David & Lisa (1962)

David & Lisa (1962)

[6] 2001: A Space Odyssey's Keir Dullea stars as David, a teenager whose parents enroll him in a boarding school for the mentally disturbed. David is irrationally afraid that if anyone touches him, he'll die. While the school's psychiatrist (Howard Da Silva)…
Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)

Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)

[7] After their daughter tells them about 'naked games' she played with an old man, two parents (Patrick Allen and Gwen Watford) take the old man to court. But they find themselves the unlikely target of the town's scorn for trying to…
The Virgin Soldiers (1969)

The Virgin Soldiers (1969)

[6] Hywel Bennett and Lynn Redgrave (Gods and Monsters) lead an ensemble cast in this comedy-drama about young British soldiers stationed in Singapore in 1950. Most of the men are fulfilling their mandatory national service, thankful that any real chance of life-threatening…
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

[3] As much as I enjoy most Hammer horror movies, their Frankenstein series almost always underwhelms me. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is the fifth film in the series and the fourth to disappoint. (Only 1967's Frankenstein Created Woman is worth a gander.)…
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)

[6] In this direct sequel to Dracula: Prince of Darkness, two priests accidentally resurrect Dracula (Christopher Lee) from his icy grave. He commands one of the priests to help him catch a hot, virginal blonde (Veronica Carlson), who's the niece of the…
The Devil Rides Out (1968)

The Devil Rides Out (1968)

[7] Christopher Lee tries to rescue two young people from being baptized into a satanic cult in The Devil Rides Out (also titled The Devil's Bride in the U.S.). Lee is the one who brought Dennis Wheatley's novel to the attention of…
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

[7] Hammer's third Quatermass film is its best, plunging Professor Quatermass into a mystery involving a wrecked alien spacecraft in a London subway tunnel. Andrew Keir proves likable in the title role, replacing the overly-gruff Brian Donlevy who appeared in the first…
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)

Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)

[5] Christopher Lee gives a boisterous performance as the legendary Grigori Rasputin, the duplicitous Russian consigliere to the Romanov family in the early 1900s. Hammer Films embraces Rasputin's more mythic qualities in this Dracula-like horror film, where the disgraced monk uses his…
How the West Was Won (1962)

How the West Was Won (1962)

[8] Debbie Reynolds and George Peppard get the lion's share of screen time in the all-star epic western How the West Was Won. The film chronicles the Prescott family as they charge west in the 1830s, encountering river pirates, deadly rapids, Civil…
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

[6] A professor and his daughter (Andre Morell and Diane Clare) travel to a village in Cornwall to investigate a deadly epidemic only to discover the dead are crawling back to life! Hammer Films' only zombie flick hits a lot of the…