Any Hammer Horror Fans Here?

The Unseen Moon · Jul 27, 2011

So are there any fans of Hammer Horror films here?

Manuel Royal · Jul 27, 2011

Yes, I am.

Damn shame Hammer never made Zeppelin vs. Pterodactyls.

seun · Jul 27, 2011

Hell, yes. Any you'd like to discuss?

The Unseen Moon · Jul 27, 2011

Well, none in particular. I just saw some I'd never seen before in the last few days.

One thing's for sure though, in Hammer films skeptics never really stay skeptic for long. Unlike Scully and Indiana Jones. No matter what they see, those two never change their minds.

it's a shame they went out of business though.

Zelenka · Jul 27, 2011

Love the Hammer films. My box set of DVDs has pride of place! (But then I'm a sucker for most 1960s-70s UK TV and films, have to say).

Kitty27 · Jul 27, 2011

I LOVE them. My addiction is terrible. I could watch them all day.

Gravity · Jul 27, 2011

Love 'em. Christopher Lee was a far better Dracula than Lugosi, IMHO, and you have to love Peter Cushing's roles in so many of them.

On a side note, many years ago I was privileged to interview Vincent Price, and he confirmed what I suspected: both The Abominable Doctor Phibes and Doctor Phibes Rises Again were affectionate nods to the Hammer folks.

Calla Lily · Jul 27, 2011

Hammer Horror is the best. Unmatched. They had the magic touch.

shelleyo · Jul 27, 2011

I grew up on 'em! Some people get nostalgic about sitcoms that were on when they were kids--I get warm and fuzzy over horror movies I saw as a kid and the actors in them.

Shelley

BunnyMaz · Jul 27, 2011

Hammer Horror fan here, definitely!

Celia Cyanide · Jul 27, 2011

I am a horror actress.

DavidZahir · Jul 27, 2011

Good news! Hammer is on the rise again--vampire flick Let Me In last year and later this year will be the haunted house tale Woman in Black with Daniel Radcliff!

seun · Jul 28, 2011

I saw the 1958 Dracula when I was about ten. It's still one of my favourite films.

Diana Hignutt · Jul 28, 2011

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde changed my life. God bless Hammer!

Snitchcat · Jul 28, 2011

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing paired as Dracula and Van Helsing.... (^_^)

Saw "Let Me In" and own the DVD, hehehe.

shaldna · Jul 28, 2011

The Unseen Moon said:
it's a shame they went out of business though.

Ummmm - they aren't out of business. My hubby does freelance stuff for them - he took all the photos and backstage reports of 'Wakewood' that were in film ireland.

http://www.filmireland.net/2011/03/24/report-from-the-set-of-wake-wood/

They've even had a couple of movies out this year - they made 'Let me in' which was the english language version of the Let the Right One in. They also put out the Resident, Wakewood and The woman in black is coming out this year. 'Wake' is due to film next year.

In addition they have a lot of new books and DVD releases of the back catalogues scheduled.

They're still very much in business, although the company has changed hands several times over the last 20 years or so.

Incidently, my hubby's publishing company is republishing Ingrid Pitt's novels, including previously unpublished sequel to Cuckoo run. She was a good friend of his and my hubby edited her latest memoir - the Hammer Xperience. Hubby is also publishing books by hammer actor turned bestselling author, Shane Briant.

So yeah, hammer and the hammer fandom pay a lot of our rent.

graywillow · Jul 28, 2011

shaldna said:
So yeah, hammer and the hammer fandom pay a lot of our rent.

Can we talk about how awesome this is? This is awesome-awesome. AWESOME. :nothing

I too love Hammer horror. It freaks my best friends out a little bit. (They like their rom-coms.)

Manuel Royal · Jul 28, 2011

Gravity said:
Love 'em. Christopher Lee was a far better Dracula than Lugosi, IMHO, and you have to love Peter Cushing's roles in so many of them.

It's remarkable that Christopher Lee, with his wonderful deep Shakespearean voice, hardly speaks as Dracula. Yet he carries the role through sheer ominous physical presence.

Now, just for fun, watch all the Hammer Dracula movies, and try to work out a coherent chronological and geographical framework for them.

Peter Cushing makes both a great hero -- Van Helsing -- and a great villain -- Baron Frankenstein. I know, in the novel and most adaptations, Frankenstein is a morally conflicted, tormented, ambivalent protagonist. But in Hammer movies, he's a full-on mad scientist, interested only in a) advancing the science of doing really freaky things with dead bodies, and b) taking cold, hard revenge on anybody who effs with him.

Possibly my favorite Hammer film is Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter.

seun · Jul 28, 2011

Manuel Royal said:
Now, just for fun, watch all the Hammer Dracula movies, and try to work out a coherent chronological and geographical framework for them.

I've thought about trying that but then I get distracted by all the serving wenches leaning forward for no reason.

DavidZahir · Jul 28, 2011

Wrote an article about Lee as Dracula for an online magazine.

Diana Hignutt · Jul 28, 2011

Manuel Royal said:
It's remarkable that Christopher Lee, with his wonderful deep Shakespearean voice, hardly speaks as Dracula. Yet he carries the role through sheer ominous physical presence.

Now, just for fun, watch all the Hammer Dracula movies, and try to work out a coherent chronological and geographical framework for them.

Peter Cushing makes both a great hero -- Van Helsing -- and a great villain -- Baron Frankenstein. I know, in the novel and most adaptations, Frankenstein is a morally conflicted, tormented, ambivalent protagonist. But in Hammer movies, he's a full-on mad scientist, interested only in a) advancing the science of doing really freaky things with dead bodies, and b) taking cold, hard revenge on anybody who effs with him.

Possibly my favorite Hammer film is Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter.

And don't forget: Frankenstein Created Woman. Cushing is Baron Frankenstein. T

dolores haze · Jul 28, 2011

Hammer films are one of the reasons I write horror.

The Unseen Moon · Jul 28, 2011

Celia Cyanide said:
I am a horror actress.

Well, it's nice to meet you Rachel.

Ummmm - they aren't out of business. My hubby does freelance stuff for them - he took all the photos and backstage reports of 'Wakewood' that were in film ireland.

Ah, okay, I just read the wiki.

Manuel Royal · Jul 29, 2011

Hammer was great at making movies look like they cost more than they did.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · Jul 29, 2011

callalily61 said:
Hammer Horror is the best. Unmatched. They had the magic touch.

This.

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