Freddie Francis — Director (23)
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The Vampire Happening (1971) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Gebissen wird nur nachts
director: Freddie Francis actor: Pia Degermark / Thomas Hunter …
other title: 1/2 litro di rosso per il conte Dracula / Gebissen wird nur nachts …
An American actress inherits a Transylvanian castle, unaware that her ancestor was really a vampire countess, and has emerged from her tomb to ravage the nearby village and Catholic seminary
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Traitor's Gate (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Das Verrätertor
director: Freddie Francis actor: Albert Lieven / Gary Raymond …
other title: Le 5 vittime dell'assassino / Das Verrätertor
A wealthy businessman schemes to steal the valuable Crown Jewels from the heavily guarded Tower of London, but many tricky factors await, including a doppelgänger and a vessel escape on the Thames.
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The Brain (1962) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Brain
director: Freddie Francis actor: Anne Heywood / Peter van Eyck …
other title: L'uomo che vinse la morte / Ein Toter sucht seinen Mörder …
After the mysterious crash of a millionaire's private plane, scientists secretly harvest the dying man's brain and keep it alive in a laboratory in order to communicate via telepathy.
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
director: Freddie Francis actor: Christopher Lee / Rupert Davies …
other title: Le amanti di Dracula / Blodsugeren Dracula …
In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism. And once more fear and terror strikes Transylvania as the undead Prince of Darkness stalks the village of Keineneburg to ensnare victims and satisfy his evil thirst.
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The Ghoul (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Ghoul
director: Freddie Francis actor: Peter Cushing / John Hurt …
other title: Der Ghul / El necrófago
In 1920s England, former clergyman Dr Lawrence keeps his cannibal son locked in the attic after the young man is exposed to savage practices in India. When an auto race is held at the estate, Lawrence worries that his son may escape and terrorise the youth.
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They Came from Beyond Space (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge 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.
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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Evil of Frankenstein
director: Freddie Francis actor: Peter Cushing / Peter Woodthorpe …
other title: La rivolta di Frankenstein / Frankensteins Ungeheuer …
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
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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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Son of Dracula (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
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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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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Legend of the Werewolf (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
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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Trog (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
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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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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The Deadly Bees (1966) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
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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Hysteria (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
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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Nightmare (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
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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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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Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
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.