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Donald Pleasence Movies
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Genres:
Documentary
Horror
Starring:
Moustapha Akkad,
Ana Alicia,
Brian Andrews,
Tom Atkins,
Clive Barker,
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This insightful, well made documentary is about the groundbreaking
horror classic "Halloween" and its seven sequels. Which this feature
has interesting interviews with several of the cast and crew of each
"Halloween" movie, including Michael Myers less sequel "Halloween
3:Season of the Witch". This is a true story of what went great and the
controversies, they had with these pi...
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Genres:
Horror
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Norman Rossington,
David Ladd,
Sharon Gurney,
Hugh Armstrong,
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"Raw Meat" (aka "Death Line") is a truly unsettling experience, a low
budget effort that uses its own limitations to achieve a gritty effect.
The aspects of filth and decay in this movie are absolutely unnerving,
and while the story remains just this side of unbelievable, the very
idea of it was enough to make me a little queasy.As the film opens, the disappearance of a prominent B...
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Genres:
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Paul Rudd,
Marianne Hagan,
Mitch Ryan,
Kim Darby,
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Actually, after seeing the rating on Halloween 6, I have to admit that
I was a bit scared to see this movie, not because it's a horror story,
but because it just had a low rating. But still I wanted to complete
the Halloween series and when I rented this movie, I was really
surprised that I liked it as much as I did. I think the rating is a bit
harsh, this story brought us...
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Genres:
Animation
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Anthony Quayle,
Hilary Pritchard,
Joan Sims,
Windsor Davies,
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Richard williams started this ambitious animated film way back in 1968.
Working with him were some of the original Disney animators such as Art
Babbit and Grim Natwick as well as Ken Harris and Emery Hawkins from
Warners. The film was originally self financed by Williams with money coming
in from his animated commercials. After winning an academy award for Roger
Rabbit he got t...
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Genres:
Animation
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Anthony Quayle,
Hilary Pritchard,
Joan Sims,
Windsor Davies,
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Richard williams started this ambitious animated film way back in 1968.
Working with him were some of the original Disney animators such as Art
Babbit and Grim Natwick as well as Ken Harris and Emery Hawkins from
Warners. The film was originally self financed by Williams with money coming
in from his animated commercials. After winning an academy award for Roger
Rabbit he got t...
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Genres:
Thriller
Horror
Starring:
Robert Vaughn,
Donald Pleasence,
Karen Witter,
John Carradine,
Ginger Lynn Allen,
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Genres:
Action
War
Starring:
Jason Connery,
Francesco Quinn,
Jinny Steffan,
Manfred Lehmann,
Jean Sorel,
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Genres:
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Danielle Harris,
Ellie Cornell,
Beau Starr,
Jeffrey Landman,
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Halloween 5, yeah, this was a disappointment, most fans don't really
dig this sequel which is understandable. It is kind of stupid or just
plain stupid; this is the story that most horror movie sequels try to
rip off, the telepathic powers that get really annoying. It seems like
every horror movie sequel has to have it, Friday the 13th and Nightmare
on Elm Street had it, w...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Starring:
Joan Hickson,
Donald Pleasence,
Adrian Lukis,
Sophie Ward,
T.P. McKenna,
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Well shot and acted, and it transports you to a pleasant hotel in the
Caribbean. Is Donald Pleasance making up his own dialogue? I'm
sure Christie never called anyone a 'saucy mare'. Liberties are
taken with the book, some good (Miss Marple's visit to the
chambermaid's aunt) and some pointless (made up superstitions
about the dead taking revenge). Directors should trust Christi...
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Genres:
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Ellie Cornell,
Danielle Harris,
George P. Wilbur,
Michael Pataki,
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After the failure that was the 3rd Halloween sequel, the writers knew
that was mainly due to the absence of Michael Myers. So what did they
do? They invited Michael back in for the 4th sequel and back into the
story of Halloween. Even though I did enjoy the 3rd sequel, I do agree
that I missed Michael. He's my favorite boogeyman, so it'd be cool to
see him return and ...
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Genres:
Horror
Fantasy
Thriller
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Jameson Parker,
Victor Wong,
Lisa Blount,
Dennis Dun,
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I remember working as an usher when this movie came out. The look on
the faces in the audience after the movie ended was priceless. Most
were either truly disturbed or confused as hell.I thought the premise was unique. It's always been said that the
existence of God can't be proven. Here we have several scientists and
students trying, not only to prove that the Devil exists, but th...
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Genres:
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Fantasy
Starring:
Jennifer Connelly,
Daria Nicolodi,
Dalila Di Lazzaro,
Patrick Bauchau,
Donald Pleasence,
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This movie seems to be either loved or hated. Those that love it seems to
be
Argento fans that have succumbed to the style and imagination. Those that
hate it seems to get annoyed at script flaws, soundtrack, actors
etc.Most of the criticizers seems to have missed the point. Dario Argentos
movies is supposed to be watched and experienced, not dissected looking
for
flaws...
