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Actor: Donald Pleasence

Circus of Horrors (1960)

5 February 200117 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Psycho Surgeon-Circus Master

Director: Sidney Hayers
Actors: Anton Diffring, Yvonne Monlaur, Jane Hylton, Erika Remberg, …
Category: Horror

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

16 December 200012 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Submarine Journey Through the Human Body

Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Donald Pleasence, Arthur Kennedy, …
Category: Science Fiction

You Only Live Twice (1967)

2 December 200113 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

James Bond Film

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Mie Hama, Tetsura Tamba, …
Category: Science Fiction

Matchless (1967)

8 February 20238 February 2023

Rating: ★★

Spy Film/Invisibility Ring

Director: Alberto Lattuada
Actors: Patrick O'Neal, Donald Pleasence, Henry Silva, Howard St John
Category: Fantasy

THX 1138 (1971)

12 November 20029 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Maggie McOmie, Don Pedro Colley, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Pied Piper (1972)

3 December 201918 November 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Jacques Demy
Actors: Donovan, John Hurt, Roy Kinnear, Michael Hordern, …
Category: Fantasy

Death Line (1972)

8 September 19991 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Lost Society of Cannibals in the London Underground

Director: Gary Sherman
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Christopher Lee, Norman Rossington, James Cossins
Category: Horror

Tales That Witness Madness (1973)

1 November 200220 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Joan Collins, Kim Novak, Jack Hawkins, …
Category: Horror

The Mutations (1974)

24 December 200221 April 2020

Rating: ½

Mad Scientist

Director: Jack Cardiff
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Michael Dunn, …
Category: Horror

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

14 September 200217 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Horror Anthology

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, …
Category: Horror

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

20 June 200216 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Film

Director: John Hough
Actors: Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, Eddie Albert, Donald Pleasence, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Uncanny (1977)

6 July 199930 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Cat Horror Anthology

Director: Denis Heroux
Actors: Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Susan Penhaligon, …
Category: Horror

Land of the Minotaur (1977)

17 January 201024 December 2024

Rating: 0­

Minotaur-Worshipping Cult

Director: Costas Carayiannis
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Peter Cushing, Luan Peters
Category: Horror

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

25 February 201310 January 2024

Rating: ★

Gonzo Beatles-Adapted Musical/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Michael Schultz
Actors: Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, …
Category: Fantasy

Halloween (1978)

6 December 200226 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★½

Slasher Film

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, …
Category: Horror

Dracula (1979)

27 May 200214 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Dracula Adaptation

Director: John Badham
Actors: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence, …
Category: Horror

The Monster Club (1980)

6 December 200230 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence, Barbara Kellerman, …
Category: Horror

The Pumaman (1980)

13 August 20209 July 2024

Rating: 0­

Superhero Film

Director: Alberto de Martino
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Walter George Alton, Miguel Angel Fuentes, Sydne Rome
Category: Science Fiction

Escape from New York (1981)

5 July 20026 December 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Action/New York as a Future Prison

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Adrienne Barbeau, …
Category: Science Fiction

Halloween II (1981)

1 February 200222 October 2021

Rating: ★★½

Slasher Film

Director: Rick Rosenthal
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Lance Guest, Charles Cyphers, …
Category: Horror

Alone in the Dark (1982)

6 May 199929 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Slasher Parody/Escaped Madmen

Director: Jack Sholder
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Dwight Schultz, …
Category: Horror

Phenomena (1985)

3 September 19997 January 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Giallo Thriller/Insect Telepathy

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Jennifer Connelly, Donald Pleasence, Daria Nicolodi, Dalila Di Lazzaro, …
Category: Horror

Nothing Underneath (1985)

6 February 20246 February 2024

Rating: ★★★

Giallo Film

Director: Carlo Vanzina
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Tom Schanley, Renee Simonsen, Nicola Perring, …
Category: Horror

Prince of Darkness (1987)

6 April 200424 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

The Devil and Quantum Physics

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong, Jameson Parker, Lisa Blount, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)

13 December 200219 March 2021

Rating: ★½

Slasher Film

Director: Dwight H. Little
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, George Wilbur, …
Category: Horror

Nosferatu in Venice (1988)

4 August 199918 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Vampire Film

Director: Augusto Caminito
Actors: Klaus Kinski, Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence, Barbara De Rossi, …
Category: Horror

The House of Usher (1989)

20 May 201425 June 2024

Rating: ★

Modernised Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation

Director: Alan Birkinshaw
Actors: Oliver Reed, Romy Windsor, Donald Pleasence
Category: Horror

Halloween 5 (1989)

5 May 200311 July 2020

Rating: ★½

Slasher Film

Director: Dominique Othenin-Girard
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, …
Category: Horror

Shadows and Fog (1991)

8 June 20015 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Kafka and German Expressionism Homage

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich, John Cusack, …
Category: Fantasy

Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)

1 November 199922 October 2021

Rating: ★

Slasher Film

Director: Joe Chappelle
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Kim Darby, Mitchell Ryan
Category: Horror

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