To Have and to Hold (1963), A British Edgar Wallace B-movie scripted by Jimmy Sangster. A cop gets involved with a woman who thinks he ex wants to kill her. Stretches credibility just a tad at times but overall enjoyable and nicely twisted.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/10/to-have-and-to-hold-1963.html
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Robert Wise's The Haunting (1963) is an object lesson in how to do subtle horror and it's one of the great haunted house movies. Superbly atmospheric and ambiguous. Much better than Shirley Jackson's overrated source novel.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-haunting-1963.html

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Viy is a 1967 Soviet gothic horror film based on a Gogol story. A girl's corpse doesn't want to stay dead. Wildly imaginative, crazy, perfectly captures the feel of folk legends and fairy tales. Creepy, spooky, with inspired fantastic imagery.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/09/viy-1967.html

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You might think The Third Eye (1966) will be gothic horror but it's more of a Hitchcockian thriller in the mould of Psycho. There are puzzling murders and the characters (all of them unstable) respond in unsettling ways. Creepy and fascinating.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-third-eye-1966.html

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Death In A Red Jaguar (1968), a German Jerry Cotton crime thriller. Jerry has to deal with a Murder Inc type gang. Fast-moving, suspenseful, action-packed, shot with flair. The opening sequence is peak 60s German pop cinema. Superb pulp movie.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/09/death-in-red-jaguar-1968.html

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Lady Morgan’s Vengeance is a 1965 Italian gothic horror movie. In a spooky castle a woman is going slowly mad. It doesn't slot neatly into any one genre, there are some interesting narrative techniques. While it's no masterpiece it's enjoyable.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/08/lady-morgans-vengeance-1965.html

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Act of Murder (1964), a British Edgar Wallace B-movie, involves a romantic triangle and from the start the plot twists come thick and fast. A psychological thriller with lots of paranoia and a pleasingly hard-edged nasty streak. Great stuff.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/07/act-of-murder-1964.html

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Monster of the Opera (1964) seems like a typical "young lady in semi-transparent nightie running in terror" gothic horror film but turns out to be much odder. It's a vampire in a haunted theatre film. Or maybe it isn't. Bizarre but fascinating.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/07/monster-of-opera-1964.html

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The Deadly Affair (1967), based on a John le Carré novel. James Mason is excellent as George Smiley. Has a drab depressing totally appropriate visual style. Effectively bleak, not bad but has major flaws and was predictably a box office flop.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-deadly-affair-1967.html

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The Seventh Grave (1965) is an Italian gothic horror film with the right ingredients - empty coffins, disappearing corpses, a hidden treasure, a séance - but it's definitely a lesser example of the breed. It's OK but lacks any real spark.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-seventh-grave-1965.html

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