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By the mid 1960s, Hammer had reinvented pretty much all of the original Universal monsters; although the age of the sequel was still in […]
Arguably something of a misfire from the Hammer House of Horror… Directed and produced by Michael Carreras. Written by Henry Younger (Michael Carreras). Photography […]
The Curse of the Werewolf, made by Hammer in 1961, was released on 1st May in that year. Directed by Terence Fisher. Screenplay by […]
In John Gilling’s atmospheric 1966 thriller The Reptile, a small village in Cornwall is suffering from an outbreak of mysterious deaths that are simply […]
There is a belief, even among the most devout fans of Hammer horror, that as their Dracula franchise progressed, the films became steadily worse. […]
Hammer’s 1959 retelling of The Mummy took inspiration from the Universal movies which had gone before, but added a visceral new horror to its […]
British character actor Michael Ripper, the Hammer stalwart who appeared in more of their films than any other actor, was born in Portsmouth, England, […]
