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Captain from Castile **** (1947, Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J Cobb, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez, Alan Mowbray, John Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 4683

The spirited classic 1947 swashbuckling adventure film Captain from Castile hands the handsome and dashing Tyrone Power a tailor-made role as the 16th-century young Spanish officer Pedro De Vargas. Director Henry King’s spirited classic 1947 […]

Nov, 22

Revolt of the Zombies * (1936, Dean Jagger, George Cleveland, Dorothy Stone, Roy D’Arcy, Robert Noland) – Classic Movie Review 4,423

Victor Halperin’s 1936 American horror film Revolt of the Zombies was planned as a sequel to his 1932 White Zombie but a lawsuit stopped him promote it as one. Dean Jagger (as Armand Louque) replaces the irreplaceable Bela Lugosi. Director Victor […]

Sep, 27

The Werewolf and the Yeti [La maldición de la bestia] [Night of the Howling Beast] *** (1975, Paul Naschy, Mercedes Molina, Silvia Solar) – Classic Movie Review 3864

Director Miguel Iglesias’s 1975 Spanish shocker is still banned in the UK since 1983 after its inclusion on the Department of Public Prosecutions’ list of 72 video nasties. It has a Spanish 18 and US R […]

Jun, 15

The Descent *** (2005 Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid) – Classic Movie Review 3438

When six daredevil women go caving in America’s Appalachian mountains, they are trapped by a rockfall and then attacked by blind Gollum-style cave creatures – ‘crawlers’ – hunting by smell and sound. Working with a […]

Mar, 02

The Invisible Ray *** (1936, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 2,675

‘Beware the Luminous Man!’ Universal Pictures’ 1936 movie The Invisible Ray teams the great horror icons Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in one of their eight films together. Beware the Luminous Man! Director Lambert Hillyer’s […]

Jul, 06

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea **** (1954, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 2,517

Walt Disney’s thrilling, double Oscar-winning 1954 film version of the famous Jules Verne classic novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is one of the best of its sci-fi adventure type.  Director Richard Fleischer’s thrilling, double […]

May, 25

Carry On Columbus (1992, Jim Dale, Bernard Cribbins, June Whitfield, Leslie Phillips, Maureen Lipman, Julian Clary, Rik Mayall, Jack Douglas, Jon Pertwee, Peter Gilmore) – Classic Movie Review 2380

In 1992 Gerald Thomas directs the 30th and final Carry On movie after a 14-year gap since Carry On Emmannuelle in 1978. Dave Freeman’s naff script for this reunion film bears a remarkable resemblance to […]

Apr, 12

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