Hammer House Of Horror
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Re: Hammer House Of Horror
For some reason theres a hammer horror boxset in my house. Only seen 4 of them and i have to classify them as "so bad theyre good"
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Re: Hammer House Of Horror
I see that Ingrid Pitt was in Hammer's 2008 produced movie, "Beyond The Rave". From the synopsis, it sounds like she was probably the best thing in it..http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104731/
I doubt if the new Hammer productions will have the old Gothic vibe from the 60s/70s movies. "Hammer House of Horror" (1980) was a great revitalisation of the Hammer name, in a modern setting. However, the follow up series, "Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense" (1984-6) was mostly cobblers and most of the horror was taken out of the stories.
One of the new productions - "Let Me In", sounds like it could be aimed at the "Twilight" kind of audience.. "A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian". I think I'll give it a miss.
I think they should gets the rights off "Benmar Productions" and re-do "Psychomania" instead, ha ha
I doubt if the new Hammer productions will have the old Gothic vibe from the 60s/70s movies. "Hammer House of Horror" (1980) was a great revitalisation of the Hammer name, in a modern setting. However, the follow up series, "Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense" (1984-6) was mostly cobblers and most of the horror was taken out of the stories.
One of the new productions - "Let Me In", sounds like it could be aimed at the "Twilight" kind of audience.. "A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian". I think I'll give it a miss.
I think they should gets the rights off "Benmar Productions" and re-do "Psychomania" instead, ha ha
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I love the hammer horrors, maybe Christopher Lee could star in one....but he might be too busy being a Singing Wizard Jedi. Though some of the ones with Peter Cushing were rather fun (the frankenstein ones).
Also wasn't Oliver Reed in some of them?
Oli was in 4 Hammer films, I believe..
"Two Faces of Dr Jeckyll" 1960 (as a bouncer)
"Curse of the Werewolf" 1961 (as the werewolf)
"Pirates of Blood River" 1962
"Captain Clegg" 1962
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Re: Hammer House Of Horror
Other fave Hammer films of mine:
"The Brides of Dracula" 1960
"The Gorgon" 1964
"The Reptile" 1966
"The Plague of Zombies" 1966
"The Devil Rides Out" 1968 (all time classic!)
"Vampire Circus" 1972
"Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter" 1974
"To the Devil a Daughter" 1976
Most location shoots for these films were done down Black Park, which is just a 3 minute drive from me. I walk round there regularly. Most of the HHOH were done locally too. In fact, my mum's carer used to care for a woman who was part of the production team and left her a lot of memorabilia, props and all sorts after her death.
"The Brides of Dracula" 1960
"The Gorgon" 1964
"The Reptile" 1966
"The Plague of Zombies" 1966
"The Devil Rides Out" 1968 (all time classic!)
"Vampire Circus" 1972
"Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter" 1974
"To the Devil a Daughter" 1976
Most location shoots for these films were done down Black Park, which is just a 3 minute drive from me. I walk round there regularly. Most of the HHOH were done locally too. In fact, my mum's carer used to care for a woman who was part of the production team and left her a lot of memorabilia, props and all sorts after her death.
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Re: Hammer House Of Horror
I've been getting through a lot of 20's and 30's horror so I may just have to start delving into more Hammer, The Devil Rides Out is amazing Christopher Lee throwing stuff at "the goat of mendes" and giant tarantulas.
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