Tom Jolliffe looks at the current fascination with de-aging and digital resurrections… There have been plenty of annoying movie trends in Hollywood over the years. They tend to come and go. 3D was a novelty that didn’t quite work in the 80’s, which was more recently revolutionised by James Cameron (after another brief period of […]
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) – October Horrors 2022
Dr. Phibes Rises Again, 1972. Directed by Robert Fuest. Starring Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Jeffrey, Valli Camp, Fiona Lewis, Hugh Griffith and Peter Cushing. SYNOPSIS: Some time after his murderous campaign of vengeance against the doctors who failed to save his wife, the villainous Dr Phibes ventures to Egypt in the hopes of discovering […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Dr. Who and the Daleks & Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) / Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966) Directed by Gordon Flemyng. Starring Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey, Michael Coles, Barry Ingham, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks, Andrew Keir, Jill Curzon, Eddie Powell, Godfrey Quigley. SYNOPSIS: 4K UHD Special Edition releases of the two big-screen adventures of the […]
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 […]
Dr. Who and the Daleks & Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. are coming to 4K Ultra HD
StudioCanal has revealed that the classic 1960s Peter Cushing-led feature films Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. are set for a 4K Ultra HD release this July; check out the cover artwork and special feature details below…. An out of this world 4K restoration of Dr. Who & The Daleks […]
Hot Toys celebrates 40 years of Star Wars with Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader collectible set
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, Hot Toys has revealed its upcoming Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader sixth scale collectible set from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope; take a look at the official promotional images here… SEE ALSO: Pre-order via Sideshow Collectibles In addition to the collectible set, […]
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. […]
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 […]
Digital Damnation, or Denying Dignity to the Dead with Computer Generated Doppelgangers
Anghus Houvouras on digital resurrection… No. Hell no. This needs to stop and needs to be stopped in its infancy. Snuffed out before this demon baby matures into a fully grown ideological hellspawn that feasts on our cinematic souls. I might be one of the few people who was genuinely irked at seeing the late, […]
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 […]
