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Written by James M. Tate / 6/26/2025 / No comments / body count , horror , jack watson , john leyton , lynne frederick , pete walker , seventies , stephanie beacham , thriller

LYNNE FREDERICK AND STEPHANIE BEACHAM STALKING 'SCHIZO'

<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/AVvXsEhDFkFXWc0-9dyWlrp73h68Vd2iNyjHkKfF0ZP86O_orVWkO6qUPr4F4BJc0E6GIB1-NgIvORtv3KFokzC67IgK3dPG7sI5yjYVbzLOjHRQ52AZtf0Zmd-34k9rFve-VVjLShlIbOPlpmNOrSuRQ4YcC0zzKuewjgNbaABwpSz9EZfukxetKBM3na-FV0In/s1412/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-28%20at%2012.32.13%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFkFXWc0-9dyWlrp73h68Vd2iNyjHkKfF0ZP86O_orVWkO6qUPr4F4BJc0E6GIB1-NgIvORtv3KFokzC67IgK3dPG7sI5yjYVbzLOjHRQ52AZtf0Zmd-34k9rFve-VVjLShlIbOPlpmNOrSuRQ4YcC0zzKuewjgNbaABwpSz9EZfukxetKBM3na-FV0In/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-28%20at%2012.32.13%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynne Frederick in SCHIZO Year: 1975 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>Controversial low-budget-exploitation director Pete Walker comparably taking a more traditional horror/slasher route in what's still a groundbreaking horror/slasher suspense flick SCHIZO that, like its primary inspiration PSYCHO, plays deliberately on a twist that envelopes pretty much everyone and everything... All while being deliberately contrived into an overly-obvious antagonistic lens on old, troubled and seemingly psychotic Jack Watson, desperately attempting to reunite with daughter Lynne Frederick, a championship skater about to be married to a man far too old and dull for someone so young and downright gorgeous...

body count, horror, jack watson, john leyton, lynne frederick, pete walker, seventies, stephanie beacham, thriller

LYNNE FREDERICK AND STEPHANIE BEACHAM STALKING 'SCHIZO'

Lynne Frederick in SCHIZO Year: 1975 Rating: **** Controversial low-budget-exploitation director Pete Walker comparably taking a more tradit...

HAMMER'S SWINGING LONDON COMEBACK OF 'DRACULA A.D. 1972'

<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/AVvXsEjM7qOR0zD_28WY4P1xpRjVH_o6hAdjsh8XSzI5EjFQ8ha496EIdQlRlZt8g37HnKWqDb9oBnkM0EJDWKoXZ4NwtSnIlFhod9JuZBVojt1Am7mscTe-5WJO-KgXvADiptu0twbFTU24BHQg_FqjGDUdNp_VgpyJK4Oobgk0bk7fg_V_JPeZZuUv4orK2uKm/s1644/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-31%20at%204.28.15%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7qOR0zD_28WY4P1xpRjVH_o6hAdjsh8XSzI5EjFQ8ha496EIdQlRlZt8g37HnKWqDb9oBnkM0EJDWKoXZ4NwtSnIlFhod9JuZBVojt1Am7mscTe-5WJO-KgXvADiptu0twbFTU24BHQg_FqjGDUdNp_VgpyJK4Oobgk0bk7fg_V_JPeZZuUv4orK2uKm/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-31%20at%204.28.15%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peter Cushing scolds Christopher Neame in Dracula A.D. 1972 Rating: ****1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>A year after Hammer's progressively-sexual <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/karstein">Karstein Trilogy</a>, thrusting the classic vampire-horror into the counter-culture sensibilities while remaining in their signature Victorian Era, they finally skipped to the present, built right into the DRACULA A. D. 1972 title... And while Peter Cushing's college professor Van Helsing heir has several long bouts of exposition and two third-act vampire battles, Christopher Lee basically hangs around at the same gothic church where he was reawakened by a young British swinger, who's basically the main character here, or at least, technically speaking, the most important...

caroline munro, christopher lee, christopher neame, dracula, exploitation, hammer films, janet key, marsha a. hunt, michael coles, peter cushing, pip miller, seventies, stephanie beacham, vampire

HAMMER'S SWINGING LONDON COMEBACK OF 'DRACULA A.D. 1972'

Peter Cushing scolds Christopher Neame in Dracula A.D. 1972 Rating: ****1/2 A year after Hammer's progressively-sexual Karstein Trilogy ...

