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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell *** (1974, Peter Cushing, Shane Briant, Madeline Smith, Dave Prowse) – Classic Movie Review 2774

It is all Hammered out and sad days at the end of an era in Terence Fisher’s 1974 British horror movie Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell. But Hammer Films’ final Frankenstein film in their […]

Aug, 02

Frankenstein Created Woman *** (1967, Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters, Robert Morris) – Classic Movie Review 2773

Director Terence Fisher’s 1967 Hammer horror Frankenstein Created Woman brings Peter Cushing back as the bad Baron Frankenstein in the sequel to The Evil of Frankenstein (1964). Thorley Walters co-stars as his colleague Doctor Hertz, […]

Aug, 02

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed *** (1969, Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Simon Ward, Freddie Jones, George Pravda, Maxine Audley, Thorley Walters) – Classic Movie Review 2772

Director Terence Fisher’s 1969 Hammer Films horror movie sequel Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed brings back Peter Cushing as the bad and depraved Baron Frankenstein, who is once again working with illegal medical experiments. Baron Frankenstein arrives in […]

Aug, 02

Moulin Rouge **** (1952, José Ferrer, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Colette Marchand) – Classic Movie Review 2084

Director John Huston’s vibrant, beautiful-looking, double Oscar-winning 1952 biopic focuses on the garish colours, wild times and wayward characters captured so vividly in Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s paintings and poster art of late 19th-century Montmartre in […]

Jan, 18

The Abominable Snowman *** (1957, Peter Cushing, Forrest Tucker, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown) – Classic Movie Review 1,267

Writer Nigel Kneale turns his 1955 BBC TV play The Creature into the intriguing, intelligently written, decently acted 1957 Hammer horror film The Abominable Snowman, with Peter Cushing reprising his star TV role.  Writer Nigel […]

May, 31

A Chump at Oxford **** (1940, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Peter Cushing) – Classic Movie Review 965

Director Alfred J Goulding’s 1940 movie A Chump at Oxford is a thoroughly likeable, appealing and enjoyable vintage comedy from movie greats Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, even if it is arguably maybe a mere fraction less […]

Mar, 22

The End of the Affair **** (1955, Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills) – Classic Movie Review 832

Director Edward Dmytryk makes the mistake of turning one of Graham Greene’s finest novels into a conventional Hollywood-ised romantic potboiler. Ideally cast Deborah Kerr is excellent as the wartime wife Sarah Miles who suffers Roman […]

Feb, 15

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