Category: films
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Dracula is a 1958 Gothic horror from Hammer, directed by Terence Fisher. Not only was it the first Hammer film to star Christopher Lee, but it was also the first vampire movie shot in colour. The story sees Jonathan Harker arrive at Dracula’s castle on the pretext of being the new librarian. Very quickly, we…
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Late Night With the Devil is a 2023 supernatural horror film, written and directed by Colin and Cameron Cairnes. The film is partly ‘found footage’ and tells the story of late night TV chat show host Jack Delroy, who, on Halloween 1977, invites an allegedly possessed girl onto his show in order to try and…
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The Blair Witch Project is a 1999 horror film, written and directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez. It was something of a cultural phenomenon, redefining the whole ‘found footage’ genre and capitalising on a clever marketing campaign, which resulted in the film making an estimated $250 million at the box office. Without a doubt,…
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The Omen is a 1976 supernatural horror film, written by David Seltzer and directed by Richard Donner. The film tells the story of an American diplomat, Robert Thorn, and his wife Katherine, who are living in Rome. She is pregnant and when she gives birth and the baby dies, the hospital chaplain convinces Robert to…
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a 1961 British sci-fi disaster movie which tells the story of the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously conducting nuclear bomb tests. The resulting explosions do something nasty to the Earth, resulting in floods, violent storms, sweltering heat, and an unexpected eclipse. On the case is drunken…
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Death Line is a 1972 horror film starring Donald Pleasance, and featuring a cameo appearance from Christopher Lee. Student Patricia, and her American boyfriend Alex, are travelling on the London Underground late one evening when they find a respectable looking man lying unconscious on the stairs. After eventually convincing a policeman to investigate, they discover…
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Lust for a Vampire is a 1971 British Hammer horror film, written by Tudor Gates and directed by Jimmy Sangster. The film, which is part two of the so-called Karnstein Trilogy, is set 40 years after 1970’s The Vampire Lovers, and tells the story of novelist Richard LeStrange, who comes to a village to do…
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1973 Hammer film, written by Don Houghton and directed by Alan Gibson. It stars Christopher Lee, making his final appearance as Dracula, and Peter Cushing as Professor Van Helsing. Set in 1970s London, the plot resolves around the secret service investigating apparent satanic rituals at an English country…
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Quatermass II is a 1957 Hammer sci-fi / horror which sees Brian Donlevy reprise his role as Professor Bernard Quatermass. Co-written by Nigel Kneale and Val Guest (who also directed), the story concerns an investigation into reports of hundreds of meteorites landing within a small area in the U.K. Quatermass finds a top-secret facility which,…
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The Swarm is a 1978 U.S. disaster / horror movie, directed by Irwin Allen, AKA The Disaster Master, and starring Michael Caine and a bunch of famous faces who really ought to have known better. Basically, a swarm of African killer bees are on the loose, taking out military helicopters, random picnicking families, and a…
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