Anyone Else a Hammer Horror Film Fan?

Question

You've seen them on late night or Saturday afternoon tv back in the day. Those 50s- early 70s, usually foreign-produced horror films with the vampires, the monsters......the *cleavage*! :)

I think Christopher Lee was the 1st truly scary Dracula. Bela never made me flinch, though I'm sure he did for people back in the 30s.

Answer 1

...oh heck, yes!!!



My personal favorites include...



"Dracula Has Risen From The Grave"

"Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed"

....in fact, I saw both of these, as a drive-in double feature

"Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde"

"Twins of Evil"

"Brides of Dracula"

"Vampire Circus"

...and quite candidly, and embarrassingly, I must admit that I liked "The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires" (...aka "The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula")

Answer 2

Fonzie, I *LOVE* Hammer Horror films!

I addictively collected the 'Dracula' series, and would tape various others whenever they were on TV.



Peter Cushing was one of their most regular actors, and Christopher Lee played numerous monsters and villians for them. One of his early films with them was 'The Mummy', and he was playing.... the mummy!

Hammer films were mostly filmed at Bray Studios, and the nearby Oakley Court Castle, which is best known for being used in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'.

Hammer made their last horror film in 1976.



There are, however, several similarly styled and cast British horror films, which were *not* made by Hammer, but by other British studios of the time.



A film which Hammer could have worked wonders with was 1975's 'Nothing But the Night', which stared Lee and Cushing, and was the only film made by Christopher Lee's production company 'Charlemagne Productions'.









Pawn Heart ~



The one with the wizards was probably 'The Raven', featuring a young Jack Nicholson!

Answer 3

YES!! -- They're kind of "dated" but so are most older movies - They are the KINGS of the REDDEST BLOOD that I have ever seen on Film. LOL



Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing were regulars; (and did Lorre or Price do those movies, too.?)



ppl today - don't realize how Brilliant the acting was, in those pictures.



What was the movie with the 3 wizards (Price, Lorre, & Karloff?) was that a Hammer?



We had them at night, sometimes on a show called "Chiller" - and we would hide under the blanket and have fun being scared LOL



I distinctly remember one where they had to drive a Stake into this girl, who had been bitten - and the Blood gushed-up like a Fountain - Unbelievable LOL



I loved those movies !!



Memory Lane, Fonz!! :-)



Good times!!

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Answer 4

I Love those old Hammer Horror movies and the Hammer tv series too. Here's some trailers for great hammer movies:

The Mummy's Shroud:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5VMz-ECTRxo

From Beyond The Grave:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mYdwFFK9jwA

Dr Jekyll Sister Hyde:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kaCjR_ksK2s

Answer 5

YES!!!! Christopher Lee and Vincent Price were great in those older horror movies. And all the old english graveyards that were in those movies too.....great scenery. They need to show these on TV again.

Answer 6

I just love those old monster movies, even thou my kids & grandkids make fun of me for it. I remember staying up to watch the movies, and staying up after because I was too frightened to go to bed.

Vincent Price caused me to have many a sleepless night, he could be so scary but I wouldn't of had it any other way.

Answer 7

i would not say it quite is a to blame exhilaration, there is quiet alot of reliable to be mentioned approximately those movie's, somewhat once you communicate approximately they have been made alongside time in the past and in all probability with a constrained funds, as for my primary i do no longer understand, each and all the single's with christopher lee and peter cushing have been reliable.

Answer 8

i have never seen them - not really into horrors anyway.