Jib Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 Anyone have experience with some of the Hammer Films of the swashbuckler genre? I speak of the films like The Pirates of Blood River, Captain Cleeg/ Night Creatures, The Scarlet Blade, Crossed Swords and the Devil Ship Pirates... Can you give your opinion of any of these films?
Daniel Posted November 14, 2011 Posted November 14, 2011 I've seen Pirates of Blood River and The Devil-Ship Pirates, both featuring Christopher Lee. Pirates of Blood River is kind of blah. The idea is Christopher Lee in an eyepatch, and yes, Christopher Lee in an eyepatch is an arresting sight, but it's not enough to carry the whole movie. But The Devil-Ship Pirates is friggin' awesome! Lee sheds the accent for this one and makes a super villain, and the setup is tense as all hell, a sort of 16th century version of The Desperate Hours. Regrettably, Hammer never made any more pirate films after The Devil-Ship Pirates, because they lost their pirate ship in an accident during shooting.
MarkG Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 Christopher Lee also wore an eyepatch in the Three/Four Musketeers.
Jib Posted November 15, 2011 Author Posted November 15, 2011 I believe Amazon sells a selection with both Devil Ship and Blood River Pirates on it!
landlubbersanonymous Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 (edited) I believe Amazon sells a selection with both Devil Ship and Blood River Pirates on it! Netflix has that too. (For those of you that haven't jumped ship, haha.) Edited November 15, 2011 by landlubbersanonymous
Louisiana Jeff Posted November 20, 2011 Posted November 20, 2011 Thanks for the discussion! Ye've added some movies I've not seen and added to me lists.
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