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Simon Ward has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1990s.
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Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is tormented by a trapped soul in an alien shell and, after a visit to his wife who violently rejects his monstrous form, the creature wreaks his revenge on the perpetrator of his misery: Baron Frankenstein.
Dir. Terence Fisher · With Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones
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

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
Dir. Peter Kosminsky · With Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Janet McTeer

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Dir. Douglas Hickox · With Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, John Mills
After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.
Dir. Jeannot Szwarc · With Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter O'Toole