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Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)

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The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)

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Hammer swashbuckler. In 1588, a crew of pirates fleeing the defeat of the Spanish Armada arrive off...

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

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Hammer SF-horror movie, based on the TV serial of the same name. Builders extending the London...

Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)

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Second big-screen version of the popular BBC TV children's programme. Dr Who, his nieces, and a...

as seen on TV alien invasion

United States of Tara - Season 1

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) in Movies

Feb 12, 2018

What you'd call the economy tour

Archetypal Hammer horror movie from the studio's imperial mid-60s period; unwise English tourists in Transylvania ignore warnings from bad-ass local abbot (Andrew Keir) and spend the night at Castle Dracula. They think they're there as guests; actually they're a kind of walk-in buffet organised by Dracula's butler to help get his boss back on his feet.

A bit of a slow start, but atmospheric and effective, with some good sequences in the second half. Keir stands in for Peter Cushing with his usual authority and charisma. Christopher Lee isn't in it that much, but is good when he appears - there are differing explanations of just why he doesn't have any dialogue. Everybody's idea of what a Hammer horror movie should be like.