Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? – new animated series
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? is a 2019 American animated series from Warner Bros. that depicts Scooby, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma teaming up with a rotating line-up of celebrity guest …
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A Study in Terror – UK, 1965 – reviews
A Study in Terror is a 1965 British horror thriller film directed by James Hill from a screenplay by Derek Ford and Donald Ford (Corruption). It was produced by Herman Cohen, Michael Klinger and Tony …
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Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein – France, 2019 – overview
‘The game is a foot’ Sherlock Holmes vs. Frankenstein is a 2019 French-British adventure mystery horror feature film written and directed by Gautier Cazenave (Ghosts in the Machine aka House …
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Lionel Atwill – actor
Lionel Alfred William Atwill (1 March 1885 – 22 April 1946) was an English stage and film actor. He was born on March 1, 1885 in Croydon, Surrey. He studied architecture …
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The Hounds of the Baskervilles: Holmesian Horror in Film and TV – article
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories – and the ongoing industry spun off from them – have a curious connection to the horror genre. The image of the master …
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Bob Clark – director
Benjamin ‘Bob’ Clark could have been one of the leading lights of the horror genre after making a series of popular and critically acclaimed shockers during the 1970’s. Yet despite …
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“From Hell…” Jack the Ripper on Screen – article
Jack the Ripper. The very name conjures up clichéd images of fog-shrouded streets, grisly murder and chirpy, voluptuous Cockney street girls spilling out of East End dens of inequity to …
Read MoreThe Scarlet Claw – USA, 1944 – reviews
The Scarlet Claw is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes movie directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. It is the eighth film of the Rathbone/Bruce series. David Stuart Davies notes on the film’s DVD audio commentary that it’s …
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David Pirie – author and film critic
David Pirie is a screenwriter, film producer, film critic, and novelist. As a screenwriter, Pirie has written numerous mysteries and horror-themed works, mostly for television, including the ITV series Murderland …
Read MoreThe Case of the Whitechapel Vampire – USA, 2002 – reviews
The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire is a non-canonical Sherlock Holmes made-for-television film utilizing an original story.The film was produced in 2002 for The Hallmark Channel as the last installment in a series of Hallmark …
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