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Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)Dracula 1972
The Count is back - with an eye for London's young blood! London's become a small town for a handful of jaded psychedelic-era hipsters. But Johnny Alucard (Christopher Neame) has a groovy new way for his pals to get their kicks. A certain ritual will be the living end, he insists. And if you still wonder where Johnny's coming from, try spelling his last name backwards. - Director:
- Alan Gibson
- Cast:
- Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham
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Six young men have been brutally murdered, their throats torn to ribbons and drained of all blood. The sole witness has been consigned to a lunatic asylum, raving about something terrible with gigantic wings... Suspecting that some sort of giant bird of prey may be loose, Inspector Quennell (Peter Cushing) turns to local zoologist Dr. Mallinger (Robert Flemyng) and his beautiful daughter Clare (Wanda Ventham) for help in solving the case. But Mallinger has terrible secrets all of his own - secrets that may soon endanger both Quennell and his innocent young daughter Meg (Vanessa Howard)... - Director:
- Vernon Sewell
- Cast:
- Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng, Wanda Ventham
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)The Seven Per Cent Solution / The 7% Solution
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson (Robert Duval) tricks Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin). Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux (Vanessa Redgrave). - Director:
- Herbert Ross
- Cast:
- Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall
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Resurrected after a bat dribbles fresh blood over his mouldering remains, Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) unleashes a new reign of terror. When Paul (Christopher Matthews) goes missing, his brother Simon (Dennis Waterman) and Simon's girlfriend (Jenny Hanley) set off in search of him, inevitably leading them to the Prince of Darkness' castle... - Director:
- Roy Ward Baker
- Cast:
- Christopher Lee, Nikki Van der Zyl, Dennis Waterman
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Shy, failing magician Corky (Anthony Hopkins) finally finds success with a ventriloquist act featuring a dummy called Fats. With a shot at the big time on the horizon the pressure gets the better of him however and in a panic he flees the city back to the security of his hometown. When he reunites with an old high school flame Fats takes on a life of his own with devastating consequences. - Director:
- Richard Attenborough
- Cast:
- Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret
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The evil begins when professor Julian Fuchs (Andrew Keir) and his expedition team, discover in Egypt, after years of quest, the tomb of Queen Tera (Valerie Leon). The Queen is a beautiful creature, naked save for the tapestry of wonderful jewels that decorate her body. Legend suggests that Tera, Queen of Darkness, was murdered by Egyptian priests, and that she has mysterious powers from beyond the grave...The opening of the tomb has a strange effect on Fuchs and his team. Are they aware of the powers they are unleashing when they return to England with the mummy and her strange artefacts? - Director:
- Seth Holt
- Cast:
- Andrew Keir, Olive Gregg, Valerie Leon
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Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)The Crimson Cult
When his brother disappears, Robert Manning (Mark Eden) pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. Whilst his host Squire Morley (Christopher Lee) is outwardly welcoming - and his house-keeper's beautiful niece Eve (Virginia Wetherell) his niece willing to fulfil his needs - Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia (Barbara Steele), the Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything. Will the village's renowned expert on witchcraft, Professor John Marshe (Boris Karloff), be able to shed light on the wicked going-ons at Craxted Lodge? - Director:
- Vernon Sewell
- Cast:
- Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Mark Eden
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The Mummy's Shroud (1967)Der Fluch der Mumie
The time is 1920; the place is Mezzera, Egypt, an exotic land of mystery and ancient magic. A routine expedition is about to turn into a violent murderous rampage that few will survive. Renowned archaeologist Sir Basil Walden and his team are on a journey to find the lost tomb of pharaoh Kah-to-Bey. Having ignored warnings of a deadly curse, the expedition unearths the pharaoh s final resting place with horrific consequences. A vengeful spirit has been unleashed and it wants their flesh... - Director:
- John Gilling
- Cast:
- André Morell, John Phillips, David Buck
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Straight on Till Morning (1972)Dressed for Death
