The Brain 1962  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Vengeance
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter van Eyck, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Maxine Audley, Ellen Schwiers, Jeremy Spenser, Siegfried Lowitz, Hans Nielsen, Miles Malleson, Jack MacGowran, George A. Cooper
After a bomb explodes on a rich financier's plane, Dr. Peter Corrie (Peter van Eyck) notes that the dead man's brain is still alive, and he removes it. As the brain gains power, it takes charge of Peter's mind and orders Peter to find the killer. This is the third–and weakest– film based on Curt Siodmak's novel. The previous films were "The Lady and the Monster" (1944) and "Donovan's Brain" (1953).
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Craze 1973 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Infernal Idol
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Jack Palance, Diana Dors, Julie Ege, Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith, Trevor Howard, Suzy Kendall, Michael Jayston, Martin Potter, Marianne Stone
Neal Mottram (Jack Palance) is an antique dealer whose hobby of witchcraft turns into a tale of horror when his African idol, Chuku, demands human sacrifices.
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The Creeping Flesh 1972  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Lorna Heilbron, George Benson, Kenneth J. Warren, Duncan Lamont, Harry Locke, Hedger Wallace, Michael Ripper, Catherine Finn, David Bailie, Marianne Stone
Anthropologist Emmanuel Hildern (Peter Cushing) returns from New Guinea with the skeleton of an early human. When placed in water, flesh grows over the bones, and Emmanuel develops a serum from the blood in hopes that it will cure evil. He tries it on his insane daughter, but it has quite the opposite affect. Emmanuel's brother, James (Christopher Lee), steals the skeleton, rain falls on the bones, and an evil being terrorizes the area. A good period piece with two great masters of the genre.
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 The Day of the Triffids 1962 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis
Cast: Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Mervyn Johns, Ewan Roberts, Alison Leggett, Janina Faye, Geoffrey Matthews, Gilgi Hauser
A meteor shower blinds all who look at it, but Bill Masen (Howard Keel) is spared. The shower also brought alien spores that quickly took hold on Earth, growing into huge, fast-spreading, carnivorous plants, and the blind people are easy targets. Bill searches for others who still have sight in order to save the Earth. Meanwhile, a couple (Janette Scott and Kieron Moore) works in a lighthouse on a scientific solution.
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The Doctor and the Devils 1985  R, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy, Julian Sands, Stephen Rea, Phyllis Logan, Beryl Reid, Patrick Stewart, Sian Phillips
In this Mel Brooks production, Doctor Thomas Rock (Timothy Dalton) enlists the aid of grave robbers to obtain cadavers for his scientific experiments.
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Roy Castle, Donald Sutherland, Neil McCallum, Max Adrian, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Madden, Michael Gough
This trilogy in horror revolves around a fortuneteller, Doctor Schreck (Peter Cushing), who foretells the grisly futures of five young men he meets on a train.
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave 1968 G, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies, Veronica Carlson, Barbara Ewing, Barry Andrews, Ewan Hooper, Michael Ripper, George A. Cooper, Marion Mathie, John D. Collins, Christopher Cunningham, Norman Bacon
After a girl's body, scarred with fang marks, is found hanging in the church bell, the Monsignor (Rupert Davies) performs exorcism rites at Count Dracula's (Christopher Lee) castle. By accident, Dracula is freed from the ice that had imprisoned him, and now the Monsignor must pay the consequences. First on Dracula's list is the Monsignor's niece Anna (Marion Mathie) who works at a nearby pub, but the Monsignor seeks revenge and is only steps behind the vampire Dracula.
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The Evil of Frankenstein 1964 TV, 84 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter Cushing, Peter Woodthorpe, Sandor Eles, Kiwi Kingston, Duncan Lamont, James Maxwell, Katy Wild, David Hutcheson, Howard Goomey, Anthony Blackshaw, David Conville, Caron Gardner, Steven Geray, Alister Williamson
After his monster (Kiwi Kingston) is found frozen in a glacier, Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) brings it home and enlists the aid of a hypnotist (Peter Woodthorpe) to bring it back to life. Another in the Hammer Studio's films, which is a sequel to "Revenge of Frankenstein" and is followed by "Frankenstein Created Woman."
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The Ghoul 1975 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Night of the Ghoul
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Peter Cushing, John Hurt, Gwen Watford, Alexandra Bastedo, Veronica Carlson, Stewart Bevan, Ian McCulloch, Don Henderson, Dan Meaden, John D. Collins
Dr. Lawrence (Peter Cushing) lives in seclusion in his English manor, which has a locked room in the attic where he keeps his adult son who suffers from cannibalism. The son manages to escape, and murder and mayhem ensues when Daphne Welles-Hunter's (Veronica Carlson) car breaks down during a cross-country auto race, and she seeks help at Lawrence's estate. But, is it really Lawrence's son who is responsible?
