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Christopher Lee Movies
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Ron Perlman,
Stephen Campbell Moore,
Stephen Graham,
Ulrich Thomsen,
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"Season of the witch," is an action-horror film that barely achieves
mediocrity. 40 Million dollars, talented actors, and a supernatural
story are usually enough to guarantee that a film will provide a decent
escape for 90 minutes. SotW is one of the rare examples when money,
star power, and story synthesize into a slipshod mess that is not able
to cater to anyone but...
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Genres:
Drama
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Hilary Swank,
Jeffrey Dean Morgan,
Lee Pace,
Christopher Lee,
Aunjanue Ellis,
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Genres:
Comedy
Thriller
Starring:
Bill Bailey,
Tom Wilkinson,
Michael Smiley,
Tim Curry,
Paul Davis,
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Genres:
Thriller
Starring:
Gary Stretch,
Vinnie Jones,
Stephen Rea,
Shannyn Sossamon,
Christopher Lee,
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Starring:
Gillian Anderson,
Alan Cumming,
Heather Graham,
Danny Huston,
Jack Huston,
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Genres:
Drama
Mystery
War
Starring:
Colin Farrell,
Jamie Sives,
Paz Vega,
Kelly Reilly,
Branko Djuric,
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Genres:
Drama
History
Romance
Thriller
War
Starring:
Romola Garai,
Eddie Redmayne,
Juno Temple,
Toby Regbo,
Christopher Lee,
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Genres:
Animation
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Starring:
Matt Lanter,
Ashley Eckstein,
James Arnold Taylor,
Dee Bradley Baker,
Tom Kane,
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This movie fails on every level. It begins with, I kid you not, the
announcer from The Powerpuff Girl's voice replacing the opening crawl
we've come to know and love, presumably because the target audience,
American children, can't read at even that glacial pace. I don't know
if it's even necessary at this point to say something as redundant as
"this movie h...
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Genres:
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Starring:
David Jason,
Sean Astin,
Tim Curry,
Jeremy Irons,
Brian Cox,
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Only 8 out of 10 because I would - of course - have loved to have
everything in it ( I would also have liked a big "Lord of the Rings"
budget and effort on this). They have made a creditable effort to cram the most important bits in.
I've watched it with someone who doesn't know the books and had, in
fact, never heard of Terry Pratchett. It took him a while to get into
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Genres:
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Starring:
David Jason,
Sean Astin,
Tim Curry,
Jeremy Irons,
Brian Cox,
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Only 8 out of 10 because I would - of course - have loved to have
everything in it ( I would also have liked a big "Lord of the Rings"
budget and effort on this). They have made a creditable effort to cram the most important bits in.
I've watched it with someone who doesn't know the books and had, in
fact, never heard of Terry Pratchett. It took him a while to get into
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Genres:
Animation
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Starring:
Matt Lanter,
Ashley Eckstein,
James Arnold Taylor,
Dee Bradley Baker,
Tom Kane,
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This movie fails on every level. It begins with, I kid you not, the
announcer from The Powerpuff Girl's voice replacing the opening crawl
we've come to know and love, presumably because the target audience,
American children, can't read at even that glacial pace. I don't know
if it's even necessary at this point to say something as redundant as
"this movie h...
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Genres:
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Daniel Craig,
Dakota Blue Richards,
Ben Walker,
Freddie Highmore,
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His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, the original name for the book, in
the UK. What a poignant, mysterious title for a book. The Golden
Compass? Well, it doesn't quite have the same impact, does it? The use
of the American name of the book for the film really didn't bother me
at first, but as early warning signs come, it doesn't get much more
obvious than this; we ...
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Genres:
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Daniel Craig,
Dakota Blue Richards,
Ben Walker,
Freddie Highmore,
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His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, the original name for the book, in
the UK. What a poignant, mysterious title for a book. The Golden
Compass? Well, it doesn't quite have the same impact, does it? The use
of the American name of the book for the film really didn't bother me
at first, but as early warning signs come, it doesn't get much more
obvious than this; we ...
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Genres:
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Fantasy
Starring:
Johnny Depp,
Freddie Highmore,
David Kelly,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Noah Taylor,
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I have seen Charlie & The Chocolate Factory last night and though I
usually don't care very much in giving my opinion, the journey M.