MARLON BRANDO IN MICHAEL WINNER'S 'THE NIGHTCOMERS'

<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/AVvXsEgQ1FDaSRB-PKGh9Nl0WYWnBOQ6tLniqqNG11RR6QE5OTCawm6-hzVEh7G8E_NReyx54Gz3oOb6XPdmX7b0sFWjds9uEx0kTuDT9fvxrXaDKazOvo4eBJRRjC71Veu8_YSnIrS9VRCFkkipmFxn5E0Y8SqmVl-y3fBmsbnsgnppdcHPyOcnbohaUKf963py/s1924/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-24%20at%209.38.35%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1924" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1FDaSRB-PKGh9Nl0WYWnBOQ6tLniqqNG11RR6QE5OTCawm6-hzVEh7G8E_NReyx54Gz3oOb6XPdmX7b0sFWjds9uEx0kTuDT9fvxrXaDKazOvo4eBJRRjC71Veu8_YSnIrS9VRCFkkipmFxn5E0Y8SqmVl-y3fBmsbnsgnppdcHPyOcnbohaUKf963py/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-24%20at%209.38.35%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: THE NIGHTCOMERS Director: Michael Winner Year: 1971 Rating: ***</td></tr></tbody></table>Marlon Brando's THE GODFATHER comeback was more of a legacy accreditation for an entire career, blending with the STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE and ON THE WATERFRONT roles as if all the forgettable films in-between didn't exist; and here's another that (although better than most at that time) perhaps he could have avoided... Strangely enough, the title NIGHTCOMERS fits the adaptation of Henry James's enigmatic supernatural short story TURN OF THE SCREW ala 1961's THE INNOCENTS as two ghosts (our lovers here, when alive) arrive/come at night, appearing before the same children along with their caretaker: the latter arriving at the tail-end, connected to the famous predecessor... but was the Henry James tale relevant enough for an entire prequel/backstory?

anna palk, christopher ellis, gothic, harry andrews, henry james, horror, marlon brando, michael winner, prequel, seventies, stephanie beacham, thriller, verna harvey

MARLON BRANDO IN MICHAEL WINNER'S 'THE NIGHTCOMERS'

Title: THE NIGHTCOMERS Director: Michael Winner Year: 1971 Rating: *** Marlon Brando's THE GODFATHER comeback was more of a legacy accre...

VINTAGE HAMMER FILMS GOES MODERN FOR 'DRACULA A.D. 1972'

<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/AVvXsEjLH-qKYnvcvmdGe2Gg8MLEyhsicsffMf6MVQt1wz_cT28Eq22qYpwnefTHZXd1rqcw08GP9Une8o76z3icaZq4OjpDn6ln00Rsd6ZHNVGhm7DHWtWcs2GfYUEwOcPzzy1LoghHFscR8nr8n0tl2RxziOhb_LUJwxsuMDHBsmjJHG_Dg0kFRrDe2Fa0MVY7/s1082/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-15%20at%2011.53.44%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLH-qKYnvcvmdGe2Gg8MLEyhsicsffMf6MVQt1wz_cT28Eq22qYpwnefTHZXd1rqcw08GP9Une8o76z3icaZq4OjpDn6ln00Rsd6ZHNVGhm7DHWtWcs2GfYUEwOcPzzy1LoghHFscR8nr8n0tl2RxziOhb_LUJwxsuMDHBsmjJHG_Dg0kFRrDe2Fa0MVY7/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-01-15%20at%2011.53.44%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christopher Neame steals the show of Hammer's DRACULA A.D. 1972 Rating: **** </td></tr></tbody></table>Dracula, revamped by Hammer film staple Christopher Lee, returns to England during the hippie era, 1972: Summoned by a group of swinging hippie rebels led by A CLOCKWORK ORANGE style 
swinger, who gathers his "gang" in a dilapidated old church where Drac's
 ashes were buried years ago... 
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The kids sit in a counter-culture style party circle, chant some spells, writhe and moan as the 
fanged foe emerges from the grounds of the churchyard outside...

caroline munro, christopher lee, christopher neame, hammer films, horror, marsha a. hunt, peter cushing, seventies, stephanie beacham, vampire