Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

[7] Hammer Films' and Peter Cushing's fourth Frankenstein film is easily the best up to that point, even though Cushing takes a bit of a back seat in the narrative. In Frankenstein Created Woman, the first half of the story…
Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

[9] When cosmic radiation transforms the dead into flesh-eating ghouls, a ragtag team of survivors make a last stand at a remote Pennsylvania farmhouse where tensions rise between the living as much as from the growing zombie horde. Co-writer/director George…
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

[6] Christopher Lee dons the fangs for the second time in this direct sequel to Hammer's original Horror of Dracula. Dracula is resurrected when his loyal servant (Philip Latham) lures four stranded travelers, two brothers and their wives, to the…
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)

The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)

[4] British archaeologists unearth a mummified Egyptian prince and bring him back to England where their American financier plans to exploit the corpse to a paying audience. But when someone uses a mystical amulet to bring the mummy back to…
Kes (1969)

Kes (1969)

[5] I put off watching Kes for many years because, as a 'bird person', I knew the title falcon died at the end of the movie. I finally gathered the courage to see the film, and I'm surprised to report…
Nightmare (1964)

Nightmare (1964)

[4] Poor Janet. When she was just a little girl, she watched her mommy stab her daddy to death, and she's been haunted by nightmares ever since. She's also terrified of inheriting her mother's insanity. To make matters worse, someone…
The Gorgon (1964)

The Gorgon (1964)

[3] One of the creepiest and more original concepts for a Hammer horror movie is also one of the studio's most disappointing efforts. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee reunite for The Gorgon, but their characters aren't very interesting and the…
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

[3] Hammer's third Frankenstein film (following 1958's The Revenge of Frankenstein) is more of a one-off than a sequel, having little to do with the films before or after it. It marked the return of Peter Cushing to gothic horror…
The Maniac (1963)

The Maniac (1963)

[7] Kerwin Mathews (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) stars an American painter who enters into a provocative love triangle with mother and step-daughter barkeeps in rural France. He agrees to help them break their patriarch from an asylum where he's…
Paranoiac (1963)

Paranoiac (1963)

[6] In this psychological thriller from Hammer Films, members of the Ashby estate await their inheritance as a mysterious figure (Alexander Davion) shows up on their doorstep. He claims to be the youngest son, who left a suicide note eight years…