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La Frusta e il Corpo [The Whip and the Body] [Night Is the Phantom] **** (1963, Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall) – 2018 Classic Movie Review 7824

Director Mario Bava’s visually stylish, sadomasochistic themed 1963 Gothic horror La Frusta e il Corpo [The Whip and the Body] [Night Is the Phantom] is set in an isolated castle on the Eastern European coast and stars Christopher Lee as Kurt Menliff, who […]

Nov, 23

Topkapi ***** (1964, Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff) – Classic Movie Review 3,670

Jules Dassin’s splendidly entertaining 1964 heist caper movie Topkapi is based on Eric Ambler’s novel The Light of the Day. It features a lovely cast of Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Akim Tamiroff and […]

May, 07

Hercules Unchained [Ercole e la regina di Lidia] **½ (1959, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Primo Carnera) – Classic Movie Review 923

Co-writer/director Pietro Francisci’s inevitable 1959 sequel to his and Italy’s 1957 international blockbuster hit Hercules brings muscleman Steve Reeves back with Sylva Koscina’s Iole, now the bride of Hercules, to fight the wicked Queen Omphale of […]

Mar, 16

Macbeth **** (1948, Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 773

Orson Welles’s 1948 film version of William Shakespeare’s great tragedy is highly intelligent and extremely watchable, even if it’s unattractively studio-bound and suffers from its low budget ($70,000), quick filming (21 days) cheap sets (designed […]

Jan, 30

Omen III: The Final Conflict *** (1981, Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Mason Adams, Robert Arden) – Classic Movie Review 558

In his first feature film, Graham Baker directs the final part of The Omen trilogy in 1981, with the evil Damien Thorn now aged 33 and all set to ensure Christ’s Second Coming won’t happen by […]

Dec, 21

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