To quote my torturer character at The York Dungeon: 'Oh, you're in for a treat today!' Bow before the combined glory (and occasional crapulence) of my 190-strong militia of films viewed in 2008! Each one comes equipped with a one (*) to five-star (*****) rating. New viewings are printed in bold. Now. My film tastes aren't exactly eclectic. I'm an antiquarian at heart, and could live quite happily in my black-and-white world completely undisturbed. Unsurprisingly, classic horror films constitute my bread and butter, the meat and drink of my film-viewing trade. Other commodities are up for grabs though. Among my wares you shall sample distinguished Disney films, Robin Williams spectaculars, a bit of Hitchcock, French imports, golden silents, historical dramas, anti-drugs propaganda, poverty row messes, Kenneth Williams comedy, direct-to-video animation, Charles Dickens, Charlie Chan, and, as Peter Cushing would say, 'lovely musicals'. Enjoy! And do be inspired to seek out the better films! My critical compass isn't entirely skewed, so you can be sure of an absolutely spiffing time!
JANUARY
1. The Adventures of Pinocchio (1984) **
2. Mary Poppins (1964) *****
3. Matilda (1996) ****
4. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) ****½
5. The Borrowers (1997) **
6. Night of the Eagle (1962) ****½
7. Performance (1970) ***
8. Quatermass 2 (1957) ****
9. Rebecca (1940) *****
10. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) *****
11. Beauty and the Beast (1991) ****
12. The Changeling (1980) ****
13. The Changeling (1980; with audio commentary) ****
14. The Mummy's Shroud (1967) ***
15. Sweet Sixteen (2002) ***½
16. House of Frankenstein (1944) ***
FEBRUARY
17. The Lion King (1994) ****
18. The Verdict (1946) ****
19. Robin Hood (1973) ***
20. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) ****
21. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) ****
22. Madhouse (1974) ***
23. The Pearl of Death (1944) ****
24. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) *****
25. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) *****
26. Them! (1954) ****
27. Sleeping Beauty (1959) ***½
28. Hercules (1997) ***½
29. Cape Fear (1962) ****½
30. Peter Pan (1953) ***½
31. The Monster Maker (1944) **½
32. Scared to Death (1947) *
33. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) ****½
MARCH
34. The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) ***½
35. The Brides of Dracula (1960) *****
36. The Nanny (1965) ***½
37. The Changeling (1980) ****
38. Sweet Sixteen (2002) ***½
39. The Sealed Room (1909) **
40. Rear Window (1954) *****
41. Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) ***
42. I Tre Volti della Paura (1963) ****
43. The Simpsons Movie (2007) ***
44. The Simpsons Movie (2007; with commentary track) ***
45. The Simpsons Movie (2007; with commentary track) ***
46. The Producers (2005) ****
47. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) **½
48. Matilda (1996) ****
49. M (1931) *****
50. The Wizard of Oz (1939) *****
51. The Wizard of Oz (1939; with commentary track) *****
52. The House That Dripped Blood (1971) ***½
53. Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995) **
54. The House That Dripped Blood (1971; with commentary track) ***½
55. The Wind in the Willows (1996) ***
56. Hands of the Ripper (1971) ***½
57. Hands of the Ripper (1971; with commentary track) ***½
58. La Maschera del Demonio (1960) ****½
59. Matilda (1996) ****
60. La Maschera del Demonio (1960; with commentary track) ****½
61. Dark Water (2005) **½
APRIL
62. Enchanted (2007) ****
63. From Beyond the Grave (1973) ****
64. Lady Jane (1986) ****
65. 13 Going on 30 (2004) **
66. Operazione Paura (1966) ****
67. La Ragazza Che Sapeva Troppo (1963) ***
68. The Watcher in the Woods (1987) ***
69. Vredens Dag (1943) ***½
70. Metropolis (1927) *****
71. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) *****
MAY
72. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) ***½
73. Horror Express (1972) ***
74. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) **½
75. House of Wax (1953) ****
76. Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1935) ***
77. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) ***
78. Matilda (1996) ****
79. Luther (2003) ****
80. Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) ***
81. House of Usher (1960) *****
82. The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936) ***
83. The Sound of Music (1965) *****
84. Pit and the Pendulum (1961) ****
85. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) ****½
