The plot to the first sequel in Hammer’s Mummy series, The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb, is nothing we have not seen before. If finds a group of Egyptologists discover a new […]
Do You Dare Risk… – The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964)
It Was the One-Armed Man! – Fear in the Night (1972)
Fear in the Night, a 1972 picture released by Hammer Films, was a psychological horror film that while good as a whole, did nothing to improve the genre and was slightly formulaic […]
Love Will Keep Us Together – The Mummy (1959)
As Hammer started to expand its horror output, much of what it did would mirror what Universal had done twenty to thirty years previous. Universal had a Frankenstein and a Dracula, so […]
Van Helsing Goes to China – The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires was made during Hammer’s twilight years and also happened to be co-produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The end result of that collaboration is a […]
Beware of… – The Creeping Flesh (1973)
More often than not when Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing star in a film together, it is as adversaries and rarely as friends. Suffice it to say, The Creeping Flesh holds true […]
You Would Never Know That They Are… – The Devil’s Men (1976)
The Devil’s Men, also known as The Land of the Minotaur, is that interesting combination of low budget and big name stars. In fact, despite the film boasting some cheesy dialogue and […]
Draining Your Life – Bloodsuckers (1970)
Despite the complete and utter mess that this movie turned out to be, there were a few things that are surprisingly good about it. As a horror film it failed miserable at […]
Hammer Does Robin Hood – Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Hammer has always been known as a house of horror. It is the one thing that immediately comes to mind when you think of the studio. Like any movie studio though, Hammer […]
An Unwanted Reflection – I, Monster (1971)
By 1971 when I, Monster was released, the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde had been put to film many times over. Some were straight up adaptations, some were loosely […]
Strangers and Stranger Things on a Train – Horror Express (1972)
Horror Express, also known as Pánico en el Transiberiano, is a strange little film about a non-corporeal alien that can possess a man and then drain the memories and abilities of others, […]
The Telltale Mind 