Burton and his team made me cross deserves an homage. Especially with
all that criticism rising around the film before it has been released.I have been a Tim Burton fan for more than a decade now; I grew up with
his films. But what I have been throug...
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Genres:
Animation
Fantasy
Music
Romance
Starring:
Johnny Depp,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Emily Watson,
Tracey Ullman,
Paul Whitehouse,
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I got to go to an advance screening of 'Corpse Bride'. The anticipation
for the movie was high as the theater audience was clapping and
yelling.I had been afraid this was going to be too reminiscent of 'Nightmare
Before Christmas', but it was delightfully original. That is
potentially what I enjoyed most about the movie. It's quite an original
story.I commend Burton and all tho...
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Genres:
Animation
Fantasy
Music
Romance
Starring:
Johnny Depp,
Helena Bonham Carter,
Emily Watson,
Tracey Ullman,
Paul Whitehouse,
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I got to go to an advance screening of 'Corpse Bride'. The anticipation
for the movie was high as the theater audience was clapping and
yelling.I had been afraid this was going to be too reminiscent of 'Nightmare
Before Christmas', but it was delightfully original. That is
potentially what I enjoyed most about the movie. It's quite an original
story.I commend Burton and all tho...
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Genres:
Action
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Starring:
Ewan McGregor,
Natalie Portman,
Hayden Christensen,
Ian McDiarmid,
Samuel L. Jackson,
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When I asked the reviewer sitting next to me to sum up Revenge of the
Sith, he simply said "great!" That seemed to basically be the consensus
of virtually everyone in attendance at an advance press screening of
the final chapter in the Star Wars saga.There was an exuberant mood leaving the theater, as if everyone was in
collective agreement that Lucas had finally done it. That he h...
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Genres:
Thriller
Action
Crime
Starring:
Jean Reno,
Benoît Magimel,
Christopher Lee,
Camille Natta,
Johnny Hallyday,
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The movie centers on Niemans(Jean Reno) the police of the first part
who has to investigate weird murder series in monasteries of Lorena
(north of France) . He's helped by a tough inspector (Benoit
Maginel)and a mystic theme expert (Camille Natta ). They will take on
Apocalypse angels , some monks with supernatural power and a villain
(Christopher Lee) and his evil henchme...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Ewan McGregor,
Natalie Portman,
Hayden Christensen,
Christopher Lee,
Samuel L. Jackson,
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I happen to be one of the folks who really has enjoyed these films in the
prequel trilogy. I also can see why people would not like the films and I
don't deny people the right to their opinion. What has been bothering me
has been some of the reasons people are giving for hating these new films...
they are childish, they have too many special-effects, the acting is bad,
the wr...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Ewan McGregor,
Natalie Portman,
Hayden Christensen,
Christopher Lee,
Samuel L. Jackson,
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I happen to be one of the folks who really has enjoyed these films in the
prequel trilogy. I also can see why people would not like the films and I
don't deny people the right to their opinion. What has been bothering me
has been some of the reasons people are giving for hating these new films...
they are childish, they have too many special-effects, the acting is bad,
the wr...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Starring:
Bruce Allpress,
Sean Astin,
John Bach,
Sala Baker,
Cate Blanchett,
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The opening scene of The Two Towers provides an outstanding, yet very
brief,
taste of action, cinematography, and special effects, only to be matched
(and far surpassed) in the final hour of the film. The stunning events of
the third hour of The Two Towers are undoubtedly the centerpiece of the
film, and while the first two hours serve finely as story development,
they
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Starring:
Alan Howard,
Elijah Wood,
Noel Appleby,
Sean Astin,
Sala Baker,
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...but oh was I thankful for it!!! All through the movie I kept on having
this big large smile sculpted into my face. For the record, I'm 25 years
old, and I've read "The Lord of the Rings" in three times for the first time
when I was six or seven years old. Ever since then, I read it at least once
or twice a year - therefore you can count me as a fan, for I follow the same
cul...
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Genres:
Fantasy
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Johnny Depp,
Christina Ricci,
Miranda Richardson,
Michael Gambon,
Casper Van Dien,
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The movie, Sleepy Hollow, embodies Tim Burton's unique take on one of
the most well-known horror tales of all time, with a few new plot
twists and greater character development, including a dark past for
Ichabod Crane and a "story behind the story" of what's going on in the
haunted town, which is beautifully rendered, dark and foggy for an
eerie atmosphere.The dream cas...
