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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
One of the chief defining characteristics of Hammer’s initial run of Gothic horrors in the late 50’s and early 60’s is the resistance to produce traditional, straightforward, or even faithful updates to horror’s canon of literary and cinematic monsters. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Christopher Lee, Dawn Addams, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Hammer, horror, Oliver Reed, Paul Massie, Terence Fisher
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To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
The swan song for Hammer horror (for a few decades, at least), To the Devil a Daughter (1976) is a belated attempt to present harder-edged genre material. Apart from perhaps the underrated psychological thriller Straight on Till Morning (1972), Daughter … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott, Dennis Wheatley, Hammer, horror, Nastassja Kinski, Richard Widmark, Satanism
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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Following the runaway success of Dracula (1931), Universal quickly arranged a follow-up vehicle for its new horror star. Bela Lugosi was reunited with producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. for Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), while the striking Hungarian also farmed … Continue reading
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Tagged 30's, Bela Lugosi, Edgar Allan Poe, gorilla, horror, John Huston, Karl Freund, Noble Johnson, Robert Florey, Sidney Fox
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