 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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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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Inseminoid 1981  R, 90 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Horror Planet
Director: Norman J. Warren
Cast: Judy Geeson, Robin Clarke, Jennifer Ashley, Stephanie Beacham, Steven Grives, Barry Houghton, Rosalind Lloyd, Victoria Tennant, Trevor Thomas, Heather Wright
A research team is investigating a remote planet when one member, Sandy (Judy Geeson), is attacked and impregnated by a gross monster. She immediately gains super strength and a mad craving for blood to feed her two developing monsters. Thus, the crew members are dealt with one-by-one until she gives birth. The rescue shuttle arrives and finds no one left except the monsters–that wreak havoc on the trip home. Real trash, but an "ugly" bit of fun in this "Alien" rip-off.
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The Nightcomers 1972 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Winner
Cast: Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Verna Harvey, Harry Andrews, Christopher Ellis, Anna Palk
After losing their parents in a car accident, children (Verna Harvey and Christopher Ellis) are put in the care of the housekeeper (Thora Hird), the governess (Stephanie Beacham), and the gardener (Marlon Brando) in their large mansion. The children witness the sexual games of the gardener and the governess and decide to imitate their perverse actions.
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Relative Values 2000 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Eric Styles
Cast: Julie Andrews, William Baldwin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Colin Firth, Edward Atterton, Sophie Thompson, Stephen Fry, Stephanie Beacham, Gaye Brown, Anwen Carlisle
Hollywood star Miranda Frayle (Jeanne Tripplehorn) quickly discovers her fiance's (Edward Atterton) mother (Julie Andrews) finds her lacking as the future daughter-in-law in their aristocratic family. In this comedy, the butler (Stephen Fry) doesn't do it; instead, he comes up with a plan to save the day. Adapted from Noel Coward's 1951 play.
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Secrets 1992  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Danielle Steel's "Secrets"
Director: Peter H. Hunt
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Linda Purl, Gary Collins, Ben Browder, Josie Bissett, John Bennett Perry, Nicole Eggert, Brenda Bakke, Stephanie Beacham, Ray Stricklyn, O-Lan Jones, Tom Hallick
When a man renews an old romance with a star in the TV series he produces, something is different. Why won't she talk about her mysterious past? Made for TV.
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Troop Beverly Hills 1989 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jeff Kanew
Cast: Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas, Mary Gross, Audra Lindley, Stephanie Beacham, Edd Byrnes, Jenny Lewis, David Wohl, Frankie Avalon
This film just doesn't come off right as it tells the story of a Beverly Hills mother (Shelley Long) who is troop leader for her daughter's scout troop. A few good scenes from the rich girls save it some.
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Unconditional Love 2002 PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: P.J. Hogan
Cast: Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Meredith Eaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Lynn Redgrave, Stephanie Beacham, Richard Briers, Marcia Warren, Jack Noseworthy, Daniel Wyllie, Dan Aykroyd, Jonathan Pryce
Grace's (Kathy Bates) husband runs out on her, so, of course, she heads to London for the funeral of her pop-singer idol who had been murdered. There she meets the star's secret lover, Dirk (Rupert Everett), who, also of course, is grief-stricken. The two team up to find the killer, with the trail leading to Chicago. Good cast, weak comedy/mystery.
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Wedding Bell Blues 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dana Lustig
Cast: Illeana Douglas, Paulina Porizkova, Julie Warner, John Corbett, Jonathan Penner, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Edson, Debbie Reynolds, Stephanie Beacham, Leo Rossi
Three unmarried career women head to Las Vegas looking for quick marriages followed by equally quick divorces so they can turn 30-years of age as divorcees instead of old maids.
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| 1. And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
2. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
3. Inseminoid (1981)
aka: Horror Planet
4. The Nightcomers (1972)
5. Relative Values (2000)
6. Secrets (1992)
aka: Danielle Steel's "Secrets"
7. Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
8. Unconditional Love (2002)
9. Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
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