Torture Garden (1967)
Movie
Amicus horror anthology. A group of visitors to a circus sideshow get the chance to take the...
anthology
The Deadly Bees (1967)
Movie
Trouble strikes when an exhausted pop singer, sent on a vacation to a farm, realizes that the...
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
Movie
Hammer swashbuckler. In 1588, a crew of pirates fleeing the defeat of the Spanish Armada arrive off...
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Movie
Third in Hammer's series of Dracula movies. A Catholic monsignor is accidentally responsible for the...
Hammer horror Dracula
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
Movie
Hammer Film's third Mummy-themed horror movie. An expedition to Egypt defies the warnings of locals...
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Mummy's Shroud (1967) in Movies
May 28, 2020
Some decent direction, an unusually good role for perennial Hammer supporting actor Michael Ripper, and some inventive set pieces, but the general lack of imagination and new ideas means the whole thing drags. None of Hammer's A-team are involved (with the possible exception of Ripper) and you do feel the film is desperately lacking a big star or a genuinely new idea. Sort of passes the time agreeably but probably one for Hammer completists only.
Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Book
Revelatory investigation into the police handling of the Yorkshire Ripper Case which spanned over 14...
Sonofdel (6251 KP) rated The Limehouse Golem (2016) in Movies
Nov 3, 2018
David McK (3207 KP) rated Corpse Thief (Joshua Hawke #1) in Books
Feb 26, 2022
I wasn't so sure about the setting of his new series, of which this is the first (and currently only) entry.
None-the-less, I thought I would give it a chance anyway: after all, a gin-sodden opium addicted grave robber ex-policeman who previously participated in the Peterloo massacre is hardly, shall we say, your standard protagonist!
Set in and around London's seedy underground of the 1820s, I got a strong flavour of Jack the Ripper when reading this; of a murderer who strikes at his (or her?) victims before disappearing again, and of whom the authorities seemingly have little interest in apprehending until he - or she! - jeopardises their own interests.
It's interesting, therefore, seeing the life and time from the 'other side', as it were, from the points of view of the downtrodden masses rather than from the rich and powerful.
Be aware, however, that this is NOT a self-contained novel in its own right (well, it is and it isn't), in that some major plot threads are purposefully left hanging for the inevitable sequel.