“Do not meddle or you will have to deal with me.” 1973’s The Satanic Rites of Dracula is considered by most film critics (and star Christopher Lee) to be the worst Hammer film featuring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as Van Helsing and Count Dracula. Despite this, I enjoyed the film very much. It isContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula (1973)”
Category Archives: Classic Horror
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
“Elementary, my dear Watson.” Yep, it might be pretty cliche to quote the most quoted line that Sherlock Holmes ever uttered, but Hammer kept things pretty simple with their adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. That’s not a bad thing, mind you, as this film is very enjoyable. TheContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
104 years old Based upon the play by Barre Lydon entitled The Man In Half Moon Street, 1959’s The Man Who Could Cheat Death tells the tale of a man who wishes to live forever…..but only if others die for him! The film stars Anton Diffring, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, Delphi Lawrence, Arnold Marle, andContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Children of the Full Moon (1980)
Hammer House of Horror Originally broadcast on ITV, Hammer House of Horror was a 1980 anthology series that ran for thirteen episodes. I plan on reviewing a few episodes of this series during Thirty-One Days O’Horror and the first one that I want to take a look at is Episode 8: Children of the FullContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Children of the Full Moon (1980)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Countess Dracula (1971)
A Lethal Bath Based on the legend of Countess Elizabeth Bathory, 1971’s Countess Dracula might lack teeth but it definitely has a nasty bite. There are no vampires to be found in the film, but that doesn’t mean that this movie doesn’t deserve a look. It’s one of the better Hammer films that I’ve watched.Continue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Countess Dracula (1971)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Vampire Circus (1972)
“One lust feeds the other….” Hoping to revive profits and interest in their films, Hammer hired new writers and directors, brought in a new stable of actors, and amped up the sexual content in their films during the 1970’s. One of the earliest films to show off this “new look” Hammer style was 1972’s VampireContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Vampire Circus (1972)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Gorgon (1964)
“Good heavens, Paul. What happened to you?” Hammer Films surprised me with the unexpectedly well done The Gorgon. The atmospheric 1964 film was actually an original story submitted to Hammer Films by J. Llewellyn Devine, a fan of the production company. It was directed by Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher. It takes the story of MedusaContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Gorgon (1964)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
“Hans, I succeeded once.” Despite a very strong cast, Hammer’s 1964 release of The Evil of Frankenstein misses the mark. Peter Cushing stars as the brilliant scientist Baron Victor Frankenstein, who we find in exile from his home of Karlstaad with his loyal assistant, Hans. The duo are found to be harvesting remains in aContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Brides of Dracula (1960)
“He was my son. Now he is only…..a beast of the night.” A French schoolteacher unwittingly releases a vampire on a small village in the 1960 Hammer production of The Brides of Dracula. In the film, Marianne Danielle is lured to the palace of Baroness Meinster. Little does she know that the baroness actually plansContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Brides of Dracula (1960)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
“You will be singing only…..for me.” Gaston Leroux’s world famous novel, The Phantom of the Opera, has been adapted for film, television, musicals, and more over the years. Universal Studios distributed one of the earliest adaptations of the novel that starred the brilliant Lon Chaney as the Phantom. In 1943, Claude Rains would don theContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Phantom of the Opera (1962)”
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