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Escapement [The Electronic Monster] ** (1958, Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards, Peter Illing, Carl Jaffe, Kay Callard) – Classic Movie Review 10,458

Director Montgomery Tully’s mildly intriguing 1958 British sci-fi thriller Escapement [The Electronic Monster] is set in France, with Rod Cameron as the obligatory imported minor US star as insurance investigator Jeff Keenan, who goes sniffing […]

Oct, 25

Corruption (1968, Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen) – Classic Movie Review 9965

‘Corruption Is Not A Woman’s Picture! Therefore: No Woman Will Be Admitted Alone To See This Super-Shock Film!’ You probably couldn’t get away with that now. You also probably couldn’t get away with Corruption (1968). […]

Jun, 27

Horror Hospital ** (1973, Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanessa Shaw, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 9740

Robin Askwith stars in Horror Hospital (1973) as Sixties pop songwriter Jason Jones, who plans a break at a country retreat, a pseudo-health farm called Brittlehurst Manor. On the train there he meets Judy Peters […]

May, 09

The Mutations * (1974, Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Julie Ege, Michael Dunn, Scott Antony) – Classic Movie Review 9048

Director Jack Cardiff’s 1974 exploiter British horror movie The Mutations stars Donald Pleasence as Professor Nolter, the typical movie mad doctor/ crazed scientist, who uses his students to create monstrous amalgams of humans and plants, […]

Nov, 03

The Frozen Dead * (1966, Dana Andrews, Anna Palk, Philip Gilbert, Karel Stepanek) – Classic Movie Review 7293

Producer, screenwriter, director Herbert J Leder’s gleefully ridiculous 1966 British zombies plus Nazis mashup horror film The Frozen Dead stars Dana Andrews, Anna Palk, Philip Gilbert, and Karel Stepanek. The frozen dead are refrigerated top Nazis whom […]

Jul, 15

Dr Phibes Rises Again *** (1972, Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 6,003

Co-writer/ director Robert Fuest’s 1972 kitsch, theatrical and extravagant horror movie Dr Phibes Rises Again is the welcome sequel to The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971), bringing the great Vincent Price back on the campy rampage […]

Aug, 30

Dr Cyclops *** (1940, Albert Dekker, Janice Logan, Thomas Coley, Charles Halton, Victor Kilian, Frank Yaconelli) – Classic Movie Review 5916

Director Ernest B Schoedsack’s 1940 Paramount horror movie Dr Cyclops stars Albert Dekker as mad scientist Doctor Thorkel, who cuts travellers to the Amazon down to size – 14 inches actually – in this bonkers […]

Aug, 14

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