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Murders in the Rue Morgue **** (1932, Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst) – Classic Movie Review 2681

Director Robert Florey’s vintage 1932 Universal Studios horror movie stars the studio’s great horror icon Bela Lugosi as a mad doctor called Dr Mirakle. After Dracula, Dr Mirakle is one of Lugosi’s most important and […]

Jul, 09

Eyes without a Face [Les yeux sans visage] ***** (1960, Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob, Juliette Mayniel) – Classic Movie Review 2414

‘The future, Madame, is something we should have started on a long time ago.’ – Docteur Génessier. Director Georges Franju’s surreal cult classic horror thriller, adapted from the novel written by Jean Redon, is supremely stylish and […]

Apr, 20

Re-Animator *** (1985, Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, David Gale, Barbara Crampton) – Classic Movie Review 2338

‘Herbert West Has A Very Good Head On His Shoulders… And Another One In A Dish On His Desk.’ Co-writer/director Stuart Gordon’s rousing, campy 1985 action horror comedy Re-Animator is based on an H P Lovecraft […]

Mar, 30

The Fury **** (1978, Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Irving, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 2187

Director Brian De Palma’s 1978 thriller stars Kirk Douglas as an American government ex-CIA agent Peter Sandza, who learns his son Robin (Andrew Stevens) has been kidnapped by a wily and unscrupulous former co-worker Ben Childress (John […]

Feb, 18

Frankenstein *½ (1994, Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Briers, John Cleese) – Classic Movie Review 2034

Kenneth Branagh comes a cropper as both actor and director of this plush band ambitious but stodgy and unconvincing 1994 version of Mary Shelley’s classic horror tale that just seems to be going through the […]

Jan, 02

Deep Blue Sea *** (1999, Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L Jackson, Stellan Skarsgård) – Classic Movie Review 1456

Director Renny Harlin’s 1999 horror film Deep Blue Sea isn’t exactly a high-quality monster movie but it is thoroughly enjoyable none the less. Main star Saffron Burrows looks fit as the anti-heroine Dr Susan McAlester, […]

Jul, 20

Super Size Me **** (2004, Morgan Spurlock) – Classic Movie Review 1380

Crazy but canny documentary film-maker Morgan Spurlock puts his fit body to the test on a 30-day burger binge at McDonald’s: three Big Mac meals a day, always taking the Super Size if offered, in […]

Jun, 30

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