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Genres:
Horror
Starring:
Jack Palance,
Donald Pleasence,
Martin Landau,
Dwight Schultz,
Erland van Lidth,
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Crime
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Starring:
Kurt Russell,
Lee Van Cleef,
Ernest Borgnine,
Donald Pleasence,
Isaac Hayes,
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Snake Plissken is the classic anti-hero, ala Clint Eastwood's
Man-with-no-name. Plissken is an ex-soldier turned criminal,
recruited/blackmailed into rescuing a hostage president from the prison
of
New York City. Plissken is a walking ball of anger and a survival
machine.
He fought for his country but had everything taken from him, so he
started
taking back. Now,...
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Genres:
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Donald Pleasence,
Charles Cyphers,
Jeffrey Kramer,
Lance Guest,
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As sequels go, this isn't a better movie than the original, but what it is
and what it does well, it does really well. I have to say right away here
that I was scared in this movie. There are some truly ingenious and
horrific shots in this film. There are times when you really aren't
expecting what's about to transpire, and when it does, it sends chills
through you.I first s...
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Genres:
Horror
Romance
Starring:
Frank Langella,
Laurence Olivier,
Donald Pleasence,
Kate Nelligan,
Trevor Eve,
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After so many years, Lugosi's performance of Dracula wilts into camp,
and the overblown Coppola version, while visually stimulating, comes
across as so much hyperbole (Oldman was brilliant, but a few of his
lines were poorly delivered, almost laughably so.)But Langella was the master of all vampires, his performance reels with
sexual presence and a charm and sophistication that...
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Genres:
Horror
Thriller
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Nancy Kyes,
P.J. Soles,
Charles Cyphers,
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I have just recently been through a stage where I wanted to see why it
is that horror films of the 90's can't hold a candle to 70's and 80's
horror films. I have been very public in this forum about the vileness
of films like The Haunting and Urban Legend and such. I feel that they
(and others like them) don't know what true horror is. And it bothered
me to ...
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Genres:
Comedy
Fantasy
Starring:
John Denver,
George Burns,
Teri Garr,
Donald Pleasence,
Ralph Bellamy,
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I was reminded of this wonderful gem of a movie the other night when I
watched Bruce Almighty again with some friends. That's been a favorite
of mine in these last few years. Anyway it reminded me a little of Oh
God for obvious reasons, the references to God, and the thought
provoking quality mixed with wit and intelligent comedy.Oh God was one of my favorite comedies growing up. I...
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Genres:
Comedy
Fantasy
Starring:
John Denver,
George Burns,
Teri Garr,
Donald Pleasence,
Ralph Bellamy,
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I was reminded of this wonderful gem of a movie the other night when I
watched Bruce Almighty again with some friends. That's been a favorite
of mine in these last few years. Anyway it reminded me a little of Oh
God for obvious reasons, the references to God, and the thought
provoking quality mixed with wit and intelligent comedy.Oh God was one of my favorite comedies growing up. I...
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Genres:
Crime
Action
Thriller
Starring:
Charles Bronson,
Lee Remick,
Donald Pleasence,
Tyne Daly,
Alan Badel,
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One effect of watching this one is that you will always read Frost's
"Stopping By Woods" from a very different point of view.No question, there's a whole lot of good acting in Don Siegel's "Telefon"
(from Tyne Daly, for instance), but the story, from Walter Wager's novel,
is, at least partly, ridiculous. Criticism of international secret policy
comes off o.k., claiming that what in...
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Genres:
Horror
Starring:
Joan Collins,
Eileen Atkins,
Ralph Bates,
Donald Pleasence,
Caroline Munro,
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Well stone me, what a farce. I actually enjoyed this film.It certainly is, as somebody a long time ago said, a game of three
halves. The first half hour or so is laughably bad, and had me
chuckling throughout. Then the tone shifts slightly and you find
yourself actually getting vaguely interested into what on Earth's going
on and where it could all possibly be leading. And then the...
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Genres:
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
War
Starring:
Michael Caine,
Donald Sutherland,
Robert Duvall,
Jenny Agutter,
Donald Pleasence,
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Genres:
Adventure
Drama
History
Starring:
Richard Chamberlain,
Trevor Howard,
Louis Jourdan,
Donald Pleasence,
Tony Curtis,
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The Count of Monte Cristo as well as The Man in the Iron Mask were both
made for television in the mid to late 1970s and starred the talented
Richard Chamberlain. Yet, because they were originally made for TV,
they seem to have vanished and I haven't seen either on TV since the
early 1980s (though I did copy them to now worn out videotapes). It's a
real shame, as they were firs...
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Genres:
Fantasy
Family
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Eddie Albert,
Ray Milland,
Donald Pleasence,
Kim Richards,
Ike Eisenmann,
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In 1975, I was 11 years old. "Escape To Witch Mountain" played to a
packed house at a now-defunct old theatre called, Miracle. People were
sitting on the floor because they sold more tickets than they had
seats. I'd never seen anything like that before.My dad and step mom took me to the movie and we got the last of the few
remaining seats. They probably only took me because it was ...
