The Deadly Game 1955  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Third Party Risk
Director: Daniel Birt
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Finlay Currie, Maureen Swanson, Simone Silva, Ferdy Mayne, Peter Dyneley, Roger Delgado, George Woodbridge, Russell Waters, Mary Parker, Seymour Green, Patrick Westwood
An American ex-GI, Philip Graham (Lloyd Bridges), is visiting in Spain when he meets an Army buddy, Tony Roscoe (Peter Dyneley), and runs an errand for him. Later, when Tony turns up murdered, Philip is accused of killing him in order to get his hands on certain microfilm containing secret formulas of a pharmaceutical company. Now, Philip must use all means possible to clear his name.
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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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I See a Dark Stranger 1946  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Adventuress
Director: Frank Launder
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley, Michael Howard, Liam Redmond, Brefni O'Rorke, James Harcourt, William G. O'Gorman, George Woodbridge, Harry Webster
Set late in World War II, this is the story of Bridie Quiltie (Deborah Kerr), a young Irish woman who grew up to despise the British. She meets Miller (Raymond Huntley), a Nazi spy who claims to be an IRA member, and he enlists her aid in his spy activities. Meanwhile, English intelligence agent David Bayne (Trevor Howard), who has fallen in love with Bridie, is hot on the trail of Miller. Adventures follow in this well-acted film.
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 The Mummy 1959 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley, Michael Ripper, George Pastell, John Stuart, Harold Goodwin, George Woodbridge, Denis Shaw, Gerald Lawson, Willoughby Gray, David Browning
This is a good remake of the 1932 original Boris Karloff film. The story is about an archaeological dig during which British archaeologist John Banning (Peter Cushing) desecrates the tomb of Princess Ananka (Yvonne Furneaux) and awakens Ananka's lover Kharis (Christopher Lee) who was buried with her. Kharis, the Mummy, returns to life and follows Banning back to England to seek revenge. Dire consequences ensue when Kharis finds that Banning's wife (also played by Furneaux) very closely resembles Ananka.
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Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Eunice Gayson, Michael Gwynn, John Welsh, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Lloyd Pack, Michael Ripper, John Stuart, Arnold Diamond, Oscar Quitak, Richard Wordsworth, Marjorie Gresley, Anna Walmsley, George Woodbridge
Dr. Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) takes on the new identity of "Dr. Victor Stein" and is up to his old tricks of transplanting body parts into a monster. This is a sequel to "The Curse of Frankenstein" and is followed by "The Evil of Frankenstein."
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Two Way Stretch 1960 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Day
Cast: Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Maurice Denham, Lionel Jeffries, Liz Fraser, Beryl Reid, Irene Handl, Thorley Walters, Noel Hood, Myrette Morven, George Woodbridge, Edwin Brown, Wallas Eaton
Three convicts–Dodger Lane (Peter Sellers), Jelly Knight (David Lodge), and Lennie Price (Bernard Cribbins) break out of jail to rob a maharajah, commit the perfect crime, and return to jail for the perfect alibi. With help from Soapy Stevens (Wilfrid Hyde-White), they perform the heist, but then are faced with the problem of where to store the jewels. They decide to hide them in the warden's safe, and wait to be released. That works, but problems lie in their future.
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| 1. The Deadly Game (1955)
aka: Third Party Risk
2. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
aka: Revenge of Dracula
3. I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
aka: The Adventuress
4. The Mummy (1959)
5. Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
6. Two Way Stretch (1960)
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