Britannia Hospital 1982  R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Cast: Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright, Marsha A. Hunt, Alan Bates, Barbara Hicks, Mary MacLeod, Mark Hamill, Peter Jeffrey
The labor dispute in a local hospital is the subject of this heavy satire in which the Queen's visit threatens to become a nightmare when workers refuse to do their appointed jobs.
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Dracula A.D. 1972 1972  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy
Director: Alan Gibson
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Michael Coles, Christopher Neame, Caroline Munro, Marsha A. Hunt, Janet Key, William Ellis, Philip Miller, Michael Kitchen, David Andrews, Lally Bowers, Constance Luttrell, Michael Daly
Count Dracula is again played by Christopher Lee in this film that has him reappearing in London where he is revived by a group of hippies, led by Johnny Alucard (Christopher Neame), who are delving into black magic. Among the hippy group is Jessica Van Helsing (Stephanie Beacham) who happens to be the granddaughter of occult expert Lorenia Van Helsing (Peter Cushing). His grandfather is the Van Helsing who defeated Dracula many years ago. Now that Dracula is back, he targets the Van Helsing family and begins with Jessica. First, Dracula turns Johnny into a vampire, and Johnny then turns Jessica's boyfriend Bob (Philip Miller) into a vampire. Together, they lure Jessica into danger, and the gore continues with only Jessica's grandfather able to save her and put an end to Dracula's current terrors.
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The Sender 1982  R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Christian
Cast: Kathryn Harrold, Zeljko Ivanek, Shirley Knight, Paul Freeman, Marsha A. Hunt, Sean Hewitt, Harry Ditson, Angus MacInnes, Al Matthews, Jana Sheldon, Olivier Pierre, Tracy Harper, Manning Redwood, John Stephen Hill, Monica Buford
A psychiatrist, Gail Farmer (Kathryn Harrold), deals with a suicidal patient who she dubs "John Doe" (Zeljko Ivanek) when he is put under her care. As he mysteriously disappears and then reappears, "John Doe" telepathically sends his thoughts into the minds of doctors and patients at the hospital. The hospital turns into a nightmare situation as Gail tries to help "John Doe" and solve the problems he appears to be causing.
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| 1. Britannia Hospital (1982)
2. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
3. The Howling II : Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985)
4. The Sender (1982)
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