Night Creatures (1962)

Night Creatures (1962)

[7] In this Hammer production set in 18th century England, the British Navy is sent to a coastal town where residents are suspected of smuggling alcohol. When the navy arrives, they are side-tracked by assertions of ghostly 'marsh phantoms' that terrorize by…
Inherit the Wind (1960)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

[9] Conscientious director Stanley Kramer (Judgment at Nuremberg, The Defiant Ones) tackles America's clashing beliefs in evolution and creationism in Inherit the Wind, a stage play adaptation inspired by the 1925 Scopes 'Monkey Trial'. Names and locations are changed and several characters…
Corruption (1968)

Corruption (1968)

[2] Peter Cushing stars as a doctor who murders people so he can harvest their pituitary glands to (somehow?) restore his fiancée's badly burned face. At first, guilt drives his character because he's partially to blame for the accident that disfigured her.…
These Are the Damned (1962)

These Are the Damned (1962)

[6] Here's a weird offering from Britain's Hammer Films that's so surprising and bewildering, you might overlook its shortcomings. In England, an American tourist (Macdonald Carey) is picked up by a young woman (Shirley Anne Field) who lures him into a trap…
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

[6] In this thriller from Britain's Hammer Films, a woman is held against her will by her late fiancée's mother, a creepy religious zealot who aims to purify her soul to ensure her son's spirit gets into Heaven. Tallulah Bankhead (Lifeboat, The…
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969)

[6] Geraldine Page (Oscar-winner for The Trip to Bountiful) chews the scenery in a delightfully villainous performance in What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, one of the 'hag horror' movies that popped up in the wake of 1962's What Ever Happened to…
The Old Dark House (1963)

The Old Dark House (1963)

[3] Hammer Films teams with gimmicky American horror director William Castle (The House on Haunted Hill, I Saw What You Did) for a film atypically goofy for either party. Tom Poston (Newhart, Mork & Mindy) stars as a car salesman who gets…
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

[7] Even though it's unrelated to Hammer's popular series of Dracula-centric films, The Kiss of the Vampire is an intriguing entry in the studio's gothic output. Gerald (Edward de Souza) and Marianne (Jennifer Daniel) are a honeymooning couple whose car breaks down…
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

[4] Kerwin Mathews (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) and Christopher Lee star in this would-be swashbuckler about pirates who lay siege to a Huguenot settlement in search of treasure the villagers insist they do not have. Mathews plays the outcast son of…
The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

[7] A group of cowboys and showmen travel to a hidden valley in Mexico where prehistoric creatures are rumored to live. Once there, they square off against several dinosaurs and capture one of them -- an Allosaurus nicknamed 'Gwangi' -- to bring…