Madeline Smith

  • Terence Fisher – Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

    1971-1980ClassicsHammer FilmsHorrorTerence FisherUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder’s medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.Read More »

  • Roy Ward Baker – The Vampire Lovers [+commentary] (1970)

    1961-1970EroticaHammer FilmsHorrorRoy Ward BakerUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    The Countess is called away to tend a sick friend and imposes on the General to accept her daughter Marcilla as a houseguest. Some of the villagers begin dying, however, and the General’s daughter Laura soon gets weak and pale, but Marcilla is there to comfort her. The villagers begin whispering about vampires as Marcilla finds another family on which to impose herself. The pattern repeats as Emma gets ill, but the General cannot rest, and seeks the advice of Baron Hartog, who once dealt a decisive blow against a family of vampires. Well, almost.Read More »

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