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Genres:
Drama
Fantasy
Musical
Starring:
Jack Wild,
Donald Pleasence,
John Hurt,
Donovan,
Michael Hordern,
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Genres:
Drama
Horror
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Mystery
Starring:
Robert Duvall,
Donald Pleasence,
Don Pedro Colley,
Maggie McOmie,
Ian Wolfe,
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I had to check the DVD case twice - made in 1970. The only thing that
vaguely suggests the period in which the film was made are the
blaxploitation-style TV/hologram shows, and I'm stretching for that
one. Lucas' (and Ford Coppola's) realisation of this uniform future
society is immaculately researched and presented in costume, lighting
and shooting and - crucially - in content...
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Genres:
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Gary Bond,
Chips Rafferty,
Sylvia Kay,
Jack Thompson,
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The first time I watched this, I really didn't know what to make of it;
it was so different from any other film I had ever seen. It seemed as
if it was filmed with virtually no budget, the sets and atmosphere were
completely dingy, the setting and much of the language was foreign to
me, and it felt like a kind of homemade independent film. However, upon
a second viewing, I see ...
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Genres:
Adventure
Drama
Romance
Western
Starring:
Candice Bergen,
Peter Strauss,
Donald Pleasence,
John Anderson,
Jorge Rivero,
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I saw "Soldier Blue" quite recently on British Television. About 2 hours
before it was aired, the BBC did a program on George Armstrong Custer,
which
dispelled the story of a 'Last Stand' using archaeological evidence: The
Seventh cavalry made a cowardly dash for it when the Indians attacked.
Unfortunately(or fortunately depending on your point of view) the cavalry
troopers...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Starring:
Sean Connery,
Akiko Wakabayashi,
Mie Hama,
Tetsurô Tanba,
Teru Shimada,
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Throughout Bond's career, the SPECTRE chief had lurked behind the
scenes, masterminding horrific crimes and dispensing ruthless
punishments to those who disappointed him… The "You Only Live Twice"
mission revealed that evil had a human face… Blofeld's love of animals
extended beyond his white Persian cat: he also kept piranhas… His fishy
friends, capable of strip...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Starring:
Sean Connery,
Akiko Wakabayashi,
Mie Hama,
Tetsurô Tanba,
Teru Shimada,
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Throughout Bond's career, the SPECTRE chief had lurked behind the
scenes, masterminding horrific crimes and dispensing ruthless
punishments to those who disappointed him… The "You Only Live Twice"
mission revealed that evil had a human face… Blofeld's love of animals
extended beyond his white Persian cat: he also kept piranhas… His fishy
friends, capable of strip...
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Genres:
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Stephen Boyd,
Raquel Welch,
Edmond O'Brien,
Donald Pleasence,
Arthur O'Connell,
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"Fantastic Voyage" follows a surgical team of three scientists: Dr
Peter Duval, the top brain surgeon in the country (Arthur Kennedy);
Cora Peterson, his technical assistant (Raquel Welch); Dr Michaels,
chief of the medical mission (Donald Pleasance), plus the skipper of
the ship (William Redfield) and Grant (Stephen Boyd) the security agent
for security purposes... The sealed ...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Drama
History
Thriller
War
Starring:
Steve McQueen,
James Garner,
Richard Attenborough,
James Donald,
Charles Bronson,
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This is a great movie which much more historically accurate than it is
often
given credit for. So many who say otherwise are ill-informed and
obviously
don't know much about the actual history of that actual escape. The
depiction of what happened to the recaptured prisoners in the movie of
THE
GREAT ESCAPE is reasonably accurate as detailed on the historyinfilm
site...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Drama
History
Thriller
War
Starring:
Steve McQueen,
James Garner,
Richard Attenborough,
James Donald,
Charles Bronson,
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This is a great movie which much more historically accurate than it is
often
given credit for. So many who say otherwise are ill-informed and
obviously
don't know much about the actual history of that actual escape. The
depiction of what happened to the recaptured prisoners in the movie of
THE
GREAT ESCAPE is reasonably accurate as detailed on the historyinfilm
site...
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Genres:
Comedy
Horror
Starring:
Sid James,
Kenneth Connor,
Shirley Eaton,
Donald Pleasence,
Dennis Price,
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I've finally managed to get my hands on a copy of this movie, after
searching websites, video stores, and many a failed bid on eBay. And
although it's a while since I last watched it, this movie is as good,
if not better, than I remember.Sid James gets the best lines, and delivers them with the consummate
ease of a true professional. Kenneth Connor is a bit like his roles in
th...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Max Bygraves,
Geoffrey Keen,
Donald Pleasence,
Betty McDowall,
Peter Reynolds,
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It may just be that Max Bygraves wasn't particularly interested in
acting, because he was otherwise an extremely successful all-round
performer. He could sing, dance and tell jokes as well as funny
stories. His friendly, cheerful and inoffensive personality won him his
own show and innumerable guest appearances in top-bill variety such as
the London Palladium. For a few yea...
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