 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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The Anniversary 1968 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock, Jack Hedley, James Cossins, Christian Roberts, Elaine Taylor, Timothy Bateson, Arnold Diamond, Sally-Jane Spencer, Albert Shepherd, Ralph Watson
When a widow, Mrs. Taggart (Bette Davis), insists that her sons–Terry, Henry, and Tom (Jack Hedley, James Cossins, and Christian Roberts)–join her on the anniversary of her husband's death, they are forced to put up with her overbearing ridicule.
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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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Don't Bother to Knock 1952 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney, Jim Backus, Verna Felton, Lurene Tuttle, Elisha Cook Jr., Willis Bouchey
Nell (Marilyn Monroe) is a psychotic woman who becomes unhinged while hired as a babysitter for guests at a hotel.
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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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The Flame Trees of Thika 1981  TV, 355 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Hayley Mills, David Robb, Holly Aird, Nicholas Jones, Sharon Maughan, Ben Cross, William Morgan Sheppard, David Bradley, John Nettleton, Carol MacReady, Paul Onsongo, Tony Osoba
Based on Elspeth Huxley's book, this made-for-TV miniseries relates the joys and struggles of young Elspeth Grant (Holly Aird) and her parents–Tilly and Robin (Hayley Mills and David Robb)–as they begin work on a Kenya coffee plantation in 1913.
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I'll Never Forget You 1951  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
aka: The House in the Square
Man of Two Worlds
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price, Beatrice Campbell, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Huntley, Irene Browne, Felix Aylmer, Arthur Denton, Robert Atkins, Peter Drury
American nuclear physicist Peter Standish (Tyrone Power) is working in England and living in an 18th-century mansion he inherited from an ancestor. One rainy evening, Peter is strolling in the neighborhood when he is hit by lightening. He awakens transported back into the 18th century and is now his own ancestor. While "living" in the past, he meets and falls in love with his cousin Helen (Ann Blyth) and uses his scientific knowledge to help improve 18th-century living conditions. Another thunderstorm shoots Peter back to the 20th century, and he learns from old, family documents that Helen had died before ever marrying. Now his friend Roger (Michael Rennie) introduces him to his sister Martha (also played by Ann Blyth) who looks just like Helen, and Peter and Martha instantly fall in love. This film begins in black and white, and then switches to color when Peter awakens in the 18th century.
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Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires 1974 R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Peter Cushing, David Chiang, Julie Ege, Robin Stewart, Shih Szu, John Forbes-Robertson, Robert Hanna, Chan Shen, James Ma, Hoy Ling Liu
Always on the trail of Dracula, Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) ends up in China where he fights a clan of vampires.
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Ma Barker's Killer Brood 1960 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Karn
Cast: Lurene Tuttle, Tristram Coffin, Paul Dubov, Nelson Leigh, Myrna Dell, Victor Lundin, Don Grady, Gary Ammann, Ron Foster, Rex Holman, Byron Foulger, Roy Ward Baker
Facts and fiction combine in this story about notorious Ma Barker (Lurene Tuttle) who taught her sons wrong from right and led them into the world of full-fledged criminals. Their crime spree began in Ohio and ended in a shootout with police at Ma's ritzy Florida hide-out.
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The Masks of Death 1984 TV, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland, Anton Diffring, Gordon Jackson, Jenny Laird, James Cossins, Susan Penhaligon, Marcus Gilbert
Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) comes out of retirement to solve mysterious murders where there were no clear causes, but each victim had a look of extreme fear. Meanwhile, he's been asked to help in locating a missing prince to avoid war. Cushing is a fine Sherlock.
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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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Morning Departure 1950 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: Operation Disaster
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: John Mills, Helen Cherry, Richard Attenborough, Nigel Patrick, Peter Hammond, Andrew Crawford, Michael Brennan, George Cole, Victor Maddern, Roddy McMillan, Frank Coburn, Bernard Lee, Kenneth More, James Hayter, Lana Morris
While on a routine peace-time mission, the submarine "Trojan" strikes a mine and sinks to the bottom of the ocean. All but 12 men are killed. After deciding who will survive, the captain, LCDR. Armstrong (John Mills), manages to get eight men out through the gun hatch and the conning tower. The remaining four crewmen must wait, entombed in the submarine, hoping for rescue.
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A Night to Remember 1958 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Michael Goodliffe, Frank Lawton, David McCallum, Jill Dixon, Honor Blackman, Alec McCowen, Ronald Allen, Anthony Bushell, Robert Ayres, John Cairney, Jane Downs, Kenneth Griffith, Ralph Michael
Based on Walter Lord's book, this is an excellent recreation of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. The account was previously filmed five years earlier as "Titanic." While both films are good, this one is considered better with its attention to details of the disaster, using about 200 actors. Then, there is the 1997 Academy Award winner, which is great but not as historically accurate.
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Quatermass and the Pit 1967 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Five Million Years to Earth
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover, Duncan Lamont, Bryan Marshall, Peter Copley, Thomas Heathcote, Grant Taylor, Robert Morris
Workers excavating a subway line under London discover the remains of an ancient beast that could lead to the secret of the ancestry of human beings.
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The Scars of Dracula 1970 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Christopher Lee, Jenny Hanley, Dennis Waterman, Christopher Matthews, Patrick Troughton, Michael Gwynn, David Leland, Michael Ripper, Wendy Hamilton, Anouska Hempel
This film is good viewing. As one of a number of entries in the Dracula series, Christopher Lee again takes on the role of Count Dracula. This story is about a murder in the Count's castle, and the victim's brother makes the mistake of searching for the killer.
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 The Vampire Lovers 1970 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steel, Peter Cushing, Madeline Smith, George Cole, Dawn Addams, Kate O'Mara, Douglas Wilmer, Ferdy Mayne, Jon Finch, Kirsten Lindholm, Janet Key, John Forbes-Robertson, Charles Farrell, Harvey Hall
Hammer Films gets into more sex and violence in this first of three films based on Sheridan LeFanu's "Carmilla," the tale of a lesbian vampire. Our vampire heroine (Ingrid Pitt) awakens from her death sleep and, using the name of Marcilla, heads to a European town to exact revenge on those responsible for killing off her family. She starts having lesbian encounters and then drains the blood of her "partner." It's time to bring in the vampire killer! Followed by "Lust for a Vampire" and "Twins of Evil."
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The Vault of Horror 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Daniel Massey, Michael Craig, Curt Jurgens, Terry-Thomas, Tom Baker, Anna Massey, Edward Judd, Dawn Addams, Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott, Terence Alexander, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, John Forbes-Robertson, Ishaq Bux
Following the theme of the previous year's "Tales from the Crypt," five men are trapped in an office building vault, and each shares visions of his own death. The five short stories that result deal with a variety of horrors, but with black humor thrown in.
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| 1. And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
2. The Anniversary (1968)
3. Asylum (1972)
aka: House of Crazies
4. Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
5. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
6. The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
7. I'll Never Forget You (1951)
aka: The House in the Square
aka: Man of Two Worlds
8. Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974)
aka: The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula
9. Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
10. The Masks of Death (1984)
aka: Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
11. The Monster Club (1980)
12. Morning Departure (1950)
aka: Operation Disaster
13. A Night to Remember (1958)
14. Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
aka: Five Million Years to Earth
15. The Scars of Dracula (1970)
16. The Vampire Lovers (1970)
17. The Vault of Horror (1973)
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
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