Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim), is visited by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and learns the meaning of Christmas. This British, B&W version of the well-known story is generally considered to be the finest version by critics and viewers alike, and I agree. If you’re reading this, chances are you are well
Another version of the Dickens’ story in which cruel Ebenezer Scrooge (Patrick Stewart) learns the meaning of Christmas from three spirits. Quick Review: A garden-variety re-telling of A Christmas Carol, there are no huge mistakes, but also nothing to make it more than average. The sets look a bit too much like a sound stage,
A musical version of the traditional Christmas story where old humbug Ebenezer Scrooge (Kelsey Grammer) learns the true meaning of Christmas from three spirits. Quick Review: With so many version of A Christmas Carol to choose from, I can be discriminating. There’s always another to switch to, and I suggest doing so when this is on.
Four old friends (Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman) have a secret, and when the son of one them (Craig Wasson) meets a beautiful, but strange woman (Alice Krige), death soon follows. It’s up to the son to uncover what happened years ago before the beautiful ghost takes her revenge. A sad
Three high school students steal a dead body (Gerrit Graham) after they accidentally lose their school cadaver. Unbeknownst to them, the body has the zombie-making C.H.U.D virus, and soon it is walking around the neighborhood, making more zombies. Quick Review: Yet another ’80s comedy-zombie film. Given a R-rating because they’d used up their quota of PGs,
A young, teenage girl, Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson), dealing poorly both physically and mentally with the onset of menstruation, dreams of a dark, fairytale world where werewolves are a constant threat. In the dream, her father (David Warner) hunts the wolves while her Grandmother (Angela Lansbury) tells her frightening stories. Eventually, she has to don her red, hooded
In exchange for the promise of resurrection of his dead lover, (Arnold Schwarzenegger) agrees to undertake a quest to retrieve a horn that will be used to wake a sleeping god. Conan is accompanied by the thief Malak (Tracey Walter), the wizard Akiro (Mako), the warrior-woman Zula (Grace Jones), the queens guard Bombaata (Wilt Chamberlain),
A rash of murders in a small village have the citizens blaming an unseen giant bat. The kindly professor Paul Kristan (Ralph Morgan), nearly worshiped by the townspeople, has no solution. Worse still, he finds himself ill, blacking out at night as his marriage to a young girl approaches. The poorly titled Condemned to Live
Policewoman Angela Dodson (Rachel Weisz) seeks the aid of demon hunter John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) in finding the secret behind her twin sister’s alleged suicide. The trail will lead them to demons, angels, Hell, and the Spear of Destiny, the weapon that kill Christ and may be the key to the destruction of the world. I
In a repressed society, meek Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) is pushed into a marriage with the surprisingly charming Victoria Everglot (voice: Emily Watson) by his rich and status seeking parents (voices: Paul Whitehouse, Tracey Ullman). Although disgusted by the prospect, the upper-class Everaglots (voices: Albert Finney, Joanna Lumley) have agreed to the arrangement due
Brides are dropping dead at their weddings and then the bodies are being stolen. Female journalist Patricia Hunter (Luana Walters), wanting to prove herself to her boss and male colleague, is out to get the scoop. She finds a poisonous orchid that leads her to Dr. Lorenz (Bela Lugosi) and his youthful wife who has
In old California, sibling vampires Lord Ruthven (Arthur Roberts) and Diana (Glori-Anne Gilbert) compete for the affections of Roxanne (Kennedy Johnston), but both are destroyed by a local padre (Paul Nachy). Now, Dracula (Tony Clay) sends his daughter (Eyana Barsky) to resurrect his old friend, Ruthven. Upon arising, Ruthven finds that the manner of his