British Cinema Archive

  • Duc de Richleu (Christopher Lee) is welcoming home his pal Rex for their annual reunion where they will do all manner of manly English things like sip tea, eat crumpets...0July 10, 2008

    The Devil Rides Out (1968)

    Duc de Richleu (Christopher Lee) is welcoming home his pal Rex for their annual reunion where they will do all manner of manly English things like sip tea, eat crumpets…

  • Anytime I watch a movie and the opening credits roll by saying that it is based on a play, I cringe. If you’ve ever been to a play the one...0July 10, 2008

    Devil Girl from Mars (1954)

    Anytime I watch a movie and the opening credits roll by saying that it is based on a play, I cringe. If you’ve ever been to a play the one…

  • Here’s what I’m going to recommend to sensitive British chap Bill, the star of this BBC miniseries: a little less time giving me lectures about how we shouldn’t have a...0June 19, 2008

    The Day of the Triffids (1981)

    Here’s what I’m going to recommend to sensitive British chap Bill, the star of this BBC miniseries: a little less time giving me lectures about how we shouldn’t have a…

  • The Day of the Triffids deals with the issue of what happens when a meteor shower happens and everyone looks at it and goes blind. To give you a little...2June 19, 2008

    The Day of the Triffids (1962)

    The Day of the Triffids deals with the issue of what happens when a meteor shower happens and everyone looks at it and goes blind. To give you a little…

  • This has to be my favorite movie about the Crimean War! While the film attempts a half-hearted explanation of the events that take us into the Crimean War through its...0May 25, 2008

    The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)

    This has to be my favorite movie about the Crimean War! While the film attempts a half-hearted explanation of the events that take us into the Crimean War through its…

  • Instantly boring, this British production from the early 1970s about a guy who goes to Greece because he’s impotent and ends up getting turned into a vampire by a hot...0May 11, 2008

    Blood Suckers (1972)

    Instantly boring, this British production from the early 1970s about a guy who goes to Greece because he’s impotent and ends up getting turned into a vampire by a hot…

  • This Hammer Films effort is infamous for the curse surrounding those who made it. Remember the curse of King Tut’s tomb? Ten years after Tut’s burial chamber was opened, six...0May 11, 2008

    Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb (1971)

    This Hammer Films effort is infamous for the curse surrounding those who made it. Remember the curse of King Tut’s tomb? Ten years after Tut’s burial chamber was opened, six…

  • Has the idea of giant blood-sucking moths ever kept you up late at night? Did you ever wonder if maybe in the deepest, unexplored regions of Africa that maybe there...1May 10, 2008

    The Blood Beast Terror (1967)

    Has the idea of giant blood-sucking moths ever kept you up late at night? Did you ever wonder if maybe in the deepest, unexplored regions of Africa that maybe there…

  • I had high hopes for this one when it all started. It was directed by David Lean who knows his way around a decent film or two whether it be...0May 10, 2008

    Blithe Spirit (1945)

    I had high hopes for this one when it all started. It was directed by David Lean who knows his way around a decent film or two whether it be…

  • This movie’s story can be categorized as “rich people who have more time and money on their hands than brains.” Only a person who wipes his arse with twenty dollar...0May 10, 2008

    The Beast Must Die (1972)

    This movie’s story can be categorized as “rich people who have more time and money on their hands than brains.” Only a person who wipes his arse with twenty dollar…

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