Ugly duckling Brenda Thompson (Rita Tushingham) leaves her Liverpool home hoping to find romance in London. She moves in with her work-mate Caroline (Katya Wyeth), but remains lonely and bewildered the big city. While wandering alone one night she finds a scruffy dog and becomes infatuated with its handsome master. Brenda later confesses to the dog's owner, Peter (Shane Briant), that she has come to London because she wants a baby. He offers her a proposion - if she will move in and cook, clean and tell him stories, he will give her what she wants. And he will change her name to Wendy. Brenda is confused but deeply in love with her mysterious partner. Before long, however, she is trapped in a nightmare world of paranoia and murder from which there seems to be no escape... - Director:
- Peter Collinson
- Cast:
- Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, James Bolam
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Gwen Mayfield, an English schoolteacher working as a missionary in Africa, suddenly finds herself being victimised by a tribe of local witch doctors. Exposed to the deadly powers of the occult she's left deeply traumatised. In an effort to recover Gwen takes up a position in a rural school within the British countryside. But the idyllic village surroundings become increasingly sinister as Gwen begins to uncover a nightmarish web of dark and satanic secrets. - Director:
- Cyril Frankel
- Cast:
- Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen
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After his intricate assassination plot is foiled by the brilliant Sherlock Holmes (a suave, disguisedonning Roger Moore), Professor Moriarty (played with gusto by John Huston) vows to ruin Holmes' reputation by committing the crime of the century right under his nose. But the arrival of tickets to see the beautiful Irene Adler (Charlotte Rampling) perform in New York means that Holmes and Watson (Patrick Macnee) are afforded the opportunity to forget about the dastardly Moriarty for a while. Or does it,..? - Director:
- Boris Sagal
- Cast:
- Roger Moore, John Huston, Patrick MacNee
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)Der Hund von Baskerville
Rising up out of the swirling mists of Dartmoor, Baskerville Hall stands tall and gloomy. Its occupant, Charles Baskerville, has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. Could Sir Charles have been the victim of the so-called "Baskerville Curse", which tells of a deadly beast that stalks the surrounding countryside? Unperturbed by the legend, next-in-line Sir Henry Baskerville (a rare leading man performance from Lee) sets out to Dartmoor to assume inheritance of the family estate, under the auspices of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and right-hand man Dr. Watson (Andre Morell). - Director:
- Terence Fisher
- Cast:
- Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee
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When Sherlock Holmes (John Neville) receives a mysterious and chilling package in the post, he and Dr Watson (Donald Houston) find themselves on the trail of a maniac. It's 1888 and Jack the Ripper is about his bloody work, slaughtering prostitutes and terrorising London. From the fog shrouded streets of Whitechapel to the stately homes of Britain's aristocracy, Holmes follows the clues in a terrifying mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last moments! - Director:
- James Hill
- Cast:
- John Neville, Michael Collins, Donald Houston
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London 1889 - When Scotland Yard fails to stop the gruesome rampage of Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) and his trusted associate Dr. Watson (James Mason) decide to investigate. Undeterred by the police withholding crucial information, the duo begin a dangerous adventure through London's underworld, finding themselves at the door of psychic Robert Lees (Donald Sutherland) who helps to set them on the right path. But even if Holmes' remarkable powers of deduction can unmask the maniacal fiend, can he and Watson face the most shocking secret of all? - Director:
- Bob Clark
- Cast:
- Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings
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Night of the Demon (1957)Curse of the Demon
American psychologist John Holden (Dana Andrews) arrives in England to discover that his colleague, Henry Harrington (Maurice Denham), has suddenly died following his efforts to discredit notorious occultist Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnls). The cynical Holden dismisses Karswell's warnings as supernatural nonsense, even when he and Harrington's niece, Joanna (Peggy Cummins), are confronted by a series of bizarre and inexplicable events. Holden discovers that Karswell has slipped him a parchment featuring ancient runic symbols - a sign that, like Harrington before him, he has been marked for imminent destruction by a fire-breathing demon. - Director:
- Jacques Tourneur
- Cast:
- Dana Andrews, Niall MacGinnis, Peggy Cummins
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