Amicus Productions is a British film studio founded by American producers and screenwriters Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg .
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Content
- 1 Horror Films
- 2 sci-fi movies
- 3 Films shot at the studio
- 4 References
Horror Films
The studio was best known for a number of anthology films of horror films, the first of which was the “ Terror House of Doctor Terror ” (1964). Films are four or five short stories, united by one common canvas, in which there is a certain organizer of events. As a rule, films combined elements of a horror film and a comedy. Outstanding actors of the horror genre Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee have often starred in films. In addition to them, the films were attended by the famous English actors of the time Patrick Magie , Margaret Leighton , Ralph Richardson , Donald Pleasence , beginning (at that time) actors Donald Sutherland , Robert Powell and Tom Baker , as well as movie stars at sunset ( Richard Green , Robert Hatton and Terry Thomas )
Sci-fi movies
Amicus Productions also made a number of science fiction films based on the works of Edgar Burroughs , and in the mid-1960s, two films based on the series Doctor Who . Peter Cushing starred as a Doctor.
In 1968, Amicus financed and released the film " Birthday Party ", directed by William Fridkin , who later became known as the director of the movie " Exorcist. "
Studio Films
- City of the Dead (1960)
- This is thread, dad! (1962)
- House of Horror Dr. Terror (1965)
- Doctor Who and Far Away (1965)
- Skull (1965)
- Far and invasion of the Earth in 2150 (1966)
- Psychopath
- Deadly Bees (1966)
- Garden of Torture (1967)
- The Dangerous Way (1967)
- They came from outside (1967)
- Terronauts (1967)
- Birthday Party (1968)
- A Touch of Love (1969)
- Scream and scream again (1969)
- The Consciousness of Mr. Soames (1969)
- The house where blood flows (1971)
- I am a monster (1971)
- What happened to Jack and Jill? (1971)
- Hospital (1972)
- Tales from the Crypt (1972)
- Crypt of Horror (1973)
- From the grave (1973)
- And now the cry will begin (1973)
- The horror of the damned monastery (1974)
- The Monster Must Die (1974)
- Crazy House (1974)
- The Land Forgotten by Time (film) (1974)
- An extraordinary journey to the center of the earth (film) (1976)
- Kaprona Park (film) (1977)
- Monster Club (1980)
Links
- Amicus Productions on the Internet Movie Database
- Amicus Productions Website