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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
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 70's, Christopher Lee, Denholm Elliott, Dennis Wheatley, Hammer, horror, Nastassja Kinski, Richard Widmark, Satanism
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Doctor Faustus (1967)
Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) is best known for his plays The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and Edward II, and conspiracy theorists have long postulated that he faked his premature death (he was stabbed just above the eye during a brawl) and … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, Christopher Marlowe, Elizabeth Taylor, Faust, horror, Richard Burton, Satanism, Surreal, The Devil
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10 Hammer Favorites
Reviewing The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) has me thinking about my favorite Hammer films, horror or otherwise. What follows is a list of the Hammer films I return to the most often and with the greatest pleasure. It’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, 60's, 70's, Andrew Keir, Charles Gray, Christopher Lee, Collinson Twins, dinosaurs, Dracula, Fantasy, Frankenstein, Hammer, horror, Linda Hayden, Oliver Reed, Peter Cushing, prehistoric, Quatermass, Raquel Welch, Ray Harryhausen, Satanism, Science Fiction, Susan Denberg, The Devil, Vampire, Werewolf
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