Tag Archives: Hammer
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
One of the last gasps of Hammer horror, and possibly the finest of that home stretch of films, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) was only released two years after it was completed, and then with such limited British distribution that … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Brian Clemens, Caroline Munro, Hammer, horror, Horst Janson, Vampire
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The Damned (1963)
I was originally going to post about The Damned (aka These are the Damned, 1963) as a “double feature” with X the Unknown (1956), which is also a Hammer black-and-white SF film dominated by Geiger counter clicks. The Damned can … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 60's, Gangs, Hammer, Joseph Losey, Macdonald Carey, Oliver Reed, radiation, Science Fiction, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors
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Taste of Fear (1961)
Sometime in the early to mid-2000’s I was introduced to Scream of Fear – or, as it was titled in its native U.K., Taste of Fear (1961) – in a big-screen double feature with another Hammer chiller, The Revenge of … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Smoking Gun
Tagged 60's, Ann Todd, Christopher Lee, Hammer, Seth Holt, Susan Strasberg, wheelchair
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