A good if flawed film. A good cast of actors and well made. The only downside for me is the moth-person - which is just a person dressed as a moth!

The Gorgon has Hammer's usual quality of great cast and good production values.

Just a shame that the mechanical snakes look so awful.
In an interview Barbara Shelley says that she would have loved to play the Gorgon herself (which the studio wouldn't let her do because then everyone would know who the Gorgon is - even though most people pretty much guessed who it was anyway!) and would have been quite happy to have real snakes on her head - which she says would have looked great - then sighs as she refers to the awful mechanical ones!

That would have been fascinating, shame she didn't play the gorgon I'm sure they could have still disguised her somehow. I didn't mind the mechanical snakes-I felt her presence was still creepily striking enough to have the desired effect.

Yes i'm sure with make-up and dark lighting you could have hidden the fact that it was Barbara Shelley. But there you go...

And as i say, ironically you didn't have to be Columbo to work out who The Gorgon was anyway!

She was also great in Village of the Damned (1960) and if you have seen it-Ghost Story (1974) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071791/
although Marianne Faithfull got all the attention from it.

Didn't like Ghost Story, but Village of the Damned is a classic!

Some pre 1969 flicks I enjoyed recently,

Destroy All Monsters
Voodoo Woman
Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Fine films, all of them!

Destroy All Monsters is my fave Godzilla flick.

The Bloody Pit Of Horror (1965)-Italian cheesefest supposedly "based on the writings of the Marquis De Sade". I doubt Sade fans would enjoy the campness of this but I could be wrong. The Crimson Executioner's enthusiasm is hard not to enjoy. But overall a bit too cheesy to wholeheartedly recommend.

what was voodoo woman like,i just bought that movie

it came from outter space
the brain eaters

Watch it and find out!

House On Haunted Hill, love it! entertaining and just campy enough..

Attack of the Puppet People: Crazy doll-maker shrinks people so he isnt so lonely... Camp, Sci-fi/ horror from Bert I. Gordon, light-hearted, harmless fun. :cool:

i just buy movies to look at the cover, i thought that was the point

The Amazing Colossal Man
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After being really disappointed with The Devil Inside, i decided to go a route that rarely ever disappoints me and check out an older film. I really enjoyed this movie. It had all the stuff that makes the older films great. One thing i thought about when watching it was how intimidating it would be to be around this giant man even before he ran off. I've never thought about it during giant monster movies because it didnt really hit me until thinking about it being a person. That added an interesting element to it. Gonna have to check out War of The Colossal Beast soon.

Mr. B.I.G. made some great films.

The MST3K versions are hilarious.

William Castle's Mr. Sardonicus

War of the Colossal Beast is the first horror film I ever saw. I remember those images to this day.

That is one freaky film. One of Castle's best!

I've watched several of his movies and I would have to agree.

It must have really stuck with you for you to remember it so well. It must be good.

Les Diaboliques, by Clouzot. Still can't believe Christina just dies cause she's scared!

House of Wax with Vincent Price last night. Is it blasphemous that I prefer Atwill?

A night of giant ape fun:

"King Kong" (1933)
-Fay Wray

Plot: A film crew discovers a colossal ape living on an island of prehistoric creatures, captures him and brings him to New York (really bad idea)

Phantom's Review: Like you really need to read a review of this film. We all know this is one of the greatest monster movies ever made. Great FX, acting and story, and they didn't need 3 hours to tell it. a true classic from beginning to end.

"King Kong Escapes" (1967)

Plot: IMDB
King Kong is brought in by an evil ruler to dig for precious gems in a mine when the robot MechaKong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle that threatens to level Japan.

Phantom's Review: A not-so-classic (but still tremendous fun) Japanese sequel to "Kong". Goofy as hell, but lots of fun to watch.
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"The Mummy" (1959)
-Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee

Plot: IMDB: In the 1890s a team of British archaeologists discover the untouched tomb of Princess Ananka but accidentally bring the mummified body of her High Priest back to life. Three years later back in England a follower of the same Egyptian religion unleashes the mummy to exact grisly revenge on the despoilers of the sacred past.

Phantom's Review: My personal favorite "Mummy" movie. A little more fast paced than the Karloff classic, but not an "Indiana Jones" style movie like the Brendan Frasier version. Good FX and make up. Stylish sets and costumes (of course, it's Hammer Films) and fine acting from the cast.
A highly entertaining movie.

the frightened woman
gorilla at large

Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman

House of Frankenstein

On a Frankenstein kick right now? ;)

Watch "Horrors of Spider Island" if you really want a laugh! Entertaining just because of the acting and props. I just started a classic horror movie site, go check it out at: http://www.gorezilla.com/ It's a blast finding and posting old horror movies!

It's good for the soul :D

Good to know :)

Saw this as part of the Universal Wolfman Legacy collection. This was my fave of the four movies in that though obviously The Wolfman is still great but I just prefer this for some reason.

My favorite is House of Frankenstein.

voodoo woman

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

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me too,just bought the original frankinstein and the bride of frankenstein

just watched frankenstein.love that movie:Dmuch better than dracula