4 movies from the Hammer production company!

CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE(1957):

This is the frist of the Hammer Frankensteins, and in
it we have Cushing playing the doctor, and Lee in the
role of the monster! Pretty close in theory to the
original story from the 1930's with just a few changes
here and there, this is actually pretty good, and a good
start for Hammer in the horror genre!! B+

From a reviewer from IMDb.com:

Peter Cushing was good no matter what film he played
in... he took his roles seriously and Dr. Frankenstein was
no exception. This one of Peter's better horror films. He's
brilliant... played this role with passion.

Christopher Lee plays the Creature. It's not role with
dialogue but it is a role which conveys feeling - much
like a silent film star - and Christopher does well as usual.

It's great late night horror film with two of the finest
actors Hollywood has ever seen. This Hammer film is
well worth the hour it takes to watch it.

9.5/10 - Rainey Dawn

After a friend of his is dispatched by Dracula, Van
Helsing decides to take out vengeance on the Count!
A pretty good flick, and the two stars do what they
do best in horror movies, startle the heck out of you!! B

From a reviewer from IMDb.com:

The definitive Dracula movie.

A vampire-hunter, Jonathan Harker, manages to land a job
at Count Dracula's castle. However, while investigating the
Count, he becomes a victim himself. His friend, Doctor Van
Helsing is soon on the case though, and he is much more
resourceful...

Probably the best Dracula movie. Intriguing, engaging and
with a few good twists along the way. Also, quite
compact - to-the-point and doesn't overstay its welcome.

Christopher Lee is back doing what he does best - being
a classic horror villain and being scarily good at it. Peter
Cushing does a fine job as Van Helsing. Just a year earlier
Lee and Cushing appeared in another Hammer horror
classic - The Curse of Frankenstein, with Cushing as Dr
Frankenstein and Lee as the monster.

Good supporting cast. - grantss

I'm a little disappointed in Rainey's review! This is a
great telling of the Mummy, totally different from the
classic The Mummy starring the great Boris Karloff! But
though it's different doesn't make it worse, it just is,
well, different!! A great movie!! A

From a reviewer from IMDb.com:

A pretty good mummy movie about John Banning (Peter Cushing)
and Kharis (Christopher Lee) - fun to watch.

This is NOT a remake of Universal's The Mummy 1932 with Boris
Karloff. Karloff's mummy was Imhotep NOT Kharis. There was bits
and pieces of this film that were reminiscent of the Karloff
classic but NOT a remake of it.

This film is NOT a remake of Universal's Mummy Kharis series
either. Tom Tyler played Kharis in The Mummy's Hand followed
by Lon Chaney Jr. in 3 of the Universal Mummy films (Tomb,
Ghost, Curse).

The film is almost a mixture of all of the Universal mummy
movie stories rolled into one - not exactly but almost.

I would have rated this one higher if the ending made more
since. John Banning shot Kharis in shoulder and looked like
close to the stomach but the mummy Kharis survived. The
ending Kharis was shot and went down in swampy waters. I'm
guessing Banning didn't hit a vital organ but the other
shooters at the end did hit a vital organ. Also the movie
ended abruptly - seems like just a bit more at the end
with John Banning and the other guys "summing things up"
would have really been nice.

7/10 - Rainey-Dawn

Dracula's dead, but not for long! A man stubles upon
a dying Draula and obcounds with his cape, ring and
amulat! Another man talks three very pompous men
into buying the items and helping him in a cerimony
which they promptly are disfusted and beat the said
man to death! Wonder what will happen next!!!

Very minor nudity! B+

From a reviewer from IMDb.com:

This a beautifully filmed movie. The lighting is
breathtaking... in particular when Dracula appears.
Deeply Gothic in every way one can imagine. Simply
breathtaking Gothic eye-candy.

The story is very good. It picks up right where
"Dracula: Prince of Darkness" leaves off. You really
don't have to watch "Darkness" in order to know
what is going on in "Dracula Has Risen" but it is
better that you do in order to understand what
is going on at the beginning of the film when
Dracula is resurrected once again.

This is one of the best films in the Hammer Horror
Films "Dracula" series. It looses nothing from the
first two movies... it only continues the story in a
very dramatic way.

Worth watching if you enjoy Dracula/Vampire
films and Christopher Lee.

9/10 - Rainey Dawn

With a twist to the tale, in this one we have the good
doctor trying to make a well man out of an old friend of
his by transplanting his brain into the body of another
man's!! Many deaths, lots of blood, and a pretty decent
movie!! Really the only minus in the movie is the rape
scene which was totally unnecessary!! B+

From a reviewer from IMDb.com:

Considered to be the best of the Hammer Frankenstein
films, this is the fifth of the seven films featuring
Frankenstein. Peter Cushing is once again Baron
Frankenstein; probably the best ever in that role.

The Baron enlists the unwilling help of Karl (Simon
Ward) and Anna (Veronica Carlson) to remove Dr.
Brant (George Pravda) from an asylum to cure him
and find out how he managed to preserve brains.

The Baron also manages to rape Anna in the process.

Dr. Brant (Now Professor Rictor - Freddie Jones)
plots his revenge on Frankenstein for what he did.

A great ending. - lastliberal

With a twist to the tale, in this one we have the good
doctor trying to make a well man out of an old friend of
his by transplanting his brain into the body of another
man's!! Many deaths, lots of blood, and a pretty decent
movie!! Really the only minus in the movie is the rape
scene which was totally unnecessary!! B+

From a reviewer from IMDb.com:

A very good follow up to "Dracula Has Risen from the
Grave (1968)"... "Taste the Blood" picks up exactly where
"Risen" left off.

The merchant Weller has found the dried blood of Dracula
and his friend Lord Courtley wants to bring back his master.
They meet 3 gentlemen in a brothel that is bored with their
lives and talks them into buying a few of Dracula's belongings.
The men go to an abandoned church and turn it into the devil's
sanctuary, preform a ritual that the 3 bored men refuses to
finish... a refusal that leaves Dracula's servant Lord Courtley
dead. When Dracula is resurrected he vows revenge on the 3 men
that took the life of Courtley.

There is plenty of blood and gore in this film... it's not
nearly as bloody and gory as today's films because the movie
also has a very interesting story to tell and not a
gore-fest! 9/10 - Rainey-Dawn

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