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Adventures in Time and Space: ‘Dr. Who and the Daleks’ (1965) and ‘Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.’ (1966)

October 7, 2018 By retromoviebuff Leave a Comment

At 5:16 PM on 23 November 1963, a new science fiction show premiered on the BBC. What started out as a mild curiosity in a junkyard has grown into the world’s longest-running science fiction series, a grand adventure spanning over 50 years across television, radio, comics, videogames and novels (plus a marvellous, fan-made stop-motion animation series). […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: BBC, British Films, Doctor Who, Gordon Flemyng, Milton Subotsky, Peter Cushing, Science Fiction, TV, William Hartnell, William Russell

Hammer’s House of Horror: ‘The Brides of Dracula’ (1960), ‘The Gorgon’ (1964) and ‘Dracula: Prince of Darkness’ (1966)

June 20, 2018 By retromoviebuff Leave a Comment

Summer in New York and the streets are baking. Luckily, the Quad has been offering film buffs air-conditioned refuge, plus chills of a different kind: a series dedicated to Hammer, the British studio synonymous with Gothic horror. Founded in 1934, Hammer Film Productions churned out mysteries and adaptations of radio serials before finding its niche […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: British Films, Christopher Lee, Hammer, Horror, Peter Cushing

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