Blood from the Mummy's Tomb 1971  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Seth Holt, Michael Carreras
Cast: Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, James Villiers, Hugh Burden, George Coulouris, Mark Edwards, Rosalie Crutchley, Aubrey Morris, David Markham, Joan Young
Based on Bram Stoker's tale, "Jewel of the Seven Stars," this is a typical Hammer film–but the director, Seth Holt, died shortly before completion of the film. An archeologist (Andrew Keir) searches for, and finds, the tomb of a wicked Egyptian queen. The sarcophagus is taken to London where it is noted that the queen is perfectly preserved. His daughter now appears to have inherited the wicked traits of the queen, and revenge for defiling the tomb begins. Remade as "The Awakening."
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The Lost Continent 1968  G, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Michael Carreras
Cast: Eric Porter, Hildegarde Neff, Suzanna Leigh, Tony Beckley, Nigel Stock, Neil McCallum, Ben Carruthers, Jimmy Hanley, James Cossins, Dana Gillespie, Victor Maddern, Reg Lye
A freighter leaves port with creepy passengers holding secrets and with a cargo of deadly explosives that react with water. During a storm, the ship takes on water, and the ship must be abandoned before it explodes. The boatload of people land on a mysterious island in the Sargasso Sea where killer seaweed and bizarre creatures await them–including Spanish conquistadors who have been battling for hundreds of years.
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Shatter 1974  R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Call Him Mr. Shatter
Director: Michael Carreras
Cast: Stuart Whitman, Ti Lung, Lily Li, Peter Cushing, Anton Diffring, Yemi Ajibade, Liu Ka Yong, Huang Pei Chi, Lau Kar Wing, Lo Wei
Hit-man Shatter (Stuart Whitman) is hiding out in Hong Kong after his latest contract: assassination of an African leader. Now it appears that everyone is on his trail, both gad guys and good guys. Not up to Hammer Productions standards and a departure from the films that made it popular. Michael Carreras finished the film–but only after the first two directors had left the project.
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Slave Girls 1967  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Prehistoric Women
Director: Michael Carreras
Cast: Martine Beswick, Edina Ronay, Michael Latimer, Stephanie Randall, Carol White, Alexandra Stevenson, Yvonne Horner, Sydney Bromley, Frank Hayden, Robert Raglan
David (Michael Latimer) is leading a safari when he is captured by a tribe of natives. He is scheduled to be sacrificed to the tribe's God–a White Rhino–but escapes by being thrown into the past, where things don't get any better. He is captured by a tribe of scantily-clad, brunette women who have enslaved the tribe's blonde women and the blondes' men. Before the blonde leader, Kari (Martine Beswick), can have him satisfy her sexual needs, David escapes and leads a rebellion against the brunettes. OUCH!
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| 1. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
2. The Lost Continent (1968)
3. Shatter (1974)
aka: Call Him Mr. Shatter
4. Slave Girls (1967)
aka: Prehistoric Women
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