Tag Archives: Hammer
X the Unknown (1956)
When Hammer released 1955’s The Quatermass Xperiment, the emphasized X of the title served to proudly display the X certificate it received from the British Board of Film Censors. Limiting the audience to those over 16 would not be an … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Anthony Newley, Dean Jagger, Hammer, horror, Leo McKern, radiation, Science Fiction
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
One of the chief defining characteristics of Hammer’s initial run of Gothic horrors in the late 50’s and early 60’s is the resistance to produce traditional, straightforward, or even faithful updates to horror’s canon of literary and cinematic monsters. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Christopher Lee, Dawn Addams, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Hammer, horror, Oliver Reed, Paul Massie, Terence Fisher
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To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
The swan song for Hammer horror (for a few decades, at least), To the Devil a Daughter (1976) is a belated attempt to present harder-edged genre material. Apart from perhaps the underrated psychological thriller Straight on Till Morning (1972), Daughter … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott, Dennis Wheatley, Hammer, horror, Nastassja Kinski, Richard Widmark, Satanism
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