This Damnable Life

Horror and Sci-Fi films old and new, weirdo trash, arthouse, forgotten gems, well loved classics, and I'm watching the original Dr Who from the beginning.

Tuesday, 11 August 2020

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

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Campy, energetic, colourful, and gleefully gruesome, The Revenge of Frankenstein is top quality Hammer Horror from the golden years of ...

Sunday, 5 July 2020

The Uncanny (1977)

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I have watched horror films for over 25 years, and I have had cats all my life. Despite this, I had somehow missed the existence of a Mi...

Monday, 22 June 2020

Dr Who #8: Planet of Giants

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A TARDIS malfunction leaves the ship and crew back on Earth but shrunk to miniature size. The Doctor, Susan, Ian, and Barbara are th...

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

The First Rebel (1939) (aka Allegheny Uprising)

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A time waster I only watched for the cast; it is an interesting look at how not to make a John Wayne film. Wayne plays the real-life...

Sunday, 31 May 2020

The Mummy (1959)

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The Mummy comes from that first flush of Hammer studio's late 1950s horror success that also included Dracula and Frankenstein. It ...

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Prophesies of Nostradamus (1974)

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The legendary Toho studio in Japan, home of Godzilla , made a name for itself internationally with apocalyptic films that show cities bei...

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Doctor Who #6: The Aztecs

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The second surviving historical rather than sci-fi story has some excellent suspense, some terrible acting, and some interesting charact...

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