Your favourites from Hammer Films

chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
edited September 2014 in Off Topic Chat
A couple of years ago I got a DVD set containing:
Horror Of Dracula (simply the best)
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (standard cool Drac movie)
Taste The Blood Of Dracula (Wow, nudity)
&
Dracula AD 1972 (what a time capsule, plus, Stephanie Beacham :x )

Today I got another set consisting of:
Dracula Prince of Darkness (no memory of this one)
Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires (I remember it's so bad it's great)
&
Frankenstein Created Woman ( got my Dad to take me to that when I was nine, was HE shocked! :)) )

Any fond Hammer memories or film recommendations from AJBers?
Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Great thread, chrisisall -{

    My favourite is Hammer's excellent version of Nigel Kneale's superb Quatermass and the Pit. It's genuinely creepy and, if you've never seen the three original Quatermass series from the 1950's, they're horribly dated but were brilliant, riveting stories, years ahead of their time.
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    The Hammer Mummy Films are good -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    The Devil Rides Out... Another creepy one (Charles Grey is much more sinister as the villain in it than in his tenure as Blofeld; while Christopher Lee is good in it too, but nowhere near as great as he was as Scaramanga)... :#
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    The Devils Claw I think its called?
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    The Devils Claw I think its called?

    Don't know that one... There's a great 70s horror film called Blood on Satan's Claw, though it's not a Hammer film, is that the one you're thinking oh AOS? -{
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    That might be it -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Charmed & Dangerous wrote:
    My favourite is Hammer's excellent version of Nigel Kneale's superb Quatermass and the Pit.
    That was a masterful film. I saw it on TV many times & it creeped me out every time!

    Another that caught my attention as a young teen was Vampire Lovers.... ;%
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Oh yeah, that's a goodie! ;%
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Hammer House of Horror TV Series?
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • ACACIA_AVENUEACACIA_AVENUE UKPosts: 1,775MI6 Agent
    I can recommend Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter.
    Starring Horst Janson and Caroline Munro.
    The whole film is on YouTube. -{
    One of us smells like a tart's handkerchief.
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    AlphaOmegaSin wrote:
    Hammer House of Horror TV Series?

    Another goodie! Especially the episode Carpathian Eagle with Suzanne Danielle... One of my first teen crushes lol ;%
    http://www.hammerhouseofhorrortvseries.co.uk/hheagle.html
    Also one of Pierce Brisnan's first TV roles, he plays a victim... Only in it for a few seconds though.
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Can anyone here recommend Satanic Rites Of Dracula? It's the only Seventies Dracula I seemed to have missed seeing. I saw AD 1972 in the theatre, and while it was fun, my last DVD viewing confirmed that the only great thing about it is Stephanie Beacham...

    Now to watch Dracula Prince of Darkness. I know I saw it on TV as a kid, but I don't remember it.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It seemed to be as a Kid, in the UK every saturday night BBC 2 showed a double bill of Horror films.
    I watched them every week ( Sometimes between my fingers :)) ). They showed many of the Old
    Universal Films, like Frankenstien or the Wolfman as well as the Hammer Horror films.
    Always loved The Hammer films, Great actors Like old Chris Lee and Peter Cushing, Good sets and
    very nicely filmed. -{
    Loved Dracula 1972AD, Dracula as a Bond villain. {[] Frankenstien & the monster, In which the poor
    monster is pulled apart by the inmates of an insane asylum. As well as the already Mentioned Quatermass
    Both of the older B/W Versions. Hammer even did their version of " The Omen" with, To the Devil a Daughter.
    Funny as a Kid we had a couple of book shelves, Many of the Books were Horror Dennis Wheatley etc. I always
    assumed they were My Dad's. Later found out they were My Mum's :)) ( Must be who I get it from)
    Very much enjoyed the TV series as well some great stories in it, I remember the meeting of survivors of
    a plane crash, who met Once a year to once gain eat People ! :D
    I was lucky as a Kid my local Cinema, had an old lady selling tickets and she didn't seem to care what age you
    were, SO I got to see a lot of great Horror films. :))
    By the way has anyone else seen the great Documentary series Hosted by Mark Gatiss on the history of the
    Horror film from its earliest days up to today. It really is brilliant and I can highly recommend it {[]
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Charmed & Dangerous wrote:

    My favourite is Hammer's excellent version of Nigel Kneale's superb Quatermass and the Pit. It's genuinely creepy and, if you've never seen the three original Quatermass series from the 1950's, they're horribly dated but were brilliant, riveting stories, years ahead of their time.

