Run Time - 1:07:16 File Size - 186mb
Title - Scared to Death
Starring - Bela Lugosi, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton, Molly Lamont, Joyce Compton, Gladys Blake, Roland Varno
Directed by - Christy Cabanne
Producer(s) - William B. David
Screenwriter(s) - W. J. Abbott
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Review
The title of this film reveals its secret. A woman is slowly being driven crazy. The depths of her madness are so severe that by the end of the film she actually does die (opps, sorry). Numerous circumstances and images are used to help bring about her strange demise. The true mystery lies in the identity of the antagonist. There are actually several suspects including the maid, her husband, her father-in-law, a mysterious uncle and even a dwarf companion of the uncle.
Starring George Zucco and Bela Lugosi, this is a film that will leave you gripping the edge of your seat and wondering to the very end as to the identity of the real perpetrator. Excellent direction and solid acting create a film that is sure to be a classic.
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Title - The Gorgon
Starring - Christoper Lee, Peter Cushing, Barbara Shelley, Michael Goodliffe, Prudence Hyman, Patrick Troughton, Joseph O'Conner
Directed by - Terence Fisher
Producer(s) - Anthony Nelson Keys
Screenwriter(s) - John Gilling
Review
This film is certainly one of the best ever produced by Hammer Films. The imaginative and daring premise is both refreshing and familiar. Based on the idea that a female spectre is so hideous to look upon that all who do will immediately be turned to stone.
The film boasts an entire host of star power including Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, both of whom are at the top of their game in this excellent film. The score by James Bernard is nothing short of brilliant and scripting by John Gilling is sterling. Excellent photography defines the look that has now come to be associated with Hammer Films. It is teeming with spectacular forests in their autumn glory and somber interiors that cry out to viewers. Terence Fisher's direction in this film is perhaps among his best. Characterization in the film is superb with Lee's character of Professor Meister played to perfection.
Our Gorgon is one of the three gorgons from Greek mythology. It has been terrorizing a village in Europe in 1905. As the moon turns full, villagers are turning to stone when they gaze upon the gorgon. The local doctor is played by Peter Cushing, who works to cover up the rather supernatural deaths by issuing death certificates that are false. The local chief of police is also covering up the deaths out of his own fear. Christopher Lee's character turns up to investigate the matter after two of his friends become petrified and he ultimately solves the mystery.
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Run Time - 1:23:16 File Size - 223mb
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