Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde 1971  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, Neil Wilson, Dorothy Alison, Susan Broderick, Ivor Dean, Philip Madoc, Paul Whitsun-Jones, Irene Bradshaw, Tony Calvin, Virginia Wetherell, Dan Meaden, Geoffrey Kenion
Now, here's an interesting twist to Robert Louis Stevenson's tale. Dr. Jekyll (Ralph Bates) is looking for the elixir that will wipe out all diseases; instead, he comes up with a formula that turns him into the beautiful, but evil, woman Sister Hyde (Martine Beswick). Because female hormones are needed for the experiment, prostitutes are lured to their deaths. Finally, Dr. Jekyll tries to fight off the ever increasing dominance of Sister Hyde, but his efforts may be too late. A good performance by Beswick–and she even looks somewhat like Bates.
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Fear in the Night 1972  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Dynasty of Fear
Honeymoon of Fear
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Cast: Peter Cushing, Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Judy Geeson, James Cossins, Gillian Lind, John Bown, Brian Grellis
Peggy (Judy Geeson) is the bride of Robert Heller (Ralph Bates) who is an instructor at a private school. Robert also finds time for an affair with Molly (Joan Collins) who happens to be Headmaster Michael Carmichael's (Peter Cushing) wife. It turns out that Molly and Robert are plotting to drive the already mentally unstable Peggy over the brink and right into their murder plot.
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The Horror of Frankenstein 1970  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Cast: Ralph Bates, Kate O'Mara, Graham James, Veronica Carlson, Dennis Price, David Prowse, George Belbin, Jon Finch, Bernard Archard, James Hayter, Joan Rice, Stephen Turner, Neil Wilson, James Cossins, Glenys O'Brien
After killing his father, Victor Frankenstein (Ralph Bates) inherits the castle–complete with housekeeper Alys (Kate O'Mara) who is also his mistress. Frankenstein is soon busy murdering people to use as body parts for his Monster. Unfortunately, the Monster (David Prowse) didn't get much of a brain in this horror/comedy version of Mary Shelley's tale.
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I Don't Want to Be Born 1975 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Fantasy
aka: Devil Within Her
Director: Peter Sasdy
Cast: Joan Collins, Eileen Atkins, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bates, Caroline Munro, Hilary Mason, John Steiner, Janet Key, George Claydon, Derek Benfield, Stanley Lebor, Judy Buxton, Susan Richards
Nightclub stripper Lucy Carlesi (Joan Collins) rejects the advances of a dwarf working at her club. The dwarf then casts a spell on her. Later, Lucy marries Gino (Ralph Bates), and they have a baby who turns out to be a monster emitting eerie howls. Before long, the baby has attacked everyone it comes in contact with, and the blood-letting includes drowning, hanging, and even a beheading.
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Lust for a Vampire 1971 R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: To Love a Vampire
Director: Jimmy Sangster
Cast: Yutte Stensgaard, Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, Helen Christie, Pippa Steel, Mike Raven, David Healy, Michael Brennan, Harvey Hall, Jack Melford, Christopher Cunningham
This is the second installment of Hammer Films' vampire trilogy that is based (very loosely) on Sheridan LeFanu's "Carmilla." Carmilla (Yutte Stensgaard), the lesbian vampire, is back and is attending an exclusive girls' finishing school in 1830–where the blood should be better.
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Taste the Blood of Dracula 1970 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Peter Sasdy
Cast: Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Gwen Watford, Linda Hayden, Ralph Bates, Roy Kinnear, Peter Sallis, Michael Ripper, Anthony Higgins, Isla Blair
After a wizard is killed, Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) seeks revenge through the offspring of the three killers. Followed by "Scars of Dracula."
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| 1. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
2. Fear in the Night (1972)
aka: Dynasty of Fear
aka: Honeymoon of Fear
3. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
4. I Don't Want to Be Born (1975)
aka: Devil Within Her
5. Lust for a Vampire (1971)
aka: To Love a Vampire
6. Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
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