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Roy Ward Baker has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s.
Twins of Evil
1971
Horror
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Andrew Keir, James Donald, Barbara Shelley
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing, George Cole
The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Anna Massey, Terry-Thomas, Glynis Johns
In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, innocent, female victims, ensuring continuation of the bloodstained research. With each transformation Sister Hyde becomes the more dominant personality, determined to eventually suppress the frail, ineffectual Dr Jekyll forever.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Peter Cushing, Patrick Magee, Herbert Lom
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Jenny Hanley
A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place for assorted creatures of the night. The vampire then regales him with three stories, each interspersed with musical performances at the club.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Vincent Price, John Carradine, Donald Pleasence
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · With Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.
Dir. Roy Ward Baker, Chang Cheh · With Peter Cushing, David Chiang Da-Wei, Julie Ege
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Dir. Henry King · With Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner
