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Gerry Cowper Geraldine "Gerry" Cowper (born 23 June 1958) is an English actress who is best known for playing Rowan Morrison in the 1973 British Lion classic horror film, The Wicker Man and later as Rosie Miller in "EastEnders". In the mid-1980s she took the part of Clare France in "After Henry" on BBC radio and also appeared on television as Jim Hacker's daughter in "Yes Minister".
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The Wicker Man The Wicker Man is a 1973 British mystery horror film directed by Robin Hardy. It stars Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, and Christopher Lee. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel "Ritual", centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle, in search of a missing girl. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practise a form of Celtic paganism. Paul Giovanni composed the film score.
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Night of the Demon Night of the Demon is a 1957 British horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, starring Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis. It is adapted from the M. R. James story "Casting the Runes" (1911). The plot revolves around an American psychologist investigating a satanic cult suspected of more than one murder.
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The Witches (1990 film) The Witches is a 1990 British/American dark fantasy horror-comedy film based on the children's novel of the same title by Roald Dahl. It was directed by Nicolas Roeg and produced by The Jim Henson Company for Lorimar Film Entertainment and Warner Bros., starring Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, and Jasen Fisher. It is the last theatrical film to be produced by Lorimar before the company shut down 3 years later in 1993.
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A Matter of WHO A Matter of WHO is a 1961 British comedy thriller film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Terry-Thomas as a World Health Organisation employee trying to trail the source of a deadly virus. It also featured Julie Alexander, Sonja Ziemann, Alex Nicol, Richard Briers, Honor Blackman and Carol White.
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And Then There Were None (1945 film) And Then There Were None is a 1945 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's best-selling mystery novel of the same name, directed by René Clair. It was released in the UK with the title Ten Little Indians, in line with the UK title of Christie's novel.
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Ian Hendry Ian Mackendrick Hendry (13 January 1931 – 24 December 1984) was an English film, television and stage actor. He was best known for his work on several British TV series of the 1960s and 1970s, including the lead in the first series of "The Avengers" and "The Lotus Eaters", as well as for his roles in films such as "The Hill" (1965), "Repulsion" (1965), "Get Carter" (1971), and "Theatre of Blood" (1973).
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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (film) Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Italian: "Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti" / "Do Not Profane the Sleep of the Dead"; Spanish: "No profanar el sueño de los muertos" / "Do Not Profane the Sleep of the Dead"), also known as The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue and Don't Open the Window, is a 1974 Spanish-Italian science fiction horror film written and directed by Jorge Grau and starring Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy and Cristina Galbó. The film focuses on two protagonists who are harassed by a local police investigator in the English countryside and are implicated in murders committed by zombies who have been brought to life by a farming tool designed to kill insects via ultra-sonic radiation.
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Corruption (1968 film) Corruption is a 1968 British horror film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis, from a screenplay by Derek Ford and Donald Ford, and featuring Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, Noel Trevarthen, Kate O'Mara, David Lodge and Antony Booth.
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The Revenge of Frankenstein The Revenge of Frankenstein is a 1958 British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Terence Fisher, the film stars Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn and Eunice Gayson. In the US, it was released on a double bill with "Curse of the Demon".
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Joan Hickson Joan Bogle Hickson, OBE (5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was particularly known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series "Miss Marple". As well as portraying Miss Marple on television, Hickson also narrated a number of "Miss Marple" stories on audio books.
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Warlock Moon Warlock Moon is a 1973 horror-thriller feature film starring Laurie Walters, Joe Spano and Edna MacAfee. A young college student believes she had seen ghosts when she first visited an abandoned spa with an unknown companion who had accosted her and "accidentally" driven her there. When she goes there to meet him the second time she ends up the victim of cannibals.
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The Stepfather (1987 film) The Stepfather is a 1987 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen and Shelley Hack. O'Quinn stars as Henry Morrison, an identity-assuming serial killer who remarries a widow with a teenage daughter. After previously killing his family and changing his identity, his killing spree continues after his stepdaughter becomes suspicious about him. It is loosely based on the life of mass murderer John List, although the plot is more commonly associated with slasher films of the era than a true story. The film was written by Donald E. Westlake, from a story by Westlake, Carolyn Lefcourt and Brian Garfield.
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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a 1971 British film directed by Roy Ward Baker based on the novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions and was their third adaptation of the story after "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll". The film is notable for showing Jekyll transform into a female Hyde; it also incorporates into the plot aspects of the historical Jack the Ripper and Burke and Hare cases. The two characters were played by the film's stars, Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick.
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden The Amazing Mr. Blunden is a 1972 family mystery film involving ghosts film directed by Lionel Jeffries, based on the novel "The Ghosts" by Antonia Barber.
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The Killing Kind (1973 film) The Killing Kind is a 1973 American psychological horror directed by Curtis Harrington, and starring Ann Sothern and John Savage. The film is based on a screenplay by Tony Crechales, whose screenplay was revised by producer George Edwards, an associate producer on Harrington's previous film, "What's the Matter with Helen?" (1971).
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Irene Sunters Irene Sunters (29 February 1928 – September 2005) was a Scottish actress who was best known for playing Maggie Ferguson the bus driver in "Take the High Road" from the first episode in 1980 and appeared as a regular character until 1982 with guest appearances until 1990. She also played the role of May Morrison, mother of Rowan Morrison in the cult horror film "The Wicker Man" in 1973, and Mary's mother in "Rab C Nesbitt".
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The Spiral Staircase (1975 film) The Spiral Staircase is a 1975 British horror mystery thriller film directed by Peter Collinson, starring Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Plummer. It is a remake of the 1945 film of the same name.
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The Unseen (1980 film) The Unseen is a 1980 American horror film directed by Danny Steinmann and starring Stephen Furst, Barbara Bach, Sydney Lassick and Lelia Goldoni.
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Brain of Blood Brain of Blood (also known as The Creature's Revenge, The Oozing Skull, and The Undying Brain) is a 1971 American horror film directed by Al Adamson and starring Grant Williams, Kent Taylor and Reed Hadley. The film was shot in one go and is the only one of Hemisphere Production's films to be filmed in the United States. It was also Hadley's last film appearance before his death in 1972.
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The Boogeyman (2010 film) The Boogeyman is a short horror film directed by Gerard Lough and starring Simon Fogarty, Michael Parle and Joanne Cullen. It is based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King and was made using the "Dollar Baby" deal he set up in the '80s. It is the first Irish film to be based on a King story and would go on to attract extensive publicity and critical acclaim. The film centers around a troubled man named Andrew Billings who goes to see psychiatrist Dr. Harper to explain his theory that a "boogeyman" is responsible for the deaths of his three children.
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Assassin (1973 film) Assassin is a 1973 British thriller film directed by Peter Crane and starring Ian Hendry, Edward Judd and Frank Windsor.