Dracula: Prince of Darkness 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Revenge of Dracula
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Andrew Keir, Francis Matthews, Jack Lambert, Suzan Farmer, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Thorley Walters, Philip Latham, Walter Brown, George Woodbridge, Philip Ray, John Maxim, Joyce Hemson
This sequel to "Horror of Dracula" again features Christopher Lee as Count Dracula. Tourists visit the grounds of Count Dracula's Castle Karlsbad in the Carpathian Mountains, and one of them, Alan Kent (Charles "Bud" Tingwell), is sacrificed in a ritual to bring Count Dracula back to life. Dracula then turns Alan's wife Helen (Barbara Shelley) into a vampire. Meanwhile, the remaining tourists seek refuge, but Dracula and his new vampire are on their trail.
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Quatermass and the Pit 1967  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Five Million Years to Earth
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover, Duncan Lamont, Bryan Marshall, Peter Copley, Thomas Heathcote, Grant Taylor, Robert Morris
Workers excavating a subway line under London discover the remains of an ancient beast that could lead to the secret of the ancestry of human beings.
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Rasputin, the Mad Monk 1966  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Don Sharp
Cast: Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Dinsdale Landen, Renee Asherson, Derek Francis, Joss Ackland, Robert Duncan, Alan Tilvern, John Welsh
This somewhat historical account begins with the mesmerizing monk, Rasputin (Christopher Lee), being expelled from the monastery. The story continues through his entry into the Russian court where he gains the confidence of the Tsarina (Renee Asherson) through whom he pursues evil plans to undermine the country's power structure.
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 Village of the Damned 1960 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Mystery
Director: Wolf Rilla
Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Martin Stephens, Michael C. Gwynne, Laurence Naismith, John Phillips, Richard Vernon, Richard Warner, Thomas Heathcote, Jenny Laird, Sarah Long, Charlotte Mitchell, Pamela Buck, Rosamund Greenwood, Susan Richards
Twelve children are born the same night in a British village. Strangely, they seem to display no emotions, and all look alike. They are very bright and have telekinetic powers. Gordon Zellaby's (George Sanders) wife Anthea (Barbara Shelley) has given birth to one of the babies, and, a few years later, Gordon educates them but becomes skeptical when he finds that they make people do strange things. Finally, Gordon sets out to destroy the children but loses his own life in the process.
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| 1. Blood of the Vampire (1958)
2. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
aka: Revenge of Dracula
3. The Gorgon (1964)
4. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
aka: Five Million Years to Earth
5. Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966)
6. Village of the Damned (1960)
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