The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
I watched this last night because I haven't seen this film in a long, long time. Hazel Court looked very nice and a young Christopher Lee gave a convincing performance as a high-society surgeon. If...
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After re-watching this on the dvd, my original opinion was verified. This is a major bore. Maybe not one of Hammer's worst, exactly, because it's professionally made, looks fine. But it is so darn...
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Can't argue with the criticisms. This was a play originally, and a BBC drama just before Hammer got it, and I expect Jimmy Sangster tweaked the TV script enough to get paid and moved on. It is...
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Sangster added quite a few salacious touches not in the play - the nude statues (he was a painter originally), the girlfriend who gets scarred, the Jack the Ripper murders and the whole fire climax in...
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I find this movie watchable, mostly due to the usual fine Hammer production values, but no classic. The biggest disappointment to me is Diffring's climactic make-up --- it's one of Ashton's best but...
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Given the criticism of Differing, I wonder if he was any better in this adaptation:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1246928/I haven't seen the film in ages, but I always wondered if Lee's role here was...
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Nice art work. This could've been the cover for the DVD case.
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Dick answered the question-- yes, Steven Pickard's copy of the movie is the source of the quartet of teeny Hazel-flasher frames. With regard to the source of the above photo-- beats me. What she said...
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Though this film is a bit long winded and a stretch to sit through, it still is a worthwhile entry in the Hammer cannon.This one feels more a drama with horrific overtones than a straight forward...
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I've got a soft spot for it too, probably because I saw it when it was first released.
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Picked this up at the thrift store. Neat little movie, but nothing too special about the subject, if at least neatly photographed. Took a short nap in the middle.I though I saw echoes of it in Cronos...
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I guess I like this a little more the others on the board. Hazel steals every scene she is in. It is such a pity that Lee and Diffring could not have put more effort in their roles. Lee looks like he...
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vampirelover wrote: I agree about the maekup at the firey finale where Anton ages and dies in the fire.A reference photograph of Anton Diffring (1918-1989), who played Bonner in the Hammer film 'The...
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I like this one. So nice to see it (in blu-ray no less!) for the first time after a friend missed taping it years ago on the one Canadian late night TV showing I'd ever seen. Sat down to watch it and...
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Here 4 help wrote:The BBFC (UK censors) also got the climax toned down quite a bit which is why it ends rather abruptly. On the Hazel Court topless scenes according to the BBFC correspondence (in...
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*Sigh* Not one of my favorite Hammers, but I really wish someone like Synapse could get hold of this from Paramount and make a concerted effort to restore the thing. Unfortunately the recent Legend...
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