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Genres:
Animation
Comedy
Fantasy
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
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I loved this animation! After reading the book first, I totally agreed
with
how the characters were represented.The three witches are by far the best characters, Magrat and Nanny Ogg are
so funny. The story is good too. Taking elements from stories that have
included witches in the past. In particular Macbeth and sleeping
Beauty.I talked to Terry Pratchett online last year when...
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Genres:
Animation
Comedy
Fantasy
Music
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Graham Crowden,
Andy Hockley,
Neil Morrissey,
Bernard Wrigley,
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Genres:
Adventure
Fantasy
Drama
Starring:
Armand Assante,
Greta Scacchi,
Isabella Rossellini,
Bernadette Peters,
Eric Roberts,
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This fine adaptation of Homer's epic tale is superbly directed by Andrei
Konchalovsky and is one of the best adaptations of Greek mythology ever
captured on screen. Effectively cast throughout,the acting honours must
surely go to Armand Assante who shines as Odysseus creating not your
stereotypical 'sword and sandal' hero but an older,wiser and intelligent
warrior king who endu...
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Genres:
Comedy
Crime
Starring:
George Gaynes,
Michael Winslow,
David Graf,
Leslie Easterbrook,
G.W. Bailey,
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What is it that's so resolutely unfunny about Mission to Moscow? Is it the
lifeless direction? The disinterested performances? The lack of
atmosphere?
The joke-free script? It's all of these things, of course, but there's
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something inexplicably poor about it that you just can't quite put your
finger on.The regulars are the major weak point. While the guest cast have th...
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Genres:
Comedy
Horror
Starring:
Tim James,
Christopher Lee,
Benny Young,
Ingrid Lacey,
Pauline Black,
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Genres:
Adventure
Starring:
Charlton Heston,
Christian Bale,
Oliver Reed,
Christopher Lee,
Richard Johnson,
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Shiver-me-timbers, this is the best version of the Robert Louis
Stevenson classic! In fact it is a model of cinematic adaptation.
Closely following the book, with whole scenes and dialogue taken
straight from its pages, the film never bogs down into the kind of
stuffy lifelessness that sometimes afflicts adaptations attempting to
be faithful to their literary source. Indeed Fra...
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Genres:
Comedy
Fantasy
Horror
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Zach Galligan,
Phoebe Cates,
John Glover,
Robert Prosky,
Robert Picardo,
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This film is often looked back on as not only the lesser of the two
Gremlins flicks but not a very good movie in general. I just don't
understand it -- I love this movie! It successfully continues the
underlying theme of the original (unlike a lot of sequels which seem to
forget their points entirely): "gremlins" are mythical creatures blamed for
mechanical errors (if an appl...
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Genres:
Thriller
Mystery
Starring:
Rod Taylor,
Valerie Perrine,
Christopher Lee,
Sam Cook,
Terrence Hardiman,
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Mask of Murder is another of those mystery thrillers that borrows plot
points from the slasher movies and giallos that had been popular around
the time. Just like Baby Doll Murders, Out of the Dark and Dead End;
Mask of Murder puts a mysterious killer up against a struggling and
scarily inept Police Force. Christopher Lee's credits over the last ten years have included three
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Genres:
Comedy
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing,
Desi Arnaz Jr.,
John Carradine,
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Genres:
Family
Animation
Fantasy
Starring:
Alan Arkin,
Jeff Bridges,
Mia Farrow,
Tammy Grimes,
Robert Klein,
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The first time I saw this movie was when I was very young. So young, in
fact, that the only things I can remember about this movie are subtle
images; I couldn't even remember if I liked it or not. Now, more than
twelve years later and after reading the book, I can honestly say that
this is a truly great film.I have seen very few films that have actually brought me close to
tear...
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Genres:
Family
Animation
Fantasy
Starring:
Alan Arkin,
Jeff Bridges,
Mia Farrow,
Tammy Grimes,
Robert Klein,
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The first time I saw this movie was when I was very young. So young, in
fact, that the only things I can remember about this movie are subtle
images; I couldn't even remember if I liked it or not. Now, more than
twelve years later and after reading the book, I can honestly say that
this is a truly great film.I have seen very few films that have actually brought me close to
tear...
