Timothy Bateson Archives

Nightmare (1964)

Rating: ★★½

Jul 16, 2019Hammer Psycho-Thriller

One of several psycho-thrillers made by Hammer Films soon on the trail of the success of Psycho. Despite a plot that collapses under its own contrivances, Freddie Francis shoots with amazing cinematographic compositions

Director: Freddie Francis

Actors: Moira Redmond, Jennie Linden, David Knight, Brenda Bruce, …

Category: Horror

16 July 201920 April 2021 by Roog

Twisted Nerve (1968)

Rating: ★★

Aug 4, 2020Psycho Film

A film clearly influenced by Psycho with Hywel Bennett as a disturbed young man with a mother fixation. The film caused some controversy at the time for its wholly unscientific linking of psychopathology and Down's Syndrome

Director: Roy Boulting

Actors: Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Foster, …

Category: Horror

4 August 202012 October 2020 by Roog

A Christmas Carol (1984)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 25, 2024Miser’s Redemption

Well-made and extremely faithful adaptation of Charles Dickens’s perennial Christmas story starring George C. Scott as Scrooge. This brings out story elements other versions skip over

Director: Clive Donner

Actors: George C. Scott, Edward Woodward, David Warner, Frank Finlay, …

Category: Fantasy

25 December 202428 December 2025 by Roog