 And Now the Screaming Starts! 1973  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Stephanie Beacham, Ian Ogilvy, Guy Rolfe, Geoffrey Whitehead, Rosalie Crutchley, Janet Key, Gillian Lind, John Sharp, Norman Mitchell
Catherine (Stephanie Beacham) marries Charles Fengriffen (Ian Ogilvy) and becomes the haunting victim of an old curse put on the Fengriffen family by a servant whose ghost roams around the estate. Catherine gets her first glimmer of what lies ahead on her wedding night when she is raped by the ghost and ends up pregnant. Now, Catherine sets out to uncover secrets of the past.
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Asylum 1972  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
aka: House of Crazies
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Peter Cushing, Britt Ekland, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee, Barry Morse, Barbara Parkins, Robert Powell, Charlotte Rampling, Sylvia Syms, Richard Todd, Megs Jenkins, James Villiers, Geoffrey Bayldon, Ann Firbank, John Franklyn-Robbins
An anthology of four horror tales told by mental patients fill this film with suspense as young psychiatrist Dr. Martin (Robert Powell), who has applied for the job as head of the asylum, is given the assignment of finding out which one of the patients had been in charge of the asylum. In one story, Walter (Richard Todd) murders his wife, and she seeks revenge. Another story involves tailor Bruno (Barry Morse) weaving a coat to bring back his son from the dead. The third story is about schizophrenic Barbara (Charlotte Rampling) inserting her "doppelganger" into Lucy (Britt Ekland). The final story involves toymaker Bryon (Herbert Lom) and his killer robots. A good film for horror buffs.
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 Barry Lyndon 1975  PG, 183 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger, Steven Berkoff, Gay Hamilton, Leonard Rossiter, Godfrey Quigley, Andre Morell, Michael Hordern
What develops when young Irishman Barry Lyndon (Ryan O'Neal) is tricked into leaving home and goes off to seek his fortune at the hands of a number of unsavory characters is the theme of this film. John Alcott's photography makes this movie worth watching. The film received four Oscars as well as receiving nominations for Best Picture, Director, and Writing.
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 The Black Cat 1980  R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Patrick Magee, Mimsy Farmer, David Warbeck, Al Cliver, Dagmar Lassander, Bruno Corazzari, Geoffrey Copleston, Daniela Doria
Supposedly, this film is based on the Edgar Allan Poe story, but the title is about the only thing in common with Poe's work. A wheelchair-bound psychic (Patrick Magee) talks to the dead and to his cat and sends the cat out to take care of his enemies. But who is really in control–the cat or the man? Gore is mild by Lucio Fulci standards.
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The Boys 1961 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Richard Todd, Robert Morley, Felix Aylmer, Dudley Sutton, Wilfrid Brambell, Dudley Sutton, Jess Conrad, Tony Garnett, Allan Cuthbertson, Patrick Magee
Four young men are accused of murder, and now prosecuting attorney Webster (Richard Todd) searches for the motive as their defense attorney (Robert Morley) is looking for leniency. Good, despite lots of British social conscience.
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 Chariots of Fire 1981  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugh Hudson
Cast: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm, Patrick Magee, Alice Krige, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Havers, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, Peter Egan, Nicholas Farrell, Cheryl Campbell, Dennis Christopher, Struan Rodger, David Yelland
This is an inspiring story based on the 1924 Olympic games. Two British runners Harold Abrahams and Sam Mussabini (Ben Cross and Ian Holm) practice their sport while working out personal concerns with anti-Semitism and Christian missionary work, respectively. The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Writing, Costume Design, and Musical Score. Nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Holm) and Director.
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 A Clockwork Orange 1971   R, 137 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Michael Bates, Aubrey Morris, James Marcus, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Carl Duering, Godfrey Quigley, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, Sheila Raynor
Stanley Kubrick's violent film is about a futuristic society in which a psychotic young hoodlum, Alex (Malcolm McDowell), goes on a killing spree and is arrested. His friends and family reject him, and now Alex, as the means of making it impossible for him to commit violent acts, is subjected to mental castration by the frustrated administration. Clockwork orange is defined as not being good from choice. Intense and chilling. 1 User Review
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| | awesome | Anonymous 02/11/2007 | | seen it so many times, read the book, back to seeing it again. |
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 The Criminal 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Concrete Jungle
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Gregoire Aslan, Margit Saad, Jill Bennett, Rupert Davies, Laurence Naismith, John Van Eyssen, Noel Willman, Patrick Magee, Patrick Wymark, Redmond Phillips
Excellent acting helps this film as Johnny (Stanley Baker) plans a robbery while in prison on a three-year sentence. When he gets out, he pulls off the heist and hides the loot when he has trouble with his fence–but is caught due to a jealous ex-girlfriend. Back in prison, his ex-partners, wanting the money themselves, plan a prison break so that Johnny will lead them to the money. The plan works.
