Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

 

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

The Naked Edge (1961)

 

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime. 

Psychological thriller has some good Noir cinematography, but its narrative is full of loopholes and unnecessary twists so that its suspense is limited.

Halliwell (no star): "Dreary thriller which piles up red herrings in shoals, then abandons them all for a razor-and-bathroom finale."

 

Maltin**1/2: "Uneven suspenser..."

Time Without Pity (1957)

The day before a man is to be executed, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.

The Blood Beast Terror (1968)

A scientist, working with genetics, creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant Death Head moth and a beautiful woman.

Quite silly - and mediocre - horror yarn; the creature is especially risible.

Halliwell (no star): "Unpersuasive and totally idiotic cheapjack horror fare."

Asylum (1972)

In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum.

From memory: Well made horror anthology with some nasty bits has the usual issue that the quality of the episodes differs quite a bit.

 Halliwell*: "Lively horror compilation with echoes of Caligari and Dead of Night. Gruesomeness sometimes overdone."

Maltin***: "Four fun chillers..."

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Victor Frankenstein builds a creature and brings it to life, but it behaves not as he intended.

Star Wars (1977)

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

The legendary very first movie of the Star Wars series has always been a silly, but quite effective space opera.

On re-watching: Entertaining sci-fi epic that offered spectacular special effects for its time successfully recreates the excitement and fun of the early space opera serials - and on the same intellectual level.

Halliwell****: "Flash Gordon rides again, but with timing so impeccably right that the movie became a phenomenon and one of the top grossers of all time. Good harmless fun, put together with style and imagination."

Maltin***1/2: "Elaborate, imaginative update of Flash Gordon...It's a hip homage to B-movie ethics and heroism in the space age..."

Horror Express (1972)

Peter Cushing

Night of the Big Heat (1967)

 

 

While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties.

 

Quite tedious sci-fi yarn with a laughable story (and likewise are the aliens); quite a waste for the two stars in the cast.

 

Halliwell*: "Sloppily made and over-prolonged science fiction with far too much irrelevant talk."

 

Maltin**1/2: "Good sci-fi, with Lee and Cushing at their best." 

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

Baron Frankenstein, together with a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnap a mentally sick doctor to perform the first brain transplantation ever.

Shock Waves (1977)

Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of Zombie soldiers.

The Black Knight (1954)

As a blacksmith a young man can't hope to win the hand of the daughter of the Earl of Yeonil, so off he goes to prove himself a noble knight.

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Vampire hunter Van Helsing returns to Transylvania to destroy handsome bloodsucker Baron Meinster, who has designs on beautiful young schoolteacher Marianne.

Captain Clegg (1962)

The Royal Crown suspects a bit of smuggling is going on in a certain locale, and they send a captain and his crew to check it out.