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 Universal adaptations of […]
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Swinton, Julie Delpy, Frances Conroy, Christopher McDonald, Chloe Sevigny, Larry Fessenden.SYNOPSIS:As the extremely withdrawn Don Johnston is dumped by his latest woman, he receives an anonymous letter from a former lover informing him that he has a […]
Horror Rewind – The Wicker Man (1973)
The Wicker Man, 1973Directed by Robin Hardy Starring Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt and Christopher LeeSYNOPSIS:Police Sergeant Howie arrives on the small Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the alleged disappearance of a 12-year-old girl. However, despite Howie’s inquiries, it seems that either no one on the island knows that the girl […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 8 – Dracula (1958)
Dracula (a.k.a. Horror of Dracula), 1958.Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, and Carol Marsh.SYNOPSIS:After his friend Jonathan Harker goes missing, vampire hunter Dr Van Helsing finds himself locked into a battle against his murderer, the centuries-old vampire known as Count Dracula.To say that Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula has […]
Blu-ray Review – Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985)
Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf, 1985. Directed by Philippe Mora. Starring Christopher Lee, Sybil Danning, Annie McEnroe, Marsha J. Hunt, Reb Brown, Jimmy Nail, Ladislav Krecmer, James M. Crawford and Hana Ludvikova. SYNOPSIS: The brother of a girl murdered by werewolves hires an investigator to track the beasts from the US across to […]
DVD Review – The City of the Dead (1960)
The City of the Dead, 1960. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. Starring Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor, Valentine Dyall, Venetia Stevenson, Fred Johnson, and Norman Macowan. SYNOPSIS: A student travels to a remote New England village to research a paper on witchcraft, only to discover that the old legends of sacrifice may […]
Countdown to Spectre – The Man with the Golden Gun Review
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of The Man with the Golden Gun… While Roger Moore’s first outing as Bond in Live and Let Die was a too campy in some aspects, there were still some moments of seriousness in the film. Moore’s follow-up adventure goes in completely the other direction; […]
Horror Channel to broadcast Christopher Lee night
This week brought the rather sad news that British screen legend Sir Christopher Lee had passed away aged 93, and now the Horror Channel has announced that it is set to pay tribute to the iconic actor by clearing its post-9pm schedule on Thursday July 2nd for a special Christopher Lee night.9pm – THE DEVIL […]
Blu-ray Review – The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1959. Directed by Terence Fisher. Starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, André Morell, John Le Mesurier, Helen Goss, David Oxley, Marla Landi, Francis de Wolff and Miles Malleson. SYNOPSIS: Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson are called upon to investigate the Baskerville family curse as the aire to the estate […]
Sir Christopher Lee has sadly passed away at 93
The legendary actor Sir Christopher Lee has sadly passed away at the age of 93. Lee is reported to have passed on at 8:30am on Sunday morning at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. He had been under medical attention for respiratory problems and heart failure over the past couple of months. The news […]