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Cromwell 1970 G, 139 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Dorothy Tutin, Frank Finlay, Timothy Dalton, Patrick Wymark, Patrick Magee, Nigel Stock, Charles Gray
Realistic battle scenes highlight this biography of the 16th-century take-over by Puritan leader, Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris), who deposed England's Charles I (Alec Guinness).
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Dementia 13 1963 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: William Campbell, Luana Anders, Bart Patton, Mary Mitchel, Patrick Magee, Ethne Dunn, Peter Read, Karl Schanzer, Ron Perry, Barbara Dowling
As the annual family reunion to mourn the death of the matron's young daughter nears, members arrive and bicker over the inheritance. One heir dies of a heart attack, but his wife (Luana Anders) hides the body so as not to be left out of the inheritance. Then, family members start meeting their deaths by an axe-wielding murderer. Francis Ford Coppola's first "mainstream" movie.
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Demons of the Mind 1972 R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Blood Evil
Nightmare of Terror
Director: Peter Sykes
Cast: Patrick Magee, Paul Jones, Yvonne Mitchell, Robert Hardy, Gillian Hills, Michael Hordern, Kenneth J. Warren, Shane Briant, Virginia Wetherell, Thomas Heathcote
A 19th-century baron (Robert Hardy) keeps his grown children locked up because he thinks they are possessed by demons–which were passed on from their deceased mother. But the good baron has more skeletons in the closet, and Dr. Falkenberg (Patrick Magee) tries to find out what is going on. Another Hammer Films mood piece.
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Die, Monster, Die 1965  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Daniel Haller
Cast: Boris Karloff, Nick Adams, Freda Jackson, Suzan Farmer, Patrick Magee, Terrence De Marney
The home of Nahum Witley (Boris Karloff) was hit by a meteorite. Now, his future son-in-law, Stephen Reinhart (Nick Adams), visits the house and finds mutations of humans as well as animals.
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 King Lear 1971 PG, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Paul Scofield, Irene Worth, Susan Engel, Anne-Lise Gabold, Jack MacGowran, Alan Webb, Cyril Cusack, Patrick Magee, Tom Fleming, Ian Hogg, Soren Elung Jensen, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Barry Stanton
Paul Scofield plays the aging King Lear, father of three very ambitious daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia (Irene Worth, Susan Engel, and Anne-Lise Gabold). Lear bases the decision for whom to leave his kingdom to on who loves him the most. Cordelia won't play her father's game, and he exiles her. Now, Goneril and Regan deceive Lear and plot to take away all of his power. Meanwhile, Gloucester (Alan Webb) and his two sons Edmund and Edgar (Ian Hogg and Robert Langdon Lloyd) have their own problems, which are also based on unfaithfulness and scheming against the father. This intricate Shakespeare play is staged in an interesting manner.
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Luther 1973 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Guy Green
Cast: Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Robert Stephens, Alan Badel, Judi Dench, Julian Glover, Leonard Rossiter, Maurice Denham, Peter Cellier, Thomas Heathcote, Malcolm Stoddard
John Osborne's play is adapted to the screen in this biography of 16th-century religious leader Martin Luther (Stacy Keach). The story covers Luther's growing issues with the Catholic Church and his decision to lead the Reformation movement.
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Masque of the Red Death 1964 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Vincent Price, Hazel Court, Jane Asher, David Weston, Patrick Magee, Skip Martin, Nigel Green, Robert Brown, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Julian Burton
This is one of Vincent Price's best horror films. He plays the villainous Prince Prospero of Spain who hides in his castle while the Bubonic Plague sweeps over the countryside.
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The Monster Club 1980 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Stuart Whitman, Warren Saire, Richard Johnson, Britt Ekland, Simon Ward, Patrick Magee, Anthony Steel
During an interview with a Transylvanian vampire (Vincent Price), three horror stories are related that are programmed to put the mind at "unease." Not as good as would be hoped for with the good cast.
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Pope Joan 1972 PG, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Devil's Imposter
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Keir Dullea, Robert Beatty, Jeremy Kemp, Patrick Magee, Lesley-Anne Down, Olivia de Havilland, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell, Trevor Howard
A woman (Liv Ullmann) disguises herself as a man, rises to power in the Catholic Church, and becomes Pope. Set in the modern era, this story is based on a ninth-century legend. "The Devil's Impostor" is a recut version.
