65 years ago:
The Camp on Blood Island (UK)
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal an...
1958-04-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/123755
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The first and best adaptation of #JohnWyndham's #TheMidwichCuckoos has an exceptional cast, including the odd coupling of #GeorgeSanders and #BarbaraShelley, and the unnervingly detached #MartinStephens as their son. Director #WolfRilla captures stark scenes of horror as stoic British men are driven to suicide, en route to a bittersweet climactic "triumph." #OnThisDay in 1960, MGM released influential pedophobic chiller #VillageoftheDamned in cinemas across New York and L.A.

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@d4doome Greeat movie! Feels almost like the turning point for Hammer fully embracing the whole late 60s / early 70s exploitation film mold, imo. Need to give this a re-watch soon!
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Terence Fisher's Dracula: Prince of Darkness was the first Hammer film I ever saw so obviously I have a definite soft spot for it.

For a 1966 Hammer film it's surprisingly disturbing. In this movie vampirism is all about female sexuality.

And of course, Christopher Lee as Dracula.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2022/01/dracula-prince-of-darkness-1966.html

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Cat Girl is a 1957 British horror film clearly inspired by the 1942 Val Lewton classic Cat People. Cat Girl fails to live up to its predecessor but having said that it’s still definitely worth a look, mostly for the performance of star Barbara Shelley.

My review - https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2014/06/cat-girl-1957.html

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