    +1. Love that film and the other Quatermass stories. I have a ridiculous amount of Hammer movies!
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    +1. Love that film and the other Quatermass stories.
    We are monkeys infused with alien genes....
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    chrisisall wrote:
    We are monkeys infused with alien genes....

    ...being controlled by replicants from outer space...
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    ... Who arrived here millions of years ago and we're responsible for the missing link...
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,920Chief of Staff
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    It seemed to be as a Kid, in the UK every saturday night BBC 2 showed a double bill of Horror films.

    I remember that with real affection - used to watch them with my dad - great times -{

    And the Mark Gatiss series you mentioned was superb - it just left you wanting more !
    YNWA 97
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,077Chief of Staff
    Favourites- most of the Frankenstein series (bar Horror Of...), most of the Draculas (bar Scars Of...), all of the Quatermasses (Quatermassi?), The Devil Rides Out and basically anything with Pete & Chris. Least fave- The Reptile (v poor reworking of The Gorgon), To The Devil A Daughter (awful).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I think Roger Corman's series of Edgar Allan Poe films were very close
    To an American " Hammer" movie, a very similar look about them .
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • jamesm123jamesm123 LondonPosts: 184MI6 Agent
    I love "the house that dripped blood" , although I think it's by amicus. It has Christopher lee and peter Cushing though
  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Funny as a Kid we had a couple of book shelves, Many of the Books were Horror Dennis Wheatley etc. I always assumed they were My Dad's. Later found out they were My Mum's :))

    That's the same in my house. I love horror, supernatural, ghosts stories. That's all I read really. My hubby meanwhile, was usually the one with the latest Jackie Collins Bonkbuster !!

    I recently saw Frankenstein and The Monster from Hell on TV. Loved Hammer movies .

    N.B ... Just looking through Hammers filmography and inbetween all the horror is 'Mutiny On The Buses' !!! Probably their scariest film :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I thought it was funny to see ( when I was looking up the titles of
    Some of the older hammer films ) A few TV , comedy films like
    On the Buses, which in 71 pushed DAF into second place in the UK
    Box office :)) crazy !

    Nothing wrong with Jackie Collins, I only read one but !!!!!!!!!! :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited September 2014
    What of the Hammer House of Horror TV series? I have it on DVD but have yet to watch it though Pierce Brosnan appeared in an episode called "The Carpathian Eagle".
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Well, Dracula Prince Of Darkness was pretty damn good. The first half was like a slowly building nightmare, then BANG! And I didn't remember it at all, so I guess I missed that one growing up...
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    Is The Satanic Rites of Dracula any good?
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    Is The Satanic Rites of Dracula any good?
    I've read many reviews that fluctuate quite a bit, but they all say it's at least as good as AD 1972, so I'm gonna hunt down a copy myself because I didn't think AD 1972 was too bad. But they replace Stephanie Beacham in it!!! X-(
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    Is The Satanic Rites of Dracula any good?
    I've read many reviews that fluctuate quite a bit, but they all say it's at least as good as AD 1972, so I'm gonna hunt down a copy myself because I didn't think AD 1972 was too bad. But they replace Stephanie Beacham in it!!! X-(

    Yes, I must get it too. It says there are elements of the spy thriller to it so that makes it a must buy for me. :) -{
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    It says there are elements of the spy thriller to it so that makes it a must buy for me. :) -{
    Drac is the Bond villain! :))
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    It says there are elements of the spy thriller to it so that makes it a must buy for me. :) -{
    Drac is the Bond villain! :))

    How ironic - 1974 too! :))
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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