Showing posts with label Terence Fisher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terence Fisher. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 February 2021

Home to Danger (1951)

 

 

A drug dealer tries to kill his partner's daughter, when she inherits an old house. 

Above-average crime mystery is nicely staged and has a good cast; a bit old-fashioned, though.  



Saturday, 28 November 2020

Mantrap (1953)


 

 
A wrongly convicted murderer escapes prison to find the real killer. 
 
OK, but standard crime mystery with a Noir touch and some good b/w cinematography.
 
Maltin*1/2: "Tame detective-capturing-elusive killer plot."
 

 

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Friday, 5 April 2019

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)


A mute servant girl bears a child on Christmas day after being raped by a bestial madman and first shows itself at the infant's christening, whereupon the holy water begins to boil.

Sunday, 18 September 2016

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." 


Saturday, 18 June 2016

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.

Sunday, 3 April 2016

Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes (1962)



Sherlock Holmes and Watson do battle with their nemesis, Professor Moriarity, over an ancient necklace attributed to Cleopatra.

Antiquated Sherlock Holmes crime story doesn't thrill much, but has some moments of slight humour.