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Posted on March 12, 2014 |
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Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Biography | Drama
Hammer Films' dual reputation for screen shock and flamboyant costume adventure meld in this tale of the real-life "holy man" whose evil charm held the fate of an entire nation in its grip. In early 20th century Czarist Russia, Rasputin (Christopher Lee), a wild-eyed peasant monk, mysteriously demonstrates his healing powers by saving a woman's life and asking only for wine and Bacchanalian celebration in return. Soon Rasputin uses his evil charm and powers to become increasingly manipulative and violent. Ferocious, devious, sensuous and other-worldly, this uncouth peasant ingratiated himself into the lives of the sophisticated royal class. Christopher Lee's multi-layered performance as the monk rates as one of the best portrayals in any film.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Dinsdale Landen
Director: Don Sharp
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Posted on March 4, 2014 |
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The Rainbow Thief (1990)
Drama | Fantasy
A petty crook, in search of the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Christopher Lee
Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Posted on January 5, 2014 |
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La frusta e il corpo / The Whip and the Body (1963)
Horror | Mystery
Kurt Menliff is a ruthless and sadistic 19th Century nobleman who returns to his seafront castle home after years of wondering. He finds himself immediately at odds with his invalid father, a Count, as well as Kurt's spineless younger brother Christian, whom is married to Kurt's cousin and former lover Nevenka. When Kurt is found in his room on the next night, murdered, suspicion falls on everyone which gets more complicated when Nevenka begins seeing his ghost (real or imaginary?) haunting the castle supposedly wanting revenge against his killers…
Starring: Christopher Lee, Daliah Lavi
Director: Mario Bava
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Posted on November 23, 2013 |
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The Mummy (1959)
Adventure | Fantasy | Horror
In the 1890s a team of British archaeologists discover the untouched tomb of Princess Ananka but accidentally bring the mummified body of her High Priest back to life. Three years later back in England a follower of the same Egyptian religion unleashes the mummy to exact grisly revenge on the despoilers of the sacred past.
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux
Director: Terence Fisher
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Posted on October 4, 2013 |
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A Feast at Midnight (1994)
Comedy | Drama | Family
A new student at a British public school forms a secret society centered around cooking and midnight feasting with other school misfits and outcasts.
Starring: Freddie Findlay, Aled Roberts, Andrew Lusher, Christopher Lee, Robert Hardy, Samuel West, Edward Fox
Director: Justin Hardy
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Posted on December 29, 2012 |
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Corridors of Blood (1958)
Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller
In an effort to relieve the suffering of surgery patients, Dr. Thomas Bolton painstakingly develops an opium-based anesthetic, to which he gradually becomes addicted. In order to provide a continual supply of chemicals to continue his experiments and support his addiction, he falls in with a den of murderers who use his signature to sell cadavers to the local hospital.
Starring: Boris Karloff, Betta St. John, Christopher Lee, Finlay Currie, Adrienne Corri
Director: Robert Day
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Tags: Adrienne Corri, Betta St. John, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Finlay Currie, Robert Day
Posted on December 14, 2012 |
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance
When his castle is exorcised, Dracula plots his revenge against the Monsignor who performed the rites by attempting to make the holy man's young neice his bride.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson
Director: Freddie Francis
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Posted on November 27, 2012 |
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Horror of Dracula / Dracula (1958)
Horror
Jonathan Harker takes employment with Count Dracula, ostensibly to catalog his vast library. In fact, he is on a mission to kill the Count, a vampire. Before he can do so however, the Count gains the upper hand and Harker soon finds himself as one of the walking dead. Dracula has taken an interest in Harker's fiancée, Lucy Holmwood and it is left to Harker's colleague, Dr. Van Helsing to protect her. He has difficulty convincing Lucy's brother, Arthur Holmwood, of the dangers or even the existence of vampires. Soon, however, Arthur's wife Mina is targeted by Count Dracula and he and Van Helsing race to find his lair before she is lost to them forever…
Starring: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh
Director: Terence Fisher
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Posted on November 2, 2012 |
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The Devil Rides Out / The Devil's Bride (1968)
Horror
Christopher Lee plays Richleau with a dark elegance and intensity -he's a commanding figure with a trim goatee who discovers that the son of a war buddy has joined a satanic cult lorded over by the quietly malevolent Mocata. Director Terence Fisher, working from a literate script by genre scribe Richard Matheson, creates a strikingly handsome period piece (set in 1920s rural England) dripping in dread as Richleau and Mocata battle for the souls of two young lovers on both physical and spiritual planes. The action scenes are well handled and the towering Lee cuts quite a figure leaping through hoards of robed devil worshippers to save a sacrificial victim, but the film peaks in an eerie supernatural battle in which Richleau and his skeptical party confronts Mocata's demons while protected in a giant pentagram.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Leon Greene, Patrick Mower
Director: Terence Fisher
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Posted on September 5, 2012 |
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Dark Shadows (2012)
Comedy | Fantasy
In 1752, the Collins family sails from Liverpool, England to North America. The son, Barnabas, grows up to be a wealthy playboy in Collinsport, Maine and is the master of Collinwood Manor. He breaks the heart of a witch, Angelique Bouchard, who turns him into a vampire and buries him alive. In 1972, Barnabas is accidentally freed from his coffin and returns to find his once-magnificent manor in ruin. It is occupied by dysfunctional Collins descendants and other residents, all of whom have secrets.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Jonny Lee Miller, Eva Green
Director: Tim Burton
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Posted on April 28, 2012 |
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi
The Gremlins are back, and this time, they've taken total control over the building of a media mogul. In this follow-up feature to the cult hit Gremlins, Billy Peltzer and Kate Beringer move to New York City and meet up with their Mogwai friend, Gizmo, when a series of accidents creates a new generation of diverse gremlins. Billy, Kate, and Gizmo must once again use all their experience to prevent another catastrophe!
Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Christopher Lee, Robert Prosky
Director: Joe Dante
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Posted on April 28, 2012 |
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The Four Musketeers (1974)
Action | Adventure | Romance
D'Artagnan has become a Musketeer. Protestants hold La Rochelle, and the Queen loves Buckingham, who'll soon send ships to support the rebels. Richelieu enlists Rochefort to kidnap Constance, the Queen's go-between and D'Artagnan's love. The Cardinal uses the wily, amoral Milady de Winter to distract D'Artagnan. But soon, she is D'Artagnan's sworn enemy, and she has an unfortunate history with Athos as well. Milady goes to England to dispatch Buckingham; the Musketeers fight the rebels. Milady, with Rochefort's help, then turns to her personal agenda. Can D'Artagnan save Constance, defeat Rochefort, slip de Winter's ire, and stay free of the Cardinal? All for one, one for all.
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston
Director: Richard Lester
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Posted on April 10, 2012 |
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The Wicker Tree (2010)
Drama | Horror
Young Christians Beth and Steve, a gospel singer and her cowboy boyfriend, leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland . When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they assume their hosts simply want to hear more about Jesus. How innocent and wrong they are.
Starring: Graham McTavish, Honeysuckle Weeks, Brittania Nicol, Christopher Lee
Director: Robin Hardy
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Posted on March 23, 2012 |
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The Three Musketeers (1973)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the king. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the cardinal.
Starring: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Christopher Lee, Faye Dunaway, Charlton Heston
Director: Richard Lester
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Posted on March 16, 2012 |
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Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Horror
Dracula is resurrected, preying on four unsuspecting visitors to his castle.
Starring: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Philip Latham
Director: Terence Fisher
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Posted on February 24, 2012 |
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Hugo (2011)
Adventure | Drama | Family
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Posted on November 19, 2011 |
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Boogie Woogie (2009)
Comedy | Drama
An art dealer and gallery owner is desperate to acquire 'Boogie-Woogie', a Mondrian painting he covets above all others. Its owners, the ailing Alfred Rhinegold and his wife Alfreda, do all they can to raise the price by courting rival bidders. A whirlwind of wheeling, dealing and bed-hopping ensues as lives and careers are made and broken.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Heather Graham, Gillian Anderson, Alan Cumming, Christopher Lee
Director: Duncan Ward
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Posted on October 16, 2011 |
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Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Set ten years after the events of 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace', not only has the galaxy undergone significant change, but so have our familiar heroes Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala, and Anakin Skywalker, as they are thrown together again for the first time since the Trade Federation invasion of Naboo. Anakin has grown into the accomplished Jedi apprentice of Obi-Wan, who himself has transitioned from student to teacher. The two Jedi are assigned to protect Padme whose life is threatened by a faction of political separatists. As relationships form and powerful forces collide, these heroes face choices that will impact not only their own fates, but the destiny of the Republic.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz
Director: George Lucas
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Posted on August 16, 2011 |
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The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
James Bond (Agent 007) must find the missing "Solex Agitator," a device that will harness the sun's radiation and give awesome power to whomever possesses it. Also vying for the prize is Francisco Scaramanga, a world-class assassin who brandishes a distinctive golden gun. When 007 discovers he is to be Scaramanga's next target, he is hurled into a deadly game of cat- and-mouse, continuing the search as he evades the killer on his trail. Bond must also contend with Scaramanga's exotic lover Andrea Anders, and Nick Nack, whose small size belies his lethal abilities. Even as 007 enlists the aid of sensuous Mary Goodnight, he must overcome ferocious odds to survive an explosive showdown on Scaramanga's remote island. His adventures draw him into a gripping boat pursuit, a wild automobile chase through Bangkok, and an unthinkable confrontation against an entire martial arts school.
Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Herve Villechaize, Clifton James
Director: Guy Hamilton
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