Director Don Taylor (1920)

Directed by Don Taylor, Damien: Omen II (1978) is a supernatural horror film that follows the story of Damien Thorn, the Antichrist. One week after the events of the first film, archaeologist Carl Bugenhagen discovers that Damien is still alive. He enlists the help of his friend Michael Morgan to deliver a box containing the Seven Daggers of Megiddo – necessary for Damien’s demise – to his new guardian. Initially doubtful, Morgan eventually believes Bugenhagen after seeing a depiction of Damien on a mural at a local ruin called Yigael’s Wall. Sadly, both men are buried alive when the ruins ...

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) is an American science fiction horror film helmed by director Don Taylor. It is the second English-language adaptation of H. G. Wells’ 1896 novel of the same name. The story follows three men who are stranded in the Pacific Ocean after the sinking of their ship, the Lady Vain. One man perishes at sea and after seventeen days, the remaining two reach an island where they encounter dangerous animals. Braddock, one of the survivors and an engineer from the Lady Vain, is taken in by a compound run by a scientist known as ‘Dr. ...

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), an American sci-fi film directed by Don Taylor and written by Paul Dehn, follows three chimpanzees (Cornelius, Zira, and Dr. Milo) who flee Earth before its destruction. Using Taylor’s ship, they travel through a time warp and end up on present-day Earth, specifically the Pacific coast of the United States. The apes are eventually taken to the Los Angeles Zoo and placed under the care of friendly scientists Dr. Stephanie Branton and Dr. Lewis Dixon. However, their stay is cut short when Milo is killed by a gorilla at the ...