaries about Hammer Films. This covers the history of the studio and crucially was made when most of the principals from Hammer’s heyday were still alive and able to be interviewed

Night of the Scarecrow (1995)

Night of the Scarecrow (1995)
Rating: ★★½
Sep 8, 2016Warlock Resurrects as a Scarecrow
Film concerning a warlock resurrected in the body of a scarecrow seeking revenge. This is conceived around a series of novelty makeup effects but director Jeff Burr treats the material seriously and with reasonable results

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 20, 2024Ray Harryhausen Documentary
A documentary devoted to the life and films of stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen whose films, which include the Sinbad films and Jason and the Argonauts, have gained a cult following

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
Rating: ★★★½
Jul 6, 2015Cannon Films Documentary
Absolutely fascinating documentary about Golan and Globus, the producers of a great deal of action, ninja, Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson films in the 1980s, plus many genre works, under the Cannon Films banner