Hammer Productions
 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Most of all it needs THE DEVIL RIDES OUT.

Don't forget Frankenstein Created Woman.

Quatermass too....

The Nanny is quality as well.

Hammer
 

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

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

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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...inmule/313.gif

::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.

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!

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::

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

ok.

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

Never heard of it

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

WE DEMAND PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF!

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

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

http://airminded.org/wp-content/img/...erodactyls.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.

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




http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608...d=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.6080...7&rs=1&pid=1.7

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

Wow, I bet that would have been hysterical!

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

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

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

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




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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...die+my+darling

http://www.amazon.com/Die-My-Darling...die+my+darling


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

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.

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

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::

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!

Man I always wanted to see The Damned.

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

Thank you. It was I who made this thread.

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.