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Genres:
Comedy
Starring:
Martin Mull,
Tuesday Weld,
Jennifer McAllister,
Sam Chew Jr.,
Sally Kellerman,
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Genres:
Comedy
War
Starring:
Dan Aykroyd,
Ned Beatty,
John Belushi,
Lorraine Gary,
Murray Hamilton,
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1941 is considered to be Steven Spileberg's folly, a screwball farce
about the Japanese invading America after pearl harbour, starring some
of the greatest actors and comedians that ever lived. Some people hate
it, I love it. Sorry for all you haters, but I guess the things I like
are the things you dislike, but for the life of me, I can't understand
why this movie is considere...
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Genres:
Fantasy
Adventure
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Milo O'Shea,
Oliver Tobias,
Emma Samms,
Puneet Sira,
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Director Kevin Connor shot a nice movie for 4.000.000 US$: Arabian
Adventure. If one keeps in mind that this film was produced a long time
before CGI and for such a "low" budget (if one compares is with other
ones), one could say that this film is really successful and a great
fun to watch.The story is a simple fairy of Arabic nights and one night. A young
hero loves the attrac...
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Genres:
Fantasy
Adventure
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Milo O'Shea,
Oliver Tobias,
Emma Samms,
Puneet Sira,
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Director Kevin Connor shot a nice movie for 4.000.000 US$: Arabian
Adventure. If one keeps in mind that this film was produced a long time
before CGI and for such a "low" budget (if one compares is with other
ones), one could say that this film is really successful and a great
fun to watch.The story is a simple fairy of Arabic nights and one night. A young
hero loves the attrac...
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Genres:
Family
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
Starring:
Bette Davis,
Christopher Lee,
Kim Richards,
Ike Eisenmann,
Jack Soo,
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This is a fine sequel to one of Walt Disney's better family projects
Escape from Witch Mountain. The adult stars are Bette Davis and
Christopher Lee as an old dowager financing a mad scientist in some
nefarious experiments.These two happen on the alien kids from Witch Mountain, Kim Richards
and Ike Eisenman, when the kids are on holiday to Earth once again.
They kidnap Ike ...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Starring:
David Carradine,
Jeff Cooper,
Christopher Lee,
Roddy McDowall,
Eli Wallach,
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This film is outstanding, if not a cinematic work of excellence. The
level of camp it displays works well with the oddly exotic Israeli
background it was filmed upon. Many stories are offered about how Bruce
Lee and James Coburn struggled to move this project forward, and how
David Carradine capitalized on his fame in the TV series "Kung Fu" to
pick up the story rights, but the...
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Genres:
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Jon Finch,
Judy Geeson,
Christopher Lee,
Tony Beckley,
Dilys Hamlett,
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Christopher Lee plays a strange psychiatrist who's wife goes missing
and who's the subject of letters mailed to the police saying that he
has killed his wife. The police dive into the case with zeal and find
that things concerning the case just don't really add up.This is a really good thriller with a many nice twists. I like that
you're over half way into the movie before you have...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
History
Romance
Starring:
Oliver Reed,
Raquel Welch,
Richard Chamberlain,
Michael York,
Frank Finlay,
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Don't watch this movie alone. That is, watch Richard Lester's "The Three
Musketeers" with it. The two are actually the same film, shot
simultaneously (in fact, the cast thought they were making one long movie,
to the extent that they were *paid* for one movie; they later sued, as well
they should have). In fact, one who hasn't seen Lester's "Three Musketeers"
might not unde...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Thriller
Starring:
Roger Moore,
Christopher Lee,
Britt Ekland,
Maud Adams,
Hervé Villechaize,
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In Guy Hamilton's 'The Man With the Golden Gun', James Bond still
enjoys a good cigar, and prefers Dom Perignon '62 above the '64
offered...He sure does love Swedish babes, and dares to kiss a talented dancer's
'magnificent' abdomen... He slaps a tall, graceful slim girl, and he
slaps her hard... He attempts to overtake Scaramanga's car by crossing
a canal with no bridge in sig...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Thriller
Starring:
Roger Moore,
Christopher Lee,
Britt Ekland,
Maud Adams,
Hervé Villechaize,
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In Guy Hamilton's 'The Man With the Golden Gun', James Bond still
enjoys a good cigar, and prefers Dom Perignon '62 above the '64
offered...He sure does love Swedish babes, and dares to kiss a talented dancer's
'magnificent' abdomen... He slaps a tall, graceful slim girl, and he
slaps her hard... He attempts to overtake Scaramanga's car by crossing
a canal with no bridge in sig...
