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Horror-Thriller
Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
The Hammer Horror Collection
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original studio:
Hammer (England)
theatrical distributor in U.S.:
Universal
DVD release:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
The Franchise Collection
MPAA rating:
NR
movie:
"The Brides of Dracula"
(1960) with Peter Cushing, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur, David Peel,
Fred Jackson, Miles Malleson, Andree Melly, Henry Oscar, Mona Washbourne
director:
Terence Fisher
film rating:
Four and a Half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
movie:
"The Curse of the Werewolf"
(1961) with Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans, Yvonne Romain, Catherine
Feller, Anthony Dawson, Josephine Llewellyn, Richard Wordsworth
director:
Terence Fisher
film rating:
Three and a Half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
movie:
"The Phantom of the Opera" (1962)
with Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Thorley Walters, Michael Gough, Edward
de Souza, Miles Malleson, Marne Maitland, Patrick Troughton, Ian Wilson
director:
Terence Fisher
film rating:
Three and a Half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
movie:
"Paranoiac" (1963)
with Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham,
Alexander Davion, Liliane Brousse, Harold Lang, John Bonney
director:
Freddie Francis
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
movie:
"The Kiss of the Vampire"
(1963) with Clifford Evans, Edward de Souza, Noel ...
Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
The Bela Lugosi Collection
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studio:
Universal
MPAA rating:
Unrated
movie:
"Murders in the Rue Morgue"
(1932) with Bela Lugosi, Leon Waycoff (Ames), Bert Roach, Betty Ross
Clarke, Brandon Hurst, D’Arcy Corrigan, Noble Johnson, Arlene Francis
director:
Robert Florey
film rating:
Three and a Half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Three Stars
movie:
"The Black Cat" (1934) with Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording, Lucille Lund, Henry Armetta
director:
Edgar G. Ulmer
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Three Stars
movie:
"The Raven" (1935) with Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lester Matthews, Irene Ware, Samuel S. Hinds, Spencer Charters, Inez Courtney, Ian Wolfe
director:
Louis Friedlander (Lew Landers)
film rating:
Two Stars
sound/picture rating:
Two Stars
movie:
"The Invisible Ray" (1936) with Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Violet Kemble Cooper, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi
director:
Lambert Hillyer
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture rating:
Three and a Half Stars
movie:
"Black Friday" (1940) with Boris Karloff, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel, Bela Lugosi, Anne Gwynne, Virginia Brissac, Edmund MacDonald, Paul Fix.
director:
Arthur Lubin
film rating:
Two ...
Tuesday, 07 June 2005 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
Hellraiser:
Deader
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studio:
Dimension Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Kari Wuhrer, Paul Rhys, Simon Kunz, Doug Bradley, Marc Warren, Georgina Rylance
film release year:
N/A
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture rating:
Three Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
“Hellraiser: Deader,” aka “Hellraiser 7,” is a reasonably decent
“Hellraiser” film, which is to say it is grim, bloody and drifts a bit.
The problem with most of the “Hellraiser” movies (this one included) is
that they omit a key factor from the Clive Barker novella “Hellbound”
that inspired it: you can’t figure out why the characters think getting
themselves into these predicaments is a good idea in the first place.
Tuesday, 26 October 2004 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
Dawn Of The Dead: Unrated Director's Cut
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studio:
Universal Studios Home Video
MPAA rating:
Unrated
starring:
Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer
theaterical release year:
2004
DVD release year:
2004
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
There was a lot of debate in the horror fan community as to whether or
not anyone should dare attempt a remake of George Romero’s 1978 classic
zombie movie “Dawn of the Dead.” The 2004 version from director Zack
Snyder and screenwriter James Gunn proves a worthy entity on its own
terms, viciously vigorous and bloody, with a startlingly good (and for
the genre, unusually high-profile) cast and well-drawn characters.
Wednesday, 06 October 2004 |
Written by
Mel Odom
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title:
Willard
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studio:
New Line Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG-13
starring:
Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Elena Harring
release year:
2003
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Mel Odom
"Willard" stands as an artistic success as a remake of the 1971 horror
film, but fails to deliver much of the drama and action inherent in the
storyline that would play for today's audience. Director Glen Morgan
obviously fell in love with the original movie and worked hard to bring
his vision to the screen. Morgan, along with partner James Wong, both
worked on "X-Files" episodes during the heyday of that successful
series. Those particular episodes always exuded fantastical atmospheric
presence. The skills Morgan honed in series work gleams in this movie.
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