Donald Pleasence

Circus of Horrors (1960)

Circus of Horrors (1960)
Rating: ★★★
Feb 5, 2001Psycho Surgeon-Circus Master
Fascinatingly sordid film from the early days of the English horror cycle in which Anton Diffring is a mad surgeon obsessed with facial disfiguration hiding as a circus master and arranging a series of circus-themed deaths for his failed experiments
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Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 16, 2000Submarine Journey Through the Human Body
An all-time favourite based on the notion of a journey through the human body via a miniaturised submarine, an idea that comes with a sublime poetry despite the sometimes dodgy effects and plot holes
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The Pied Piper (1972)

The Pied Piper (1972)
Rating: ★★★½
Dec 3, 2019Fairytale Adaptation
The first dark adult fairytale. Up until this point, fairytales on film had been in the realm of Disney or outings by various comedians. This roots the familiar tale in an historical reality surrounded by the Black Death, The Inquisition and Anti-Semitism
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Rating: ★
Feb 25, 2013Gonzo Beatles-Adapted Musical/Classic Bad Movie
A real what-were-they-thinking turkey where someone had the idea of turning the Beatles' album into a disco-era film starring The Bee Gees … In trying to contrive a plot around the songs and their surreally psychedelic lyrics, the film frequently makes no sense
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The Monster Club (1980)

The Monster Club (1980)
Rating: ★★
Dec 6, 2002Horror Anthology
Following the collapse of Amicus Films, producer Milton Subotsky went on on his own to make this horror anthology, the bread and butter of Amicus in their heyday. Though he brings in some major horror names – Vincent Price, John Carradine – the jokey tone failed to find any success
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Escape from New York (1981)

Escape from New York (1981)
Rating: ★★★★
Jul 5, 2002Action/New York as a Future Prison
One of the key films from John Carpenter with Kurt Russell giving his best ever performance, a slick exciting action film that imagines a future Manhattan Island having been transformed into a lawless prison
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
Rating: ★½
Dec 13, 2002Slasher Film
Following John Carpenter's departure from the Halloween series, the sequels begin their progression into a series of interchangeable slasher films in which Michael Myers is inevitably released to kill anew
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