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Rough Cut 1980 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven, Timothy West, Patrick Magee, Al Matthews, Susan Littler, Joss Ackland, Isabel Dean, Wolf Kahler
Problems making this film involved four successive directors and a scriptwriter who refused to use his real name in the credits. The plot involves a jewel thief, Jack Rhodes (Burt Reynolds), who falls for the beautiful Gillian Bromley (Lesley-Anne Down), a Scotland Yard operative who has been sent to lure Rhodes into a trap.
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon 1964 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bryan Forbes
Cast: Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Mark Eden, Nanette Newman, Judith Donner, Patrick Magee, Gerald Sim, Margaret Lacey, Maria Kazan, Lionel Gamlin
Kim Stanley was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role of Myra Savage, a fake medium, who hatches a plot to kidnap young Amanda Clayton (Judith Donner). She then plans to offer her "clairvoyant" abilities to the Claytons as the means of locating Amanda and bringing her home–for a price.
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The Servant 1963 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig, James Fox, Catherine Lacey, Richard Vernon, Patrick Magee, Harold Pinter, Ann Firbank, Doris Knox, Jill Melford, Alun Owen
The roles of master and manservant are slowly reversed as a corrupt Hugo Barrett (Dick Bogarde) finds he can exploit his "master," the bachelor Tony (James Fox), in this study of morality in the world of class distinctions.
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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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Telefon 1977 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Charles Bronson, Lee Remick, Donald Pleasence, Tyne Daly, Alan Badel, Patrick Magee, Sheree North, Frank Marth, Roy Jenson, John Mitchum, Helen Page Camp, Jacqueline Scott, Ed Bakey, Hank Brandt, Iggie Wolfington
KGB agent Col. Grigori Borzov (Charles Bronson) and KGB double agent Barbara (Lee Remick) work against time to prevent Dalchimsky's (Donald Pleasence) plot–of blowing-up a U.S. military base–from coming to fruition. Dalchimsky's plot could re-ignite the Cold War, and, while Grigori and Barbara step quickly into action, they still find time to fall in love.
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Young Racers 1963 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Mark Damon, William Campbell, Luana Anders, Patrick Magee, John McLaren, R. Wright Campbell, Milo Quesada, Anthony Marsh, Marie Versini, Margarete Robsahm, Christina Gregg, Beatrice Altariba
Grand Prix racer Joe Machin (William Campbell) is married to Sesia (Marie Versini), but that doesn't slow him down in the realm of extramarital affairs. Joe's womanizing is the perfect subject that racer-turned-writer Stephen Children (Mark Damon) needs for his book–especially after his girlfriend Monique (Beatrice Altariba) cheated on him with Joe. Steve starts writing his expose on Joe, but later–after their racing duel–Steve has a change of heart, and the two become friends.
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Young Winston 1972 PG, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Simon Ward, Anne Bancroft, Robert Shaw, John Mills, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Hawkins, Patrick Magee, Ian Holm, Robert Flemyng, Jane Seymour
Based on Winston Churchill's autobiography, this film remains true to the author's version of his "My Early Life." Overall good production and acting, with Simon Ward as the young Winston.
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 Zulu 1964  N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Stanley Baker, Michael Caine, Nigel Green, James Booth, Ulla Jacobsson, Patrick Magee, Richard Burton, Ivor Emmanuel, Paul Daneman, Glynn Edwards, Neil McCarthy, David Kernan, Gary Bond, Peter Gill
An army of 4,000 Zulu warriors in South Africa during the 19th century lay siege on a British garrison at Rorke's Drift. A missionary, Otto Witt (Jack Hawkins), warns that Zulu warriors have massacred another British army force, but Lt. John Chard (Stanley Baker) will not give up. He orders his troops to fight the warriors–despite his second-in-command Lt. Gonville Bromhead (Michael Caine) arguing that they should abandon the military post. A great battle scene takes up much of the second half of the movie.
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| 1. And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
2. Anzio (1968)
aka: The Battle for Anzio
3. Asylum (1972)
aka: House of Crazies
4. Barry Lyndon (1975)
5. The Black Cat (1980)
6. The Boys (1961)
7. Chariots of Fire (1981)
8. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
9. The Criminal (1960)
aka: The Concrete Jungle
10. Cromwell (1970)
11. Dementia 13 (1963)
12. Demons of the Mind (1972)
aka: Blood Evil
aka: Nightmare of Terror
13. Die, Monster, Die (1965)
14. King Lear (1971)
15. Lady Ice (1973)
16. Luther (1973)
17. Masque of the Red Death (1964)
18. The Monster Club (1980)
19. Pope Joan (1972)
aka: The Devil's Imposter
20. Rough Cut (1980)
21. Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
22. The Servant (1963)
23. Tales from the Crypt (1972)
24. Telefon (1977)
25. The Trojan Women (1971)
26. You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
27. Young Racers (1963)
28. Young Winston (1972)
29. Zulu (1964)
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