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Dracula (1958) Dir: Terence Fisher
Sleep Well, Mr. Harker.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/
http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2008/11/horror-of-dracula-1958/
http://horrorfreaknews.com/horror-dracula-1958-review
http://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/31-nights-of-dractober-horror-of-dracula-1958/
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/462320/
http://hollywoodmetal.com/2014/11/20/film-review-horror-dracula-1958/
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THE MEN OF SHERWOOD FOREST (Dir: Val Guest, 1954).
An early production from Hammer Films, The Men of Sherwood Forest is a low budget but spirited romp with Don Taylor as the legendary Robin Hood.
The simple plot involves Robin attempting to thwart an ambush attack on Richard the Lionheart on his return from the Crusades.
More famous for their Horror movies, Hammer also did a nice line in swashbucklers; the studio produced four Robin Hood movies, of which this was the first.
Although clearly working with a meagre budget, director Val Guest makes decent use of outdoor locales and the movie feels less studio bound than might be expected. It also benefits from being shot in colour and whilst the action is not as well staged as in a more lavish production, Guest generally elicits decent performances from his actors, not all of whom are perfectly cast.
Don Taylor makes for a slightly bland leading man. There is nothing essentially wrong with his performance and with an athletic build he certainly looks the part of Robin. However with an accent that is more Hollywood than Sherwood, Taylor lacks both the authenticity and charisma of earlier Robin Hoods such as Errol Flynn or Richard Todd. Likewise, Leonard Sachs is not ideally cast as The Sheriff of Nottingham, lacking both the authoritative air and any real sense of menace to make a truly memorable villain.
The best performances are to be found in the supporting cast. Maid Marian is inexplicably missing from The Men of Sherwood Forest; her replacement here is Lady Alys in a nice performance by Eileen Moore. A loyal ally to Robin, she holds her own with the best of the Merrie Men, but there is no romance between the two. Robin’s most significant relationship here is with Friar Tuck. As the wily man of the cloth cum con artist Reginald Beckwith gives a marvellous comic performance which is arguably the movie's highlight.
While The Men of Sherwood Forest is no masterpiece, as an example of the sort of boys own adventure that once filled matinees, it is invaluable. Cheap and cheerful maybe, but also engagingly innocent, old fashioned fun.
To read a longer, more in-depth review of THE MEN OF SHERWOOD FOREST visit my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
THE HEADLESS GHOST (Dir: Peter Graham Scott, 1959).
The Headless Ghost is a comedy horror with the accent firmly on comedy.
Three exchange students Americans Ronnie (David Rose) and Bill (Richard Lyon) and Danish Ingrid (Liliane Sottane) spend the night in haunted Ambrose Castle. With the help of the spirit of the 4th Earl of Ambrose (Clive Revill) they must reunite the head and shoulders of Malcolm, the headless ghost of the title. Imagine, if you will, an episode of Scooby Doo Where Are You! sans the Great Dane but with real ghosts and you pretty much have The Headless Ghost in a nutshell.
Visit my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME to read the full review. Link below.
ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (Dir: John Hough, 1975).
A family friendly, sci-fi suspense from Walt Disney Productions. Based upon the 1968 novel by Alexander Key.
Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia Malone (Kim Richards) are two orphaned kids with ESP. Where they got their powers and where they come from is a mystery but makes them outcasts among their peers in the children’s home. Their powers attract unwanted attention from powerful but crooked businessman Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland) and his assistant Lucas Deranian (Donald Pleasence). Posing as the Malones’ uncle, Deranian adopts the pair with the intention of exploiting them. Escaping from the clutches of Bolt and Deranian the kids stowaway aboard the motor home of curmudgeonly widower Jason O’Day (Eddie Albert) who eventually warms to them and agrees to take them to Witch Mountain, a mysterious place which is somehow connected to Tony and Tia’s past.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME. Link below.
Classic Hammer Films Poster...
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Madeline Smith in The Vampire Lovers (Roy Ward Baker, 1970)
Literally a vampire blog
This is going to be a blog for all things vampires, hunters and hapless humans who get in the way. Will mostly be reblogs and head cannons.
There will also be the occasional bill and ted reblog. Oh who am I kidding I love those two doofuses almost as much as vampires.
Because what 20 something doens’t love vampires?
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The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore.
A vicious and abnormal horror novel.
Adapted very loosely into Hammer Horror Productions' The Curse of the Werewolf by Terence Fisher.