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Category: films
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Terror at London Bridge is a 1985 TV movie about a series of murders in Arizona being attributed to Jack the Ripper. It stars David Hasselhoff – AKA The Hoff-Meister – as a troubled detective investigating a series of murders which are somehow connected to the relocated London Bridge. We start off in 1885 with…
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The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 Gothic horror film, written by Tudor Gates and directed by Roy Ward Baker. It is the first in the so-called “Karnstein Trilogy”, and stars Ingrid Pitt, Kate O’Mara and Peter Cushing. Oh Lordy, where do I start? Basically, Ingrid Pitt plays a vampire who tries to seduce every young…
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The Unfolding is a 2016 horror film, written and directed by Eugene McGing With the world teetering on the brink of nuclear war, paranormal researcher Tam and his girlfriend Rose travel through the English countryside to investigate supposed ghostly goings-on in an old country house. On arrival, they are greeted by the current occupier who…
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Horror Express is a 1972 sci-fi horror film directed by Eugenio Martín and starring horror legends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Set in 1906, we meet Lee’s Alexander Saxton, an eminent anthropologist, returning to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway with the frozen remains of a humanoid discovered on one of his expeditions – potentially the…
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The Quatermass Xperiment is a 1955 Hammer film directed by Val Guest. It was based on the 1953 BBC serial of the same name. Three astronauts are sent into space in a rocket designed by Professor Quatermass. The rocket crash lands back on Earth, and only one astronaut – the unfortunate Victor Carroon – is…
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Island of Terror is a 1967 horror film from Planet Film Productions, directed by Terence Fisher. On yet another remote island, scientists are doing covert experiments to try and discover a cure for cancer. But, as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and the scientists end up creating mysterious…
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The Horror at 37,000 Feet is a 1973 supernatural / horror TV movie starring Chuck Connors and William Shatner. The plot revolves around a flight between London and New York which is carrying an altar stone from an old English abbey. Before long, the passengers and crew are faced with strange demonic forces emanating from…
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One Cut of the Dead is a 2017 Japanese horror comedy, written and directed by Shin’ichiro Ueda, and based on the stage play, “Ghost in the Box!” by Ryoichi Wada. The film is broken down into three distinct parts. In part one, we join a film crew on location at an abandoned water filtration plant,…
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Dracula A.D. 1972 was the seventh Hammer film featuring Dracula and marks Christopher Lee’s sixth outing as the Count. We also have Peter Cushing returning as Van Helsing for the first time since 1960’s The Brides of Dracula. A prelude to the main story sees Dracula and Lawrence Van Helsing face off on top of…
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Night of the Big Heat is a 1967 sci-fi horror film directed by Terence Fisher. The basic premise of the film is simple. A small island off the British coast is experiencing a mysterious heatwave, despite the fact that everywhere else it is wintertime. In the middle of this we find married couple Jeff and…
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