Last week I reviewed 1961's These Are The Damned , which was one of the six films in the recently released Icons of Suspense: Hammer Films DVD collection. This week I thought I'd give capsule reviews of three more films from the collection:
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Filmed in England in 1961 but not seen on these shores until 1965 after severe editing cuts, director Joseph Losey's harrowing thriller These Are The Damned has now been released uncut as part of the new Icons of Suspense: Hammer Films DVD collection (click here to reserve it). Some of it (the "Teddy Boys") has dated but the film's downbeat, nasty tone still packs a punch after all these decades.
The recent remake of Ray Harryhausen's 1981 mythological adventure film Clash of the Titans (which I reviewed here some time back) follows the basic plotline of the original, but with a much different tone.
Sax Rohmer (1883-1959) may not be considered politically correct on account of his, er, unique, take on Asians and other non-caucasian peoples, but he sure could write nail-biting, exciting thrillers with gusto! Take his second Fu Manchu entry, The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (UK title: The Devil Doctor) published in 1916 after having been serialized in Collier's Weekly in 1914-15. This book's pace starts off running and never lets up!
