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The Devils **** (1971, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton, Max Adrian, Gemma Jones, Murray Melvin, Georgina Hale) – Classic Movie Review 3032

Vanessa Redgrave stars in Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971) as a sexually repressed hunchback nun so obsessed with a priest (Oliver Reed) that she accuses him of witchcraft and says he has possessed her.  Writer-producer-director […]

Nov, 03

The Ghoul ** (1975, Peter Cushing, John Hurt, Alexandra Bastedo) – Classic Movie Review 2906

Director Freddie Francis’s 1975 British horror movie is an unusual, strenuous tale of terror in the attic, with the odd imaginative touch glittering among a generous helping of horror-movie clichés. Anthony Hinds’s plot is certainly […]

Sep, 13

Father Brown [The Detective] **** (1954, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Sidney James, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Ernest Thesiger) – Classic Movie Review 2,825

Alec Guinness is on delightful form as G K Chesterton’s priest and amateur detective, who is in Rome on the trail of master crook Flambeau (Peter Finch), in the 1954 British comedy mystery thriller film […]

Aug, 17

Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm] **** (1968, Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark, Hilary Dwyer, Nicky Henson) – Classic Movie Review 2,580

Vincent Price stars in one of his best horror roles as the true-life 17th-century witchfinder Matthew Hopkins, in the chilling 1968 film Witchfinder General [The Conqueror Worm]. Vincent Price stars in the 1968 film Witchfinder […]

Jun, 10

Exorcist II: The Heretic ** (1977, Richard Burton, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow) – Classic Movie Review 2523

Director John Boorman’s 1977 Exorcist sequel doesn’t lack star power with Richard Burton and Louise Fletcher adding to the return of Linda Blair as little Regan MacNeil and Max von Sydow as Father Lankaster Merrin. […]

May, 26

Exorcist: The Beginning *** (2004, Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D’Arcy, Ben Cross, Ralph Brown, Alan Ford) – Classic Movie Review 2522

Director Renny Harlin’s 2004 chiller is the surprise belated prequel to the 1973 chiller classic, The Exorcist, no doubt prompted by the success of the cinema release of The Exorcist: The Director’s Cut in 2000. […]

May, 25

The Amityville Horror *** (1979, James Brolin, Margot Kidder, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 2520

The surprise blockbuster 1979 supernatural horror movie The Amityville Horror recycles the old, old haunted house story once more. It has been used over and over again and yet it is popular every time, though […]

May, 25

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