86. The Face at the Window (1939) ***
JUNE
87. Dead Poet's Society (1989) ****
88. The Omega Man (1971) **½
89. Notes on a Scandal (2006) ****½
90. It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937) ***
91. Demons of the Mind (1972) ***½
92. Demons of the Mind (1972; with audio commentary) ***½
93. Häxan (1922) *****
94. The Sphinx (1933) ***
95. Carrie (1974) *****
96. The Ape Man (1943) *½
97. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) ***½
98. Svengali (1931) ****½
99. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) **½
100. Condemned to Live (1935) **½
101. Devils of Darkness (1965) **
102. Tell Your Children (1936) *½
103. The Borrowers (1997) **
104. The Blood Beast Terror (1968) ***
105. Pulp Fiction (1994) ****
106. The Monster Club (1980) **½
107. The Ladykillers (1955) ***½
108. The Notebook (2004) ***½
JULY
109. Poltergeist (1982) ****
110. Planet of the Apes (1968) ****½
111. The Fog (1980) ***½
112. Le Samouraï (1967) ***½
113. Mr. Skeffington (1944) *****
114. Sunset Blvd. (1950) *****
115. Léon (1994) *****
116. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) ****½
117. The Omen (1976) ****
118. The Phantom of the Opera (1987) *½
119. The Changeling (1980) ****
120. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) ***
121. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) ****½
122. Carrie (1976) *****
123. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) ***½
124. A Little Princess (1995) ****½
125. Damien: Omen II (1978) ***
126. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) *****
127. Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) *****
128. The Brides of Dracula (1960) *****
129. The Parent Trap (1998) ***
130. Beauty and the Beast (1991) ****
AUGUST
131. Dark Victory (1939) ****½
132. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) ***½
133. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) ****
134. Twins of Evil (1971) **½
135. Carry on Screaming! (1966) **½
136. Carry on Henry (1971) ***
137. The Devil Rides Out (1968) ****½
138. The City of the Dead (1960) ****
139. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) ***½
140. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) ***
141. Carry on Spying (1964) **½
142. Carry on Camping (1969) **½
143. Tell Your Children (1936) *½
SEPTEMBER
144. Old Acquaintance (1943) ****½
145. Fight Club (1999) ****
146. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) ***
147. Awake (2007) ***
148. Bride of Frankenstein (1935; with audio commentary) *****
149. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) ***
150. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) ***
151. The Invisible Man (1933; with audio commentary) *****
OCTOBER
152. Une Femme est une Femme (1961) ***
153. I, Monster (1971) **½
154. Doomsday (2008) *
155. Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) **
156. Une Femme est une Femme (1961) ***
157. Dr. Crippen (1962) ***½
158. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) ***½
159. The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935) **½
160. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) *****
161. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) *****
NOVEMBER
162. The Time Machine (1960) ****
163. The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) *½
164. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) *****
165. Great Expectations (1946) *****
166. The Canterville Ghost (1944) ***
167. Taste of Fear (1961) ***½
168. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) *****
169. The Blob (1958) **½
170. The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) *
171. The Beast Must Die (1974) **½
172. Bowery at Midnight (1942) **
173. Notes on a Scandal (2006) ****½
DECEMBER
174. Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) ***
175. The Chinese Cat (1944) ***
176. The Birds (1963) *****
177. Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971) ***
178. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) ****½
179. A Christmas Carol (1938) ***½
180. Black Magic (1944) **½
181. A Christmas Carol (1910) **½
182. Tokyo Godfathers (2003) ***
183. Scrooge (1951) *****
184. Scrooge (1935) ***½
185. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) ****½
186. Bean (1997) ***½
187. Countess Dracula (1971) ***½
188. Countess Dracula (1971; with audio commentary) ***½
189. She (1965) ***
190. Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) ***½
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