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Genres:
Horror
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing,
Michael Coles,
William Franklyn,
Freddie Jones,
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This is a much-maligned film that seems to have been tarred with the same
brush as the dire Dracula A.D. 1972, simply because it updates the Dracula
legend to the present day. Satanic Rites is an infinitely superior movie,
however, and easily the best of the Hammer Dracula sequels. Previous sequels
had seen the Count resurrected only to lurk in the shadows and momentarily
revea...
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Genres:
Crime
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing,
Diana Dors,
Georgia Brown,
Keith Barron,
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Comedy
History
Romance
Starring:
Oliver Reed,
Raquel Welch,
Richard Chamberlain,
Michael York,
Frank Finlay,
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Genres:
Drama
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Edward Woodward,
Christopher Lee,
Diane Cilento,
Britt Ekland,
Ingrid Pitt,
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‘The Wicker Man' follows the story of Sgt. Howie (Edward Woodward) who
travels to the Scottish island of Summerisle to investigate the
disappearance of a young girl. However, the entire population of the island,
including the girl's own mother (Irene Summers), denies that such a girl
ever existed and as the righteous Howie investigates further he learns the
terrifying trut...
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Genres:
Horror
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing,
Stephanie Beacham,
Christopher Neame,
Michael Coles,
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Although it feels a bit thrown together, with its day as night shots, total
lack of continuity and dreadful soundtrack, this film succeeds as a comic
masterpiece. It's difficult to describe the amount of pleasure that can be
gained through Christopher Neame's outrageous performance as Johnny Alucard
(Van Helsing's solving of the anagram is one of many magnificent unintentionally c...
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Genres:
Horror
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing,
Alberto de Mendoza,
Silvia Tortosa,
Julio Peña,
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Genres:
Horror
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Dennis Waterman,
Jenny Hanley,
Christopher Matthews,
Patrick Troughton,
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The last period Hammer horror film with Dracula. The story isn't really
that good--just a bunch of young, good-looking, talentless young actors
getting involved with Dracula (Christopher Lee).There are MANY things wrong with this film: 1) The plot is slight and
heavily padded (even at 90 minutes) 2) There are some ridiculously fake
rubber bats 3) The special effects are dreadful 4)...
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Genres:
Horror
Sci-Fi
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Christopher Lee,
Peter Cushing,
Alfred Marks,
Michael Gothard,
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This is one of my favorite horror movies of the 60's, it has cool jazzy
music & even a band singing Scream and Scream Again, it has Vincent
Price, it has Peter Cushing (as a honcho of some pseudo-Nazi type
army), it has Christopher Lee, hard to tell if he's a good guy or a bad
guy, actually, but overall it's just plain great entertainment. It's
even got acid, no, not THAT kind,...
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Genres:
Horror
Romance
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Geoffrey Keen,
Gwen Watford,
Linda Hayden,
Peter Sallis,
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Three wealthy gentlemen go out during one night of the month for
pleasure seeking (supposedly for charity the wives think) and are
becoming incredibly bored in what they do in that time, as they think
that they've done everything. That's until they meet Lord Courtley
(Ralph Bates) who claims he can give them power if they join him in
some ritual to recreate his dead master, but...
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Genres:
Comedy
Starring:
Peter Sellers,
Ringo Starr,
Isabel Jeans,
Caroline Blakiston,
Wilfrid Hyde-White,
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Terry Southern's novel, "The Magic Christian" is very different from the
film. However the film, which was written by Southern, among other, still
maintains the spirit of the novel.The film is simply a series of vigniettes centering around Sir Guy Grand
(Peter Sellers), and his adopted son, Youngman (Ringo Starr), who goes
about
"making things hot for people," by using his vast...
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Genres:
Romance
Horror
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Rupert Davies,
Veronica Carlson,
Barbara Ewing,
Barry Andrews,
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If a quintessential example of a Hammer Studio's exercise in Gothic
Horror exists, it is probably this film. Not because it is a flawless
piece of film-making, far from it. Rather because this film manages to
squeeze just about all of Hammer's horror-show templates into it's 92
minute running time.Here we have the unmistakeably distinctive set design and music score
by Hammer m...
