Posted by Leon Nicholson on February 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Fifty Shades of Cinema continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at The Wicker Man starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee.
The Contenders
Choosing a no.1 film from the wealth of cinematic quality in 1973 is no easy task. Crime dramas are well represented by the likes of Mean Streets, Serpico, Badlands and The Long Goodbye; westerns by Peckinpah’s superb Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid and Eastwood’s haunting High Plains Drifter; even the... Read More
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Posted by Leon Nicholson on June 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Eastern Spotlight series continues with Jonathon Dabell taking a look at The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires; the first collaboration between Hammer Films and Shaw Bros., starring Peter Cushing.
By 1973, Hammer Films were in terminal decline as a new era of graphic horror movies pushed the genre into new territory, way beyond anything the studio seemed able to offer. Once they had cut a wide path through the horror field with trailblazing... Read More
Filed under Features, Films, Front Page, Reviews · Tagged with Christopher Lee, David Chiang, Enter The Dragon, Hammer Films, Horror Of Dracula, Peter Cushing, Roy Ward Baker, Shaw Bros., The Curse Of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out, The Exorcist, The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires
