Hammer Productions

[Ice Pik]

I watched "Let Me In" which said it was a hammer production. I'm not too fimilar with hammer films besides the stuff I hear from people always saying they're good horror films but is "Let Me in" the same as I hear? I'm gonna research a little bit about it too.

[Ferox13]

Yeah HAmmer films have been around since the 30's. They did mostly crime/Noir films then it the late 50's they started making Horror films for which they are now famous with Chris Lee and Peter Cushing being their pronominal stars.
They went strong til the early 70's but the increasing sex and violence of the genre made their films seem a bit redundant and they production pretty much stopped.

They were bought about 5 years ago and started making moves again and have made some decent stuff like Wake Wood and the remakes of
The Woman in Black and Let Me In.

[Ice Pik]

Yeah I read up on it after I posted it and I guess I just never know the production company that did them. I've watched some of the movies. Is the Woman in Black any good? I thought Let Me In had a great plot and just a good movie.

[Ferox13]

Yes its pretty good and the original is excellent.

But you should really check out their earlier stuff from the 60s (and early 70s) they are a big part of horror history. Hammer/Universal/AIP are the corner stone of this genre.

[phantomstranger]

The best of the Hammer Films (in my humble opinion)
Horror Of Dracula (1958, best vampire film ever)
Curse Of Frankenstein (1957)
Brides Of Dracula
Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
Hound Of The Baskervilles
Dracula, Prince Of Darkness
The Mummy

These are just a few of the many, many films and TV shows produced by Hammer.Some are better than others but there all worth checking out, especially if your a fan of classic gothic style horror.

[hammerfan]

The best of the Hammer Films (in my humble opinion)
Horror Of Dracula (1958, best vampire film ever)
Curse Of Frankenstein (1957)
Brides Of Dracula
Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
Hound Of The Baskervilles
Dracula, Prince Of Darkness
The Mummy

These are just a few of the many, many films and TV shows produced by Hammer.Some are better than others but there all worth checking out, especially if your a fan of classic gothic style horror.

I have to add Taste the Blood of Dracula to this list.

[phantomstranger]

I have to add Taste the Blood of Dracula to this list.

Damn, how did I forget that one. It's a great film with a great title. You may want to add "The Reptile " to your list.

[Ferox13]

Most of all it needs THE DEVIL RIDES OUT.

[fortunato]

Don't forget Frankenstein Created Woman.

[Straker]

Quatermass too....

The Nanny is quality as well.

[anglewitch]

A lot of the Hammer films are great. The only one I had a problem with was Rasputin.

[anglewitch]

By the way, hammerfan was the curse of the lizard men from hammer productions any good I have not seen it yet.

[hammerfan]

By the way, hammerfan was the curse of the lizard men from hammer productions any good I have not seen it yet.

Haven't seen that one

[newb]

Haven't seen that one

and you call yourself "Hammerfan" ::stick out tongue::

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/313.gif (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rockinmule/media/313.gif.html)

[hammerfan]

and you call yourself "Hammerfan" ::stick out tongue::

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/rockinmule/313.gif (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rockinmule/media/313.gif.html)

::stick out tongue::

OK, honestly, I never heard of it.....and neither has IMDB. Just looked it up and there's no listing for it. I also Googled the title, no luck.

[anglewitch]

That's funny. My older sister has a book of hammer movies in her room I will be right back.

Dang, I don't know where she hid the bloody thing. Dang!

Never mind I found it. Its called curse of the reptile men my bad. Oh by the way newb apologize to hammer fan!

[hammerfan]

Nothing under that title, either

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_filmography

newb doesn't need to apologize, it's a running joke between us ::wink::

[anglewitch]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. well its in this hammer movie book, maybe they just never released it.

newb doesn't need to apologize, it's a running joke between us ::wink::

ok.

I'm sure you guys have seen the hammer film witches.

[hammerfan]

Never heard of it

[Ferox13]

By the way, hammerfan was the curse of the lizard men from hammer productions any good I have not seen it yet.

No such Hammer film - there i one called The Reptile though.

[ChronoGrl]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. well its in this hammer movie book, maybe they just never released it.


WE DEMAND PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF!

Oh, wait - How did I find my way here? I've never seen a Hammer film - must be lost... ::wink::

[Ferox13]

Here is a Hammer film that never got of the ground (LOL):

http://airminded.org/wp-content/img/film/zeppelin-v-pterodactyls.jpg

[hammerfan]

Here is a Hammer film that never got of the ground (LOL):

http://airminded.org/wp-content/img/film/zeppelin-v-pterodactyls.jpg

The picture's not showing for me, Ferox

Chrono, you know, it's a good thing we don't live near each other.....I would have to tie you to a chair and force-feed you some Hammer movies! ::stick out tongue:: I'm thinking I need a long weekend and do a road trip to MA.

[anglewitch]

Hello I'm back. I rechecked the book there is another one called the reptile.




http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608026644814696293&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0


here's a link to the picture.
found another picture this ones for the curse of the reptiles.


http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608047157575811791&w=109&h=164&c=7&rs=1&pid=1.7

[hammerfan]

I have The Reptile, it's not my favorite of the Hammer movies. Never saw the other one, so can't comment on it.

[Ferox13]

http://s7.postimg.org/sen53mauz/zeppelin_v_pterodactyls.jpg

[hammerfan]

Wow, I bet that would have been hysterical!

[newb]

The picture's not showing for me, Ferox

Chrono, you know, it's a good thing we don't live near each other.....I would have to tie you to a chair and force-feed you some Hammer movies! ::stick out tongue:: I'm thinking I need a long weekend and do a road trip to MA.

I'm only about an hour away...I could go tie her up if you would like.

[anglewitch]

Did you know that hammer films made their own version of robin hood.

[hammerfan]

I'm only about an hour away...I could go tie her up if you would like.

Oh, no you don't! That's MY job! ::stick out tongue::::wink::

[anglewitch]

One of my favorite hammer films is Die Die My Darling. I was lucky to find it at goodwill, that movie is bloody rare.




16873

[neverending]

Yep, it's so flippin rare I had to hunt incessantly until I found it at this underground website that caters to collectors of impossible to find obscurities. It's called Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/Die-My-Darling-Stefanie-Powers/dp/B003F19VU6/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1411791578&sr=1-2&keywords=die+die+my+darling

http://www.amazon.com/Die-My-Darling-Tallulah-Bankhead/dp/B007G8SEQQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1411791788&sr=1-1&keywords=die+die+my+darling


I'm still trying to decide if you're trolling or not.

[Ferox13]

Did you know that hammer films made their own version of robin hood.

Actually they made 4.

The Men Of Sherwood Forest (1954)
Sword Of Sherwood Forest (1960)
A Challenge For Robin Hood (1967)
Wolfshead: The Legend Of Robin Hood (1969)

Though they are famous for horror, they also did a bunch of Noir, Pirates films and dinosaur movies.

[newb]

Yep, it's so flippin rare I had to hunt incessantly until I found it at this underground website that caters to collectors of impossible to find obscurities. It's called Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/Die-My-Darling-Stefanie-Powers/dp/B003F19VU6/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1411791578&sr=1-2&keywords=die+die+my+darling

http://www.amazon.com/Die-My-Darling-Tallulah-Bankhead/dp/B007G8SEQQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1411791788&sr=1-1&keywords=die+die+my+darling


I'm still trying to decide if you're trolling or not.

Lol.....I just spit coffee all over my iPad mini

[anglewitch]

Yep, it's so flippin rare I had to hunt incessantly until I found it at this underground website that caters to collectors of impossible to find obscurities. It's called Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/Die-My-Darling-Stefanie-Powers/dp/B003F19VU6/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1411791578&sr=1-2&keywords=die+die+my+darling

http://www.amazon.com/Die-My-Darling-Tallulah-Bankhead/dp/B007G8SEQQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1411791788&sr=1-1&keywords=die+die+my+darling


I'm still trying to decide if you're trolling or not.



Its the vhs that is rare not the dvds! So d... amazon. Also I have not been rambling, I was trying to start a friendly conversation about a good movie because no one was saying anything on this thread. ::mad::

[FryeDwight]

Actually they made 4.

The Men Of Sherwood Forest (1954)
Sword Of Sherwood Forest (1960)
A Challenge For Robin Hood (1967)
Wolfshead: The Legend Of Robin Hood (1969)

Though they are famous for horror, they also did a bunch of Noir, Pirates films and dinosaur movies.
Many which are quite good, especially the noirs like THE DAMNED, CASH ON DEMAND (excellent turns by Peter Cushing and Andre Morrell) , NIGHTMARE, SCREAM OF FEAR and have to check out THE SNORKEL.
Liked the Dino films for the obvious reasons...Boobies and Dinosaurs!

[anglewitch]

Man I always wanted to see The Damned.

[tfantasy]

I just have to add that I found this thread amusing.....::big grin::

[anglewitch]

Thank you. It was I who made this thread.

[anglewitch]

Just watched Nightmare & Paranoiac today. I've been a little sick so I thought a little hammer movie medicine would make me feel a little better.

[anglewitch]

I have all the hammer Dracula films you name it.

[ChronoGrl]

The Fingernails of Dracula

[anglewitch]

Chrono there is no such hammer film called Finger Nails of Dracula. Were talking about Hammer films here, not random production companies.

[ChronoGrl]

The Fingernails of Dracula is a Production Company?

[anglewitch]

Sorry my bad, got a little carried away with my typing. let me put it this way where are talking about hammer films not movies from other productions. Apparently Fingernails of Dracula is not a hammer film.

Again my bad, sorry.

[newb]

The Fingernails of Dracula

very underrated gem. I especially loved the extreme close ups of the nails.

[anglewitch]

I just watched hammer's version of Hound Of The Baskervilles. Peter does a great job playing as Sherlock Holmes.

[neverending]

very underrated gem. I especially loved the extreme close ups of the nails.


Those are so gruesome! Really extreme for the time.

[Ferox13]

Man I always wanted to see The Damned.

The Damned is excellent though kinda weird - it starts a bit like A Clockwork Orange and then takes a turn into The Village of the Damned.

[Sculpt]

Those are so gruesome! Really extreme for the time.
Indeed, I love it when Dracula shoots his nails at people, and they take root and grow. Very freaky.

[anglewitch]

I have been keeping an eye out for hammer films Savage Jackboot. Before I end up finding it can anyone tell me if its any good?

[Straker]

I have been keeping an eye out for hammer films Savage Jackboot. Before I end up finding it can anyone tell me if its any good?

Its both Savage and Jackbootylicious.... I'm surprised you haven't seen it.

[neverending]

It's no Fingernails of Dracula, but it's okay.

[anglewitch]

I'll check it out.

[anglewitch]

Never heard of it

I am surprised that you never heard of hammer productions Witches its a classic so is the devil rides out. You have to see it.

[DR. DOOM]

Man I love Hammer Films. The Dracula collection is awesome!

[Evermonster]

Alongside the main series (Frankenstein, Dracula, Mummy) I have a particular admiration for:

The Abominable Snowman (1957)
The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
The Gorgon (1964)

[Corndweller]

The Damned is excellent though kinda weird - it starts a bit like A Clockwork Orange and then takes a turn into The Village of the Damned.

The Damned (AKA These Are The Damned) is one of my favourite Hammer movies. Not your typical Hammer fare, but a very thought provoking and bleak Sci-Fi drama once the film changes direction halfway through. Well worth a watch if you can get through the first 40 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2TrfVCtzW8

[Ferox13]

Corndweller - is that Killer's Moon in your avatar?

Another film with Clockwork Orange influence...

[Corndweller]

Corndweller - is that Killer's Moon in your avatar?

Another film with Clockwork Orange influence...

Indeed it is! Killer's Moon is one of my favourite "so bad it's good" movies.

[Shocker]

First time post...not sure it was mentioned yet but Twins of Evil is definitely one of my favs.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069427/

[idoneus1957]

I grew up in the 1960s, so I saw some hammer films in the movie theater, like Dracula has risen from the grave. Then around 1980 I saw Horror of Dracula in a theater that was doing a revival.
Remember Lust for a Vampire? It's a terrible movie, but I found the ad for it very...stimulating...when I was 14. The big question about it is: The basic idea of the movie is "Lesbian vampire in a girl's boarding school." Why is there a man in it? The makers of the movie seem very conflicted about the subject of lesbianism.
I used to use this movie as video wallpaper. I mean, I would have the VHS playing with the sound turned down. I knew that whenever I looked up from the book I was reading, I would see either pretty scenery or a girl in a low cut dress.

You could get away with more eroticism in those days if it was a horror movie. When I saw The Snake People on late night tv, the dream sequence was the first time I saw two women in a passionate kiss on tv.

[idoneus1957]

I hate it when they give a horror movie a new title on DVD so you think you are getting a new movie. I bought "Dracula and his vampire brides" and it was nothing but The satanic rites of Dracula, probably the worst of the Hammer Dracula films.
When the heroine was being attacked by all those vampire women, and the heroes burst in to save her, I was so disappointed.

[idoneus1957]

This is a real movie from the 1970s, and not a parody: Dracula's Dog.
That reminds me of the movie that brought to an end the long cycle of giant animal movies that began with Them in the 1950: Night of the Lepus.
Giant killer bunny rabbits. To try to make them look scary, there was a lot of slow motion to make the rabbits look giant, and close-ups of the rabbits sharpening their incisors.

[idoneus1957]

I wonder why my local public library has a copy of 7 fingers of Dr. Lao, starring Tony Randall? It's such a strange movie.
I read the book the movie was taken from, The Circus of Dr. Lao. It was excellent, but also very weird.

[idoneus1957]

I was going to post Is Die die my darling really a hammer film? I
saw it on TV a long time ago, and the only scene I remember is the
guy playing the piano.
Then I realized that I was mixing it up with Hush hush sweet Charlotte.

[idoneus1957]

My favorite of the Quatermass movies was Quatermass and the pit. I am almost tempted to go over to Best Video and rent the original British miniseries, which I think is six hours long.
Was "Hob" really a name for the devil?

[idoneus1957]

I'll bet Christopher Lee was the only actor to have played both Sherlock Holmes and the villain in Hound of the Baskervilles.

[Ferox13]

I'll bet Christopher Lee was the only actor to have played both Sherlock Holmes and the villain in Hound of the Baskervilles.

He plays a large Dog?

He is also probably the only actor to play both Sherlock and his brother Mycroft.

[Sculpt]

I'll bet Christopher Lee was the only actor to have played both Sherlock Holmes and the villain in Hound of the Baskervilles.
That is interesting. I see Lee played Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
1962, a film I'm sure I haven't seen.

When did Lee play the villain in Hound? In the Hammer film 1959, he played Sir Charles Baskerville, the home owner and target of the villain in the film.

He plays a large Dog?

He is also probably the only actor to play both Sherlock and his brother Mycroft.
LOL! Maybe he did play the hound too.