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Asylum of Horrors
TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS (1973)"Does anyone here love me?" Joan Collins in Mel, where her husband's attentions shift to a tree which he sculpts into the female form.OFTEN mistaken for an Amicus...
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Strangers on a Train
HOWL (2015)Similar to DOG SOLDIERS, HOWL benefits from a contemporary setting and practical creature FX.PAUL Hyett - more famous his special makeups for THE DESCENT and EDEN LAKE - directs this low...
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Into the Wilderness
CREATURES THE WORLD FORGOT (1971)In April 1970, a Hammer-Columbia campaign was launched to find the "Screen's New Sex Symbol of the 70's" who would be offered the starring role in CREATURES THE WORLD...
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"We Must Adjust the Truth"
DOCTOR WHO - THE DEADLY ASSASSIN (1976)DOCTOR WHO - THE ROBOTS OF DEATH (1977)"Only hate keeps me alive"; opera singer/actor Peter Pratt brings a resonant voice to the black-shrouded, decomposing...
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"A Living Hell That Time Forgot!"
THE LOST CONTINENT (1968)Actress/singer/songwriter Dana Gillespie - playing Sarah - makes the biggest impression, thanks to her 44-26-37 assets. Gillespie had previously appeared in the striptease...
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Spearhead into the 70's
DOCTOR WHO - SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE (1970)Autons attack!; their featureless facades a metaphor for characterless, mass-production. Fragments of the plastic-hungry Nestene Intelligence, the Autons brake...
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"It's a Creepy Business, Darling"
WORST FEARS (2016)HORROR ICON (2016)The Nucleus DVD of WORST FEARS not only tidies up the anthology, but also completes the mockumentary HORROR ICON.THIS direct-to-DVD portmanteau collects seven shorts...
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Possession!
DOCTOR WHO - THE ARK IN SPACE (1975)DOCTOR WHO - THE MASQUE OF MANDRAGORA (1976)DOCTOR WHO - THE HAND OF FEAR (1976)An adult Wirrn from THE ARK IN SPACE. Originating from Andromeda, these aliens are...
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Paint It Black
OMNIBUS - SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (1979)ITV PLAYHOUSE - CASTING THE RUNES (1979)Dou (Maurice Denham), once a student of Rembrandt, sells his niece to a Sepulchral for a casket of gold in SCHALCKEN THE...
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State of Decay
DOCTOR WHO - HORROR OF FANG ROCK (1977)DOCTOR WHO - IMAGE OF THE FENDAHL (1977)A fan favourite, HORROR OF FANG ROCK contains many elements from the poem Flannan Isleby Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, which the...
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Bridal Torment
WESSEX TALES - THE WITHERED ARM (1973)WESSEX TALES - BARBARA OF THE HOUSE OF GREBE (1973)Thomas Hardy reflected a concern for the poor in society, and particularly the lack of opportunities offered to...
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Drama Nation
DRAMA PLAYHOUSE - THE INCREDIBLE ROBERT BALDICK (1972)DOCTOR WHO - THE ANDROID INVASION (1975)"He cannot resist the inexplicable; almost any happening qualifies for his interest so long as it is out of...
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No Sex Please, We're British
WHITE CARGO (1973)LET'S GET LAID! (1977)Even Countess of Cleavage Imogen Hassall and David Jason as an everyman hero can't save the Walter Mitty-inspired WHITE CARGO.BESET by funding problems and...
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The Love of Darkness
CAT GIRL (1957)RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK (1966)"The love of darkness, the craving for warm flesh and blood … it is my legacy to you ... passed on from generation to generation of our family … for 700...
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Mad Science
THE MUTATIONS (1974)"He'll soon be neither human being nor plant, but with the characteristics and advantages of both: a plant that can move and think, a man who can set down roots." Donald Pleasence...
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Back in Black
VAMPIRA (1974)The cover to the MGM Limited Edition R1 DVD of VAMPIRA from 2011. Upon its theatrical release in the States, the production was re-christened OLD DRACULA by AIP, to cash in on Mel...
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"They're Only Worthless Whores!"
JACK THE RIPPER (1973)JACK THE RIPPER (1988)The Ripper File, published in 1975, was a companion to the 1973 BBC JACK THE RIPPER docu-series.DR Thomas Stowell's article in the November 1970...
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Downe and Out
SON OF DRACULA (1974)CRAZE (1974)"I can't live, if living is without you"; chums Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr in SON OF DRACULA, cinema's greatest musical travesty. Attempting to cash in on the...
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Hiding Behind the Sofa
DOCTOR WHO - THE FRIGHTEN FACTOR (2009)The 1975 DOCTOR WHO adventure TERROR OF THE ZYGONS not only featured a most effective titular scary monster, but also illustrated themes of body snatching and...
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Brains and Brawn
FIEND WITHOUT A FACE (1958)THE FROZEN DEAD (1966)IT! (1967)"We're facing a new form of life that nobody understands;" Austrian Herta Padawer - billed as Kim Parker - grapples with a FIEND WITHOUT A...
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