Adam Storke Archives

The Phantom of the Opera (1990)

Rating: ★★½

Jan 5, 2026Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House

Lush tv mini-series with Charles Dance as the Phantom, this stands too much in the shadow of the then recent Lloyd Webber musical and its making The Phantom into a romantic figure as opposed to a horror icon

Director: Tony Richardson

Actors: Charles Dance, Burt Lancaster, Teri Polo, Ian Richardson, …

Category: Horror

5 January 20265 January 2026 by Roog

Highway to Hell (1991)

Rating: ★★★

Jan 18, 2011Afterlife Parody

A witty afterlife comedy, a modernised retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice where Chad Lowe drives down the highway to hell to rescue his girlfriend

Director: Ate de Jong

Actors: Chad Lowe, Kristy Swanson, Patrick Bergin, C.J. Graham, …

Category: Fantasy

18 January 20111 November 2025 by Roog

The Stand (1994)

Rating: ★

Jul 1, 2019Showdown Between the Forces of Good and Evil After the Collapse of Civilisation/Stephen King Adaptation

The Stand is regarded as Stephen King's best novel, an epic that depicts the final showdown between good and evil in the aftermath of civilisation. The mini-series adaptation was alas placed into the ham fists of one of King's worst adapters. Mick Garris

Director: Mick Garris

Actors: Gary Sinise, Jamey Sheridan, Adam Storke, Rob Lowe, …

Category: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

1 July 20193 March 2021 by Roog