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Genres:
Horror
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Barbara Shelley,
Andrew Keir,
Francis Matthews,
Suzan Farmer,
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There is a cult in this world that are die-hard fans of Hammer films and
"Dracula: Prince of Darkness" is another one to whet your appetite. Hammer
Studios made their reputation in the horror film genre and all the films
have a cetain look that is their trademark. The sets are rather lavish, it
always seems to be winter and Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing are lurking
around ...
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Genres:
Horror
Starring:
Christopher Lee,
Barbara Shelley,
Andrew Keir,
Francis Matthews,
Suzan Farmer,
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There is a cult in this world that are die-hard fans of Hammer films and
"Dracula: Prince of Darkness" is another one to whet your appetite. Hammer
Studios made their reputation in the horror film genre and all the films
have a cetain look that is their trademark. The sets are rather lavish, it
always seems to be winter and Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing are lurking
around ...
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Genres:
Horror
Romance
Starring:
Daliah Lavi,
Christopher Lee,
Tony Kendall,
Ida Galli,
Harriet Medin,
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Irresistible and genuine Gothic scares, combined with atmospheric
camera-work and breath-taking scenery… Welcome to yet another visual
masterpiece directed by the greatest horror genius of all time: Mario
Bava! "The Whip and the Body" isn't the man's most mentioned
achievement, it's not even in my personal Bava-top 3 and yet I still
rated it a solid 9 out of 10. That shoul...
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Genres:
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Dennis Lotis,
Christopher Lee,
Patricia Jessel,
Tom Naylor,
Betta St. John,
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Genres:
Horror
Starring:
Peter Cushing,
Christopher Lee,
Yvonne Furneaux,
Eddie Byrne,
Felix Aylmer,
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The Mummy capped off an impressive initial run of horror movies from
Hammer Studios. Believe it or not, it was mostly downhill from here;
the company's subsequent efforts tended to be tackier and cheesier. But
the "big three" (Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula, The Mummy)
are all solid horror flicks with, oddly enough, some of the most crisp
and colorful photography I've...
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Genres:
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Peter Cushing,
Christopher Lee,
Michael Gough,
Melissa Stribling,
Carol Marsh,
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Terence Fisher's DRACULA (HORROR OF DRACULA in the USA; 1958) is the best
vampire film of all time. No other picture combines the right amounts of
horror, humor, action, and eroticism. Britain's Hammer Films is legendary
for their horror films--this is the best of them all. Although quite
different from the book in many ways, I feel this picture captures the
spirit of Stoker...
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Genres:
Action
Drama
History
Romance
War
Starring:
Richard Burton,
Curd Jürgens,
Ruth Roman,
Raymond Pellegrin,
Anthony Bushell,
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Thankfully now available in its full 103-minute version, this is one of
Nicholas Ray's strongest works and one of the handful that doesn't bear
the marks of studio meddling. It's an unrelentingly grim tale of
cowardice and lost love which is almost incidentally set during WWII.
Richard Burton manages to deliver cutting, pointed dialogue without
making it hammy, and Curt Jurgens...
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Genres:
Sci-Fi
Horror
Drama
Starring:
Peter Cushing,
Hazel Court,
Robert Urquhart,
Christopher Lee,
Melvyn Hayes,
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'The Curse Of Frankenstein' is a landmark horror movie for several reasons.
Firstly, though Hammer had already released 'The Quatermass Xperiment', a
science fiction movie with some horror elements, it was the studios first
real entry into the genre which it is still revered around the world for.
Secondly, it was the first movie inspired by Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'
made in...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Starring:
Burt Lancaster,
Nick Cravat,
Eva Bartok,
Torin Thatcher,
James Hayter,
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It's doubtful whether any pirate ever looked like Lancaster, rigged out
in a succession of exaggeratedly modish outfits and bleached-blond
hair... He is the 18th-century pirate swashbuckler to end all
swashbucklers!With his mute, but athletic side-kick friend Nick Cravat, Lancaster
leads an island's people in rebellion against the tyrant Baron Gruda...
His damsel is Eva Bartok,...
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