OK, to be honest, I kind of loved it. Based on arguably Bram Stoker’s second most famous novel, 1903’s The Jewel of Seven Stars, the movie casts Charlton Heston (Soylent Green) as Matthew Corbeck, just the kind of greedy, selfish archaeologist who unearths warnings of evil to be loosed upon the world, yet digs anyway. […]
Susannah York
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The 7th Dawn
This vehicle for William Holden takes place in Malaysia — shot on location, even — as World War II comes to an end. He’s Maj. Ferris, while the character played by Susannah York (read: Superman’s Kryptonian mom) is named Trumpey, which will make any “MST3K” fan snicker in delight each time it’s spoken. Together, they […]