Catch-Up Time Again
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Hammer's go at the classic story. They have set it in London rather than Paris and have used a theatre in Wimbledon as the Opera house, budgetary constraints I guess. Which leads me onto the fact that this is quite without threat and certainly lacking violence. Apparently the studio spent so much to get the film into production that they needed to make loads of money in cinemas and opted for getting an A rating rather than the usual X.
That being said, I still really enjoyed this. It's still a thrilling story and great cast. Michael Gough being particularly slimy as our villain of the piece.
It's well worth a watch in my opinion!
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
I've seen this at least 20 times but last night was the first time I've seen it on the big screen. There was a weird audience in the Liverpool Odeon, old ladies, hardcore horror fans, teenagers, drunk people. It was quite rowdy all through the trailers but everyone shut up and watched when the film came on.
Poor Keanu, he was dragged through the wringer for this performance, and yes it is a bit rubbish, but Jonathan Harker is also a bit of a rubbish character so it doesn't really matter. Everybody else is pulling their weight and making up for Keanu doing his best plank of wood delivery
Van Helsing got some audience laughs too, "I want to cut off her head and remove her heart"
Halloween Ends (Thank God) (2022) I don't think the spoiler tags work if you're using the app so don't read ahead if you care about the plot! 