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Charlie Chan in Egypt *** (1935, Warner Oland, Pat Paterson, Thomas Beck) – Classic Movie Review 9045

Director Louis King’s 1935 comedy crime mystery thriller Charlie Chan in Egypt tells an entertainingly dotty tale of Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) discovering a couple of corpses and preventing a third death as he investigates […]

Nov, 02

Tomb Raider * (2018, Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Derek Jacobi, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nick Frost) – Movie Review

Director Roar Uthaug’s Lara Croft videogame franchise reboot Tomb Raider is a nice try, but mostly quite boring, and largely just going through the motions of being exciting. Apart from an ill-judged Nick Frost cameo as […]

Mar, 15

Dr Phibes Rises Again *** (1972, Vincent Price, Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing, Beryl Reid, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 6,003

Co-writer/ director Robert Fuest’s 1972 kitsch, theatrical and extravagant horror movie Dr Phibes Rises Again is the welcome sequel to The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971), bringing the great Vincent Price back on the campy rampage […]

Aug, 30

The Body ** (2001, Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, John Shrapnel, Derek Jacobi, Jason Flemyng, John Wood) – Classic Movie Review 5721

Antonio Banderas stars as Roman Catholic priest Father Matt Gutierrez, who is sent to investigate when Christ’s crucified remains are apparently discovered in a Jerusalem cave, in writer-director Jonas McCord’s moderately exciting and compelling 2001 […]

Jul, 06

The Mask of Fu Manchu *** (1932, Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt) – Classic Movie Review 3888

Directors Charles Brabin and (uncredited) Charles Vidor’s 1932 horror adventure stars Boris Karloff as novelist Sax Rohmer’s creepy villain Dr Fu Manchu, the evil genius who is stirred up to new evil by the beautiful […]

Jun, 19

The Mask of Satan [La maschera del demonio] [Black Sunday] **** (1960, Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi) – Classic Movie Review 3875

Mario Bava’s powerful 1960 movie exercise in Gothic horror The Mask of Satan [Black Sunday] is now hailed as one of the greatest horror masterpieces of Italian film. Tim Burton said it is his favourite […]

Jun, 16

Blood and Roses [Et Mourir de Plaisir] *** (1960, Mel Ferrer, Elsa Martinelli, Annette Stroyberg) – Classic Movie Review 3514

Co-writer/director Roger Vadim’s atmospheric 1960 French romantic horror movie is based on Sheridan Le Fanu’s famous novella Carmilla. It tells the story of a young woman who is spurred to murder by her family’s vampirism, a […]

Apr, 02

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