Nigel Green Archives

Corridors of Blood (1958)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 18, 200419th Century Medical Experiments

Early 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 200413 January 2026 by Roog

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

Rating: ★★★★

Sep 2, 2003Greek Myth Adventure

Stop-motion animator Ray Harruhausen takes on Greek Myth and creates one of his finest works. Harryhausen's effects are at the absolute peak of their game and he delivers some astonishing creations

Director: Don Chaffey

Actors: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Nigel Green, Laurence Naismith, …

Category: Fantasy

2 September 20037 May 2020 by Roog

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Rating: ★★★½

Feb 9, 2000Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

The seventh of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe adaptations and usually the best regarded. Vincent Price is at his most cruel and the film looks incredibly sumptuous thanks to a young Nicolas Roeg on camera

Director: Roger Corman

Actors: Vincent Price, Jane Asher, Hazel Court, Patrick Magee, …

Category: Horror

9 February 20006 January 2025 by Roog

The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 5, 2002Super-Villain

The first and best of the series of films featuring Christopher Lee at his ice cold best as the Chinese super-villain Fu Manchu. This was made at the height of the Anglo-horror cycle and employs the production values to superlative regard.

Director: Don Sharp

Actors: Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Joachim Fuchsberger, Howard Marion Crawford, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 July 200214 September 2021 by Roog

Countess Dracula (1971)

Rating: ★★

Dec 4, 2001Countess Bathory Story/Hammer Film

Not another of Hammer’s Dracula films despite the title. This still builds on the brand name but is instead their loose adaptation of the story of the infamous blood-bathing Elizabeth Bathory.

Director: Peter Sasdy

Actors: Ingrid Pitt, Lesley-Anne Down, Nigel Green, Sandor Eles, …

Category: Horror

4 December 200111 January 2026 by Roog

Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)

Rating: ★★

Jan 7, 2026Chivalric Quest

The first film version of the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the tales associated with the Arthurian legends. An obscure, little seen version starring singer Murray Head as Gawain

Director: Stephen Weeks

Actors: Murray Head, Ciaran Madden, Nigel Green, Murray Melvin, …

Category: Fantasy

7 January 20267 January 2026 by Roog