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The Gorgon

The Gorgon (1964) starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
The Gorgon (1964) starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee Synopsis The Gorgon – In a rural village, a series of murders have been committed where each victim was turned into stone. A local professor investigates and finds an evil Gorgon haunting a nearby castle and in search of more...
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The Reptile [Hammer horror]

The Reptile (1966) starring Jaqueline Pearce, David Baron, Nod Willman
The Reptile (1966) starring Jaqueline Pearce, David Baron, Nod Willman Hammer Studios’ The Reptile is a good entry in the “tragic werewolf” genre … With our were-creature being a reptile. A person who the audience actually likes – in human form, at least. Harry Spalding and his wife...
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The Brides of Dracula

The Brides of Dracula (1960) starring Peter Cushing, David Peel, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur
The Brides of Dracula (1960) starring Peter Cushing, David Peel, Martita Hunt, Yvonne Monlaur  In The Brides of Dracula, a young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors...
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Horror of Dracula [Christopher Lee]

Horror of Dracula poster
Horror of Dracula starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing bring the Horror of Dracula to vivid, full-color death in this retelling of Bram Stoker’s tale. Dracula (Lee), a centuries-old Transylvanian nobleman damned to an eternal half-life, regularly finds new victims. He also finds Dr....
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The Mummy (1959) [Peter Cushing]

The Mummy (1959) starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux
The Mummy (1959) starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux Synopsis In The Mummy, three English archaeologists find the tomb of an Egyptian high priestess buried nearly four thousand years before. They discover a guard who had been buried alive with her. And will stop at nothing to protect...
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The Curse Of The Mummy’s Tomb

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) starring Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jeanne Roland
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964) starring Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark, Jeanne Roland Synopsis of The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb is a Hammer Horror film, and it feels like it. When European Egyptologists Dubois, Giles and Bray discover...
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The Mummy’s Shroud

The Mummy's Shroud (1967), starring  Andre Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars
The Mummy’s Shroud (1967), starring  Andre Morell, John Phillips, David Buck, Elizabeth Sellars Synopsis of The Mummy’s Shroud In The Mummy’s Shroud, a small archeological party headed by Sir Basil Walden (Andre Morell) discover the hidden tomb of Kah-to-Bey. Despite a warning from the wild-eyed guardian Hasmid Ali (Roger Delgado)...
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The Revenge of Frankenstein

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) starring Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) starring Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn, Eunice Gayson In Hammer Studios’ Frankenstein films, the focus of the films was not on the monster, but rather on Dr. Frankenstein — an excellent choice. The Revenge of Frankenstein continues where The Curse of Frankenstein left...
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She

She, starring Ursula Andres, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
She (1965) starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Ursula Andres Set in Palestine in 1918 “She“, relates the story of three wartime buddies — Major Horace Holly (Peter Cushing), Leo Vincy (John Richardson) and Job (Bernard Cribbons), who at the end of the war find themselves in the Middle...
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The Curse of the Werewolf

Oliver Reed as the titular werewolf in Curse of the Werewolf
Synopsis for  Curse of the Werewolf  Curse of the Werewolf begins with a beggar arriving at a deserted town.  There a cruel Marques is celebrating his wedding at his castle.   First the Marques humiliates him. Then he imprisons the beggar in the dungeon. Where he’s forgotten.  His only human...
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