British Horror Thread

[Leone Admirer]

For those who live in London who plan to visit it soon, the National Film Theater are showing a season of British Horror Films From the 70's.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/southbank/seasons/horror/titles.php

[Banjo]

I saw THE GHOUL and LEGEND OF THE WEREWOLF years ago. Cushing is in one or both of these I think. Isn't the GHOUL about the family keeping the title creature locked in an attic or basement? I don't remember either being particularly memorable but I'd like to see them again just the same.

Yes Peter Cushing is the guy harbouring The Ghoul in his abode.While not great The Ghoul is much better than Legend Of The Werewolf which i recall is just a rubbish retread of Hammers great Curse Of The Werewolf,which i thinks on that Universal box set i'm still waiting for.

[Banjo]

For those who live in London who plan to visit it soon, the National Film Theater are showing a season of British Horror Films From the 70's.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/southbank/seasons/horror/titles.php

Very peculiar selections LA

Vampyres is just a atmospheric but dull modern vampire flick as an excuse for a couple of lessies to get their kits off-and why not?

Psychomania is an extremely daft saga of a load of hells angels who kill themselves on their bikes but will themselves to live again to create havoc.

Love to see on big screen Johnny Alucard and all the other hippie dudes mixing it up with Christopher Lee in Dracula AD 1972

I haven't seen Death Line in decades and i'm thinking of getting the USA Raw Meat dvd version of it.
 

[Juan Miranda]

Thank's for the info LA. I'll definately be going to the PSYCHOMANIA screening at the NFT 1. Can't resist seing such a pile of hilarious trash on such a giant screen.

[Banjo]

Thank's for the info LA. I'll definately be going to the PSYCHOMANIA screening at the NFT 1. Can't resist seing such a pile of hilarious trash on such a giant screen.

Yeah extremely daft but enjoyable
Loved the hippy-dippy folk songs at Nicky Henson's characters wake and the scene where he bursts out like a bat out of hell from the grave.
My old vid's only in full screen so it does sound tempting

[Arizona Colt]

Is this the same PSYCHOMANIA about the biker gang back from the dead? If so, Dark Sky released this to DVD about two months ago under its original title VIOLENT MIDNIGHT.

[Banjo]

Yep thats the one!
Cheers for that AC.If it wasn't for you i wouldn't know that the USA Death Line dvd is going under the title of Raw Meat.

[Arizona Colt]

Banjo, what do you think of THE UNCANNY? Saw it on TV as a kid. It's in a box set from Carlton with THE MONSTER aka I DON'T WANT TO BE BORN with Joan Collins and Ralph Bates (it's a riot!) and HANDS OF THE RIPPER. This box as well as the TWINS, CIRCUS & COUNTESS box is $30.00

[Banjo]

Banjo, what do you think of THE UNCANNY? Saw it on TV as a kid. It's in a box set from Carlton with THE MONSTER aka I DON'T WANT TO BE BORN with Joan Collins and Ralph Bates (it's a riot!) and HANDS OF THE RIPPER. This box as well as the TWINS, CIRCUS & COUNTESS box is $30.00

Though Jonathn Rigby gives The Uncanny a poor write up in his book i love The Uncanny which like many others is due for a rewatch but i remember one of the four storys with the cats who keep some-one after inheritance prisoner.
Box set sounds great

[Arizona Colt]

It's 3 stories actually and the wraparound. The first involved a lady who murders her employer and her multitude of feline pets trap her inside a cupboard(?) where she is forced to eat catfood(!) The cats themselves end up chewing on their owner.

The second about witchcraft. A mean teenager gets her comeuppance at the hands of a giant cat.

The third with Donald Pleasance deals with an Iron Maiden that is put to good use. I don't remember the crux of the story on that one. Wouldn't mind seeing this one again. Both boxes are out of print if I'm not mistaken but xploitedcinema.com still has some last time I checked.

[Arizona Colt]

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/the-uncanny-p-10649.html

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=hands+of+the+ripper

The Carlton box sets are gone but check these out!

[Banjo]

It's 3 stories actually and the wraparound. The first involved a lady who murders her employer and her multitude of feline pets trap her inside a cupboard(?) where she is forced to eat catfood(!) The cats themselves end up chewing on their owner.

Yes thats the one i can remember fairly vividly and those moggies were truly scary.

[Banjo]

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/the-uncanny-p-10649.html

http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=hands+of+the+ripper

The Carlton box sets are gone but check these out!

Thanks AC.
Maybe these'll pop up cheaper on Amazon sometime!

[Banjo]

Hey i received my Hammer 8 film box set yesterday and i've already watched Brides Of Dracula which is much better than i remember it.Similar to Hammers Countess Dracula they were only using the Dracula title as a marketing ploy because the the vampire baddie in this movie is called Baron Meinster played by a very camp looking David Peel.In fact Peel is the weakest link in this otherwise very good movie but i suppose theres no way Christopher Lee would've fitted the bill because Meinster before, being set loose by some gullible lass, is a bit of a mummys boy,incasturated in a castle bedroom by mumsy who's been sustaining her offspring for several years with any young lady foolish enough to be found wandering around at night alone.But at least we have the definative Van Helsing,Peter Cushing himself who's been sent to investigate these "disappearances" and an excellent storyline plus the photography looks great.
  Theres a couple of things that bother me though.Meinster has the capability of turning into a very tacky looking vampire bat on a string of elastic so why didn't he just reduce himself into this unfortunate creature in order to escape his ankle shackles rather than wait until someones foolish enough to unlock him?Also it seems very strange that once the very wicked Baroness Meinster has been bitten and turned into a vampire she should suddenly develop a conscience and become a sort of ok person?

**** must view   *** recommended  ** watch if bored  *avoid/watch on tv before buying

Frankenstein Created Woman ***
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed ****
Dracula AD1972 ***
Witchfinder General **
From Beyond The Grave ***
Taste The Blood Of Dracula ***
Legend Of Hell House **
Blood On Satans Claw  ****
Wicker Man ****
The Gorgon***
The Fiend *
Vampire Lovers ***
Twins Of Evil****
Lust For A Vampire**
Countess Dracula****
Vampyres**
The Sorcecers****
Theatre Of Blood****
Madhouse**
Oblong Box***
Scream And Scream Again***
Brides Of Dracula***

[Sonny]

nice list you got there Banjo... unfortunately i've only seen one out of the entire list, The Wicker Man, which i own.  Most people don't like it cos they find it "too odd".  I personally think that's precisely its charm. If you've seen the trailer of the remake it seems almost worth the waste of time to watch the movie because it's rather hilarious, it should've been labeled as a comical parody instead of a horror remake. 

I'd certainly recommend the original..