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Nightmare 1964 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Here's the Knife Dear, Now Use It
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: David Knight, Moira Redmond, Brenda Bruce, Jennie Linden, George A. Cooper, Irene Richmond, Clytie Jessop, John Welsh, Timothy Bateson, Elizabeth Dear, Hedger Wallace, Isla Cameron
A student at a private school, Janet (Jennie Linden) witnessed her mother murdering her father and now is experiencing nightmares. Her mother is in an insane asylum, but Janet leaves school and returns to the family's mansion where her nightmares continue amidst a strange group of residents (Irene Richmond, David Knight, Moira Redmond, and George A. Cooper)–two of whom are plotting to take control of Janet's inheritance.
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Paranoiac 1963 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Liliane Brousse, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion, John Bonney, John Stuart, Harold Lang, Arnold Diamond, Colin Tapley, Sydney Bromley
Eleanor Ashby (Janette Scott) thinks she has seen her long-dead brother, Tony (Alexander Davion), and believes she is going mad. When it appears that Tony has returned, his wealthy, but dysfunctional family–including brother Simon (Oliver Reed)–have major problems dealing with it and suspect foul play. Jealousy ensues as family members try to figure out what is really happening.
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 Son of Dracula 1974  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Horror
aka: Young Dracula
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, Rosanna Lee, Freddie Jones, Dennis Price, Skip Martin, Suzanna Leigh, Peter Frampton, Keith Moon, Morris Bush
This rock/horror/comedy film was produced by Ringo Starr, but even several songs by Harry Nilsson were not enough to make this film worth watching.
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Tales from the Crypt 1972 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Ralph Richardson, Geoffrey Bayldon, Joan Collins, Ian Hendry, Nigel Patrick, Patrick Magee, Peter Cushing, Richard Greene, Roy Dotrice, Robin Phillips
Five people on a tour of a tomb end up in a crypt where the eerie, comedic crypt keeper introduces five stories–one for each person. Entertaining. A sequel followed the next year.
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They Came from Beyond Space 1967  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay, Michael Gough, Geoffrey Wallace, Maurice Good, Luanshya Greer, John Harvey, Diana King
Aliens crash on the Moon and then invade Earth in order to find assistance in fixing their spaceship. To do this, they take over the minds of Earthlings and use the people for slave laborers. But wait, Dr. Curtis Temple (Robert Hutton) has a metal plate in his head and is immune from the takeover. Being a socially conscious person, he heads to the Moon to talk sense into the aliens.
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Torture Garden 1967 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing, Barbara Ewing, Michael Bryant, Maurice Denham, John Standing, Robert Hutton, John Phillips, Michael Ripper, Bernard Kay, Catherine Finn, Niall MacGinnis, Ursula Howells
During his circus sideshow performance, Dr. Diablo (Burgess Meredith) proclaims, "I've promised you horror...and I intend to keep that promise!" Four separate horror episodes ensue. In "Enoch," a greedy playboy (Michael Bryant) makes sure he gets his inheritance by obeying a talking cat, Balthaza. The second story, "Terror over Hollywood," involves an actress (Beverly Adams) falling in love with a leading man (Robert Hutton) only to learn that he has been turned into a robot, and the same fate lies in store for her. In "Mr. Steinway," a journalist (Barbara Ewing) interviews a concert pianist (John Standing) whose piano is possessed. Finally, in "The Man Who Collected Poe," a collector (Jack Palance) visits a fellow collector (Peter Cushing) and learns that he has brought Edgar Allan Poe back to life, and he is writing stories in the basement.
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Vampire Happening 1971 R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Freddie Francis
Cast: Pia Degermark, Thomas Hunter, Ferdy Mayne, Yvor Murillo, Ingrid van Bergen, Joachim Kemmer, Oskar Wegrostek, Lyvia Bauer, Daria Damar, Kay Williams
Actress Betty Williams (Pia Degermark) inherits a castle in the Balkans but soon learns that her grandmother (also played by Degermark) was a witch and has returned as a vampire. And then there's Count Dracula (Ferdy Mayne) to deal with in this weak attempt at comedic horror with nudity to boot.
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| 1. The Brain (1962)
aka: Vengeance
2. Craze (1973)
aka: The Infernal Idol
3. The Creeping Flesh (1972)
4. The Day of the Triffids (1962)
5. The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
6. Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
7. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
8. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
9. The Ghoul (1975)
aka: Night of the Ghoul
10. Nightmare (1964)
aka: Here's the Knife Dear, Now Use It
11. Paranoiac (1963)
12. Son of Dracula (1974)
aka: Young Dracula
13. Tales from the Crypt (1972)
14. They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
15. Torture Garden (1967)
16. Trog (1970)
17. Vampire Happening (1971)
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