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Written by James M. Tate / 11/22/2025 / No comments / adventure , anita ekberg , bonar colleano , british , eddie byrne , eunice gayson , fifties , patrick mcgoohan , terence young , victor mature

TERENCE YOUNG'S 'ZARAK' WITH VICTOR MATURE & EUNICE GAYSON

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbdhyX3Cs3MWxMHThwMC1uDy9pHS_aweGJagSCD0YVMLe1VfDsLN3_o_-GY5YyxKJKEzgcGNEXmag1_PEkZsrGne3v5Q-2VvNOu8jmfQXwmjDFW2BW62ZN_7wC7Zx0FmlzamRpJqizj9aJ379dmyeQ6PnHtsqtYDHfTIU1jQBvL8VEaf-Hrknn5W4VRuv/s1510/Screen%20Shot%202025-11-26%20at%201.40.43%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbdhyX3Cs3MWxMHThwMC1uDy9pHS_aweGJagSCD0YVMLe1VfDsLN3_o_-GY5YyxKJKEzgcGNEXmag1_PEkZsrGne3v5Q-2VvNOu8jmfQXwmjDFW2BW62ZN_7wC7Zx0FmlzamRpJqizj9aJ379dmyeQ6PnHtsqtYDHfTIU1jQBvL8VEaf-Hrknn5W4VRuv/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-11-26%20at%201.40.43%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: ZARAK Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Future James Bond directing icon Terence Young made the Arabic Adventure ZARAK so full of bright 1950's technicolor, it's only when the matte paintings of lush background sunsets and deserts are too obvious is it apparent this is basically yet another low-budget British potboiler... but those matte paintings are painted beautifully...<br><br>And with the kind of setup for what would seem a pre LAWRENCE OF ARABIA epic, where a powerful Arab leader father banishes his son Cain-style into the endless sandy wilderness for having an affair with his prettiest of many wives, Anita Ekberg, American import Victor Mature's title character is really a charming anti-heroic bandit straight from any American-shot b-Western...</p><p><span></span></p>

adventure, anita ekberg, bonar colleano, british, eddie byrne, eunice gayson, fifties, patrick mcgoohan, terence young, victor mature

TERENCE YOUNG'S 'ZARAK' WITH VICTOR MATURE & EUNICE GAYSON

Title: ZARAK Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 Future James Bond directing icon Terence Young made the Arabic Adventure ZARAK so full of bright 1950...

Written by James M. Tate / 3/08/2021 / No comments / anna walmsley , creature , eunice gayson , fifties , franchise , francis matthews , frankenstein , hammer films , horror , monster , peter cushing , richard wordsworth , science-fiction , sequel , terence fisher

PETER CUSHING IN HAMMER'S 'THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93wqH2KmdSl3nrG4B1Or7V9zZOj0Z_NxhnsrCJFEPGeZ5g6cA4yRJJ9jeMONFZ4HOomVSZ3rtlyTIM_EwG8m460zkhyphenhyphenYnENwgTiYI28_Tcl6_3oH3nUa5g6zhVp8QfbbAnyLace6Vbwyx/s757/the-revenge-of-frankenstein-australian-daybill-1969-original-film-poster-4304-p.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="757" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93wqH2KmdSl3nrG4B1Or7V9zZOj0Z_NxhnsrCJFEPGeZ5g6cA4yRJJ9jeMONFZ4HOomVSZ3rtlyTIM_EwG8m460zkhyphenhyphenYnENwgTiYI28_Tcl6_3oH3nUa5g6zhVp8QfbbAnyLace6Vbwyx/w400-h300/the-revenge-of-frankenstein-australian-daybill-1969-original-film-poster-4304-p.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The Revenge of Frankenstein Year: 1959 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first and best sequel of the Hammer/Peter Cushing FRANKENSTEIN franchise is also the most faithful to Mary Shelley's novel as the monster isn't initially monstrous... but is simply a tall, vulnerable, formerly living male who speaks with intelligence, and for a reason... </p><p>Beginning with Peter Cushing's "Dr. Stein" working in a town where, despite avoiding a conceited doctors union, has the most patients and respect, and, hiding in plain sight his secret operations remain intact as this movie's "Igor" wants to rid his mangled body for a new one... </p><p></p><p>Added to the cast is a young distinguished doctor played by Francis Matthews as Hans, who figures out Stein's real identity, and is more of an equal than an enslaved assistant, ridding REVENGE of some timeworn horror clichés that, while lacking the colorfully Gothic vibe of other Hammer entries, only falters once the New Creature turns into the inevitable murderous beast in a contrived, rushed fashion... or several, actually. Meanwhile, the ingenue isn't altogether necessary: an unrequited romance sparked when she met the original mangled assistant turned reanimated man comes to nothing in a lackluster finale that still remains edgy, and does have Cushing getting more desperate, and with more to lose. He's often best that way. </p><p><span></span></p>

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PETER CUSHING IN HAMMER'S 'THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN'

The Revenge of Frankenstein Year: 1959 Rating: ***1/2 The first and best sequel of the Hammer/Peter Cushing FRANKENSTEIN franchise is also t...

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