The Sorcerers (1967)
The original story for this movie came from John Burke, who for the majority of his career wrote the novelizations for movies such as A Hard Day’s Night, Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors, two volumes of The Hammer Horror Omnibus, Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Moon Zero Two and many more. Director Michael Reeves and his […]
Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974)
In a better world, there would be way more than just one movie with Captain Kronos (Horst Janson, dubbed by Julian Holloway) in it. Along with his partner Professor Hieronymus Grost (John Cater), he’s come to town to investigate a series of vampire-style murders, but while he’s there, why not romance Carla (Caroline Munro), a […]
Berserk! (1967)
Joan Crawford’s second-to-last big-screen appearance — Trog would be the final movie she made — Berserk! posits a world where the ageless Ms. Crawford rules a circus and of course sleeps with the hottest performer in the show. Is she in her late forties? Fifties? Perhaps even nearing sixty? Who can say and who really cares, as […]
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Shot back-to-back with The Reptile using the same sets, The Plague of the Zombies is all about a Cornish village that finds many of its inhabitants mysteriously dying and then rising from their graves and are working in a tin mine. This isn’t a fallen satellite or hell bring full. This is voodoo in 1860s England […]
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
From flesh and innocence, Frankenstein has created the ultimate in evil. A beautiful woman with the soul of the devil! With a tagline like that, how can you not watch this movie? The fourth film in Hammer’s Frankenstein series is a thought-provoking exploration of the soul and morality. It’s the one in which we stop […]
The Second Coming (1980)
Editor’s Note: On June 26, 2021, we had a “Ron Ormond Day” in tribute to his films. You’ll find the links to the reviews from that day of films — and others — within this review. This is the one Ron Ormond film that eludes the staff of B&S About Movies. Sure, Sam and I […]
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