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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?

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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.

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