The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, 2024. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama. Featuring the voice talents of Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto, Christopher Lee, Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Jude Akuwudike, Michael Wildman, Bilal Hasna, and Janine Duvitski. SYNOPSIS: A sudden attack by […]
NECA launches new Hammer Horror action figure series with Christopher Lee’s Dracula
NECA is launching a new Hammer Horror series of 7-inch action figures this year, kicking things off with a Count Dracula inspired by the likeness of Christopher Lee as the iconic blood sucker in the 1958 classic Dracula (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula). The figure is available to pre-order now, priced at $34.99; take a look […]
Hammer Horror of Dracula sixth scale diorama pits Dracula vs Van Helsing
Infinite Statue & Collectibles has unveiled its upcoming Dracula vs. Van Helsing 1/6th scale diorama, based upon Hammer Films’ 1958 classic Dracula (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula) starring Christopher Reeve and Peter Cushing. Check out the official promotional images here… Horror of Dracula – Dracula vs Van Helsing 1:6 Diorama is the extraordinary statue inspired by […]
The Wicker Man receiving newly-restored 4K Ultra HD release for 50th anniversary
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Wicker Man, StudioCanal has announced a new 5-disc 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition and Steelbook release featuring newly-restored versions of the The Final Cut, The Director’s Cut and The Theatrical Cut of the classic 1973 horror; take a look at the cover artwork and details below… All […]
Hammer classics The Mummy and Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell receiving new limited edition Blu-ray releases
Second Sight Films has announced the Peter Cushing-starring Hammer Horror classics The Mummy and Frankenstein and The Monster From Hell are set for special limited edition Blu-ray releases in the UK this August; check out the details here… In 1890s Egypt, a team of British archaeologists, John Banning (Peter Cushing), his father Stephen Banning […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Middle-Earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Andy Serkis, Sean Bean, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Stephen Fry, […]
Countdown to No Time To Die: The Top 10 Bond Villains
Chris Gelderd on the top ten James Bond villains… The James Bond series in both book and film introduced villains that would become household names and echo through popular culture decades later. The villains of the Bond universe are unlike anyone audiences have seen or read about before. They have evil plans that are bafflingly […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 15 – The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein, 1957. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, and Robert Urquhart. SYNOPSIS: Baron Victor Frankenstein is a burgeoning mad doctor who decides to embark upon a dangerous and controversial experiment, building a creature from the remains of the dead in the hopes of creating a new life. […]
The B to Z of Movies: How B Movies Ruled the Cinema
In this short series of features, Tom Jolliffe will look at the humble B Movie and everything below. From the golden period of B cinema, to the rise in popularity of the B picture, to the underground mavericks making films on a shoe string from the 50’s right up to the present. To begin with, […]
Blu-ray Review – Broken Flowers (2005)
Broken Flowers, 2005. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring Bill Murray, Christopher Lee, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy, Christopher McDonald, Chloe Sevigny, Larry Fessenden. SYNOPSIS: As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that […]