Freddie Francis — Director (15)
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The Skull (1965) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Skull
director: Freddie Francis actor: Peter Cushing / Christopher Lee …
other title: Il teschio maledetto / Der Schädel des Marquis de Sade …
Esoterica collector Dr Maitland buys an unusual skull from his ordinary source; the artifact is what remains of the Marquis De Sade. Much too soon, Maitland discovers that the skull is turning him into a frenzied killer.
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The Day of the Triffids (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Day of the Triffids
director: Steve Sekely / Freddie Francis actor: Howard Keel / Janina Faye …
other title: Il giorno dei trifidi / O Terror Veio do Espaço …
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
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Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
director: Freddie Francis actor: Michael Bryant / Ursula Howells …
A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.
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Paranoiac (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Paranoiac
director: Freddie Francis actor: Janette Scott / Oliver Reed …
other title: Il rifugio dei dannati / Paranóico …
A psychotic man schemes to drive his sister mad so that he can claim her inheritance, but a deadly game of cat-and-mouse begins when an imposter intervenes.
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Nightmare (1964) [Movie] TMDB
Nightmare
director: Freddie Francis actor: David Knight / Moira Redmond …
other title: L'incubo di Janet Lind / Der Satan mit den langen Wimpern …
A young student is haunted by recurring dreams of her mother murdering her father, but her nightmare is just beginning as she tries to prove to her loved ones that she is not insane.
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Hysteria (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Hysteria
director: Freddie Francis actor: Robert Webber / Anthony Newlands …
An American wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of his life before a recent car accident. With only a photograph torn from a newspaper to guide him, and an unknown benefactor, he attempts to unravel what looks increasingly like a bizarre murder.
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The Deadly Bees (1966) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Deadly Bees
director: Freddie Francis actor: Suzanna Leigh / Frank Finlay …
other title: Il mistero dell'isola dei gabbiani / Die tödlichen Bienen …
Pop singer Vicki Robbins collapses from exhaustion while shooting ta music video; her physician prescribes a respite on Seagull Island with beekeeper Ralph Hargrove. Initially finding the Hargroves' bitter marital strife oddly relaxing, the arrival of specially-bred attack bees pushes Vicki to her survival instinct.
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Craze (1974) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Craze
director: Freddie Francis actor: Jack Palance / Diana Dors …
other title: Il buio macchiato di rosso / Dämon des Grauens …
A demented art dealer and antique shop owner performs nightly rituals in honour of the African god Chuku, whom he believes will reward him with unimaginable wealth and power if he merely offers human sacrifice.
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Trog (1970) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Trog
director: Freddie Francis actor: Joan Crawford / Michael Gough …
other title: Il terrore di Londra / Das Ungeheuer …
Anthropologist Dr Brockton unearths a primitive troglodyte — an Ice Age 'missing link': half-caveman, half-ape — in a local cave. Through experimentation, she manages to communicate with and domesticate him before he's released by an irate land developer and goes on a rampage, terrorising the local citizenry.
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Legend of the Werewolf (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Legend of the Werewolf
director: Freddie Francis actor: Peter Cushing / Ron Moody …
other title: Die Legende vom Werwolf / La leyenda de la bestia …
In 19th-century Paris, a man raised by wolves works at a travelling circus, but on full moon nights, he transforms into a dangerous beast. Professor Paul Cataflanque is in charge of hunting him down as the young man develops an obsession for a prostitute.
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The Psychopath (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Psychopath
director: Freddie Francis actor: Patrick Wymark / Margaret Johnston …
other title: La bambola di cera / Der Puppenmörder …
Four men involved in the investigation of a German millionaire at the end of World War II are found murdered with tiny dolls beside their corpses.
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Son of Dracula (1974) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Son of Dracula
director: Freddie Francis actor: Harry Nilsson / Ringo Starr …
other title: Il figlio di Dracula / Young Dracula (the BLOOD-SUCKER with a BEAT!)
Due to be crowned King of the Netherworld by his mentor Merlin the Magician, Count Downe — son of Dracula — falls in love with beautiful mortal Amber and finds himself in conflict with Baron Frankenstein, who is vying for the same honourary title.
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Torture Garden (1967) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Torture Garden
director: Freddie Francis actor: Burgess Meredith / Jack Palance …
other title: Il giardino delle torture / Der Foltergarten des Dr. Diabolo …
A special sideshow torture exhibit has the power, according to showman Dr Diabolo, to warn people of foreseeable evil. One by one, skeptics stand before the Fate Atropos to preview the greed and violence hiding behind their respectable façades.
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They Came from Beyond Space (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData
They Came from Beyond Space
director: Freddie Francis actor: Robert Hutton / Jennifer Jayne …
other title: La morte scarlatta viene dallo spazio / Sie kamen von jenseits des Weltraums …
When meteors in a curious V-formation crash on a Cornwall field, an alien force possesses several scientists and infects bystanders with a deadly disease. Shielded from the meteor's influence by a metal plate in his head, Dr Curtis Temple discovers that an alien race on the moon seeks to use the manipulated geniuses for seemingly nefarious purposes. But, as he learns more about the invaders, they may not be as evil as initially thought.