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Pink String and Sealing Wax

Ealing Studios are regarded as the bastion of post-war Cinema, the home of the finest comedies Britain has ever produced, but what is often overlooked is their innate Gothicism. With the artifice of its sets and the embers of Victorian London architecture, there is a Gothic grandeur running through the veins of Ealing’s now legendary filmography. Few where as rich as the Victoriana of Pink String…

I, Monster *** (1971, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven) – Classic Movie Review 3078

Director Stephen Weeks’s 1971 British horror movie is a version of the split personality Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story in all but name. Despite the character names having been changed, it is still a costume horror set in the Victorian era. It remains unclear why the names of the central character have been changed.

Christopher Lee stars as the mad doctor, though he is now for some strange reason…