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May 3rd, 2013: Dracula aka The Horror of Dracula (1958)

May3 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Dracula, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, Vampires Tagged Anthony Hinds, before they were famous, Bram Stoker, Britain, Christopher Lee, freely adapted, Hammer, Jimmy Sangster, Michael Carreras, Michael Gough, Peter Cushing, sunlight kills, Switzerland, Terrence Fisher, vampire hunter

March 30th, 2013: Frankenstein Created Woman

Mar30 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in From Beyond the Grave, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Sequel Tagged Anthony Hinds, aristocracy, bar, bartender, Britain, Drive-In, fops, guillotine, Hammer, hunchback, mad scientist, Peter Cushing, reanimation, revenge, scientists, soul, Terence Fisher

March 11th, 2013: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Mar11 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Horror, Mad Scientist, Monster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged Anthony Hinds, Britain, Christopher Lee, Drive-In, Frankenstein, Frankenstein's Monster, grave robbing, graveyard, Hammer, Hazel Court, Jimmy Sangster, mad scientist, mad surgeon, Mary Shelley, Michael Carreras, Peter Cushing, reanimation, scientists, Terence Fisher

July 29th, 2012: The Devil-Ship Pirates

Jul29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Homefront, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Pirate, Swashbuckler, War Movies Tagged Andrew Keir, blacksmith, Britain, Christopher Lee, class issues, collaborators, Hammer, homefront, Jimmy Sangster, low-budget, Michael Ripper, prisoner, Spanish Armada, Thames River

February 16th, 2012: The Mummy (1959)

Feb16 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Period Film, Horror, Remake, Cults, Movie of the Day, Mummy Tagged Peter Cushing, Britain, cult, Christopher Lee, priest, Hammer, Jimmy Sangster, Terrence Fisher, Michael Ripper, curse, Michael Carreras, Egypt, priestess

February 7th, 2012: The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Feb7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Gothic Horror, Horror, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Vampires Tagged AIP, Britain, Carmilla, Drive-In, Germany, grindhouse, Hammer, Ingrid Bergman, low-budget, Peter Cushing, Roy Ward Baker, sexy vampires, Sheriden Le Fanu

November 8th, 2011: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Nov8 by professormortis

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5 Comments Posted in Adventure, Dracula, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Sequel, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original, Vampires Tagged Britain, cash-in, Cheh Chang, co-production, David Chiang, Hammer, Hong Kong, Julie Ege, low-budget, Peter Cushing, Roy Ward Baker, Shaw Brothers

November 4th, 2011: Quatermass and the Pit aka Five Million Years to Earth

Nov4 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Aliens, Based on a TV Show, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Sci-Fi, Sequel Tagged Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Britain, Hammer, James Donald, Julian Glover, London, Moustache, Movember, Mustache, Nigel Kneale, Roy Ward Baker

July 24th, 2011: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Jul24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Adaptation, Remake, Mystery, Whodunnit, Gothic Horror, Movie of the Day, Detective, Based on a Book Tagged Peter Cushing, low-budget, Britain, Christopher Lee, Hammer, Terrence Fisher, curse, Andre Morell, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, family curse, "The Moors", "And I would have gotten away with it..."

Dracula A.D. 1972

Apr1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Dracula, From Beyond the Grave, Full Reviews, Revenge, Reviews, Sequel, Vampires Tagged Black Mass, Caroline Munro, Christopher Lee, Christopher Neame, Hammer, hippies, Peter Cushing, resurrection, Stephanie Beacham

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