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By *unandgamegeek OP Man
over a year ago

Bolton

Which Hammer Horror movies are your favourites?

Mine had to be the Dracula and Frankenstein movies.

What does make me laugh is near the end of Dracula A.D. 1972 when Van Helsing takes on Dracula and you hear Van Helsing's heroic theme that was heard at the beginning but has a 70s feel to it. It sounds so cheesy and makes the scene kind of hilarious lol

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

Captain Kronos Vampire hunter.

The Gorgon.

Any of the Dracula films as that’s where I got my love of chiffon nightwear from.

The Devil rides out.

Hound of the Baskervilles.

The more I type these, the more I want to go to Amazon and get a box set

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

The Devil Rides Out with Christopher Lee and Charles Gray.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I love Hammer films

Personal favourites: Dracula and Plague Of The Zombies.

They were pretty much all great though, even those which are considered by critics as the studios lesser efforts.

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By *unandgamegeek OP Man
over a year ago

Bolton

"Captain Kronos Vampire hunter.

The Gorgon.

Any of the Dracula films as that’s where I got my love of chiffon nightwear from.

The Devil rides out.

Hound of the Baskervilles.

The more I type these, the more I want to go to Amazon and get a box set

I heard that Captain Kronos was pretty much the 'Blade' of the 1970s.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Captain Kronos Vampire hunter.

The Gorgon.

Any of the Dracula films as that’s where I got my love of chiffon nightwear from.

The Devil rides out.

Hound of the Baskervilles.

The more I type these, the more I want to go to Amazon and get a box set

I heard that Captain Kronos was pretty much the 'Blade' of the 1970s."

It was in effect

In fact it was planned to be the first in a series of films featuring the blonde, swashbuckling vampire slayer.

Alas, the plan sadly never came to fruition though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The hammer house of horror series was brilliant and films any Dracula ones and the devil rides out fantastic viewing

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Dracula

Twins of evil

Frankenstein

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Captain Kronos Vampire hunter.

The Gorgon.

Any of the Dracula films as that’s where I got my love of chiffon nightwear from.

The Devil rides out.

Hound of the Baskervilles.

The more I type these, the more I want to go to Amazon and get a box set

I heard that Captain Kronos was pretty much the 'Blade' of the 1970s.

It was in effect

In fact it was planned to be the first in a series of films featuring the blonde, swashbuckling vampire slayer.

Alas, the plan sadly never came to fruition though

I watched it recently and was happily surprised, that it still stands up quite well. A mixture of horror and swashbuckling I mean it goes as well as chips and gravy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love all the Hammer Horrors from the Dracula in '57 through to To The Devil A Daughter in '76. Can't pick just one fave!

TV's Hammer House of Horror and Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense are still brilliant too but the Horror episode of The Thirteenth Reunion is still considered THE masterpiece.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Woman in Black! They have kept the creepy ingredients of the old ones I reckon.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Twins of Evil made me feel all peculiar when I saw it an impressionable age.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love Dracula AD 1972 and any of the Frankenstein films with Peter Cushing. Also loved Christopher lee in the mummy film.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Twins of Evil made me feel all peculiar when I saw it an impressionable age. "

The Collinson twins….

Did you know that they were also the first ever twins featured in Playboy?

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By *aucy tiggerWoman
over a year ago

Back where I belong

Not sure if they were Hammer films, but the Dr Phibes film...scary

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By *ea wangMan
over a year ago

scunthorpe

Dracula with Peter cushion and Christopher Lee when I was a kid was something I couldn't watch but now they're tame compared to modern horror

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Another Hammer film that always gets overlooked (possibly on account that it doesn’t feature either Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing) and one of my favourites: Vampire Circus.

I remember it scared the crap out of me as a child as the head vampire seemed to have a predilection for preying upon children(!!!)

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By *urreycpl69Couple
over a year ago

Louth

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By *urreycpl69Couple
over a year ago

Louth

We also like the Amicus films which are similar to Hammer. Films like

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

The Skull

Torture Garden

The House That Dripped Blood

Asylum

Tales from the Crypt - Joan Collins is great in this one

The Vault of Horror - Love Tom Bake in this

And Now the Screaming Starts!

From Beyond the Grave - Probably our favourite

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By *urreycpl69Couple
over a year ago

Louth

"Love all the Hammer Horrors from the Dracula in '57 through to To The Devil A Daughter in '76. Can't pick just one fave!

TV's Hammer House of Horror and Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense are still brilliant too but the Horror episode of The Thirteenth Reunion is still considered THE masterpiece."

We recently bought the Hammer series on BluRay, they still look after all these years.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"We also like the Amicus films which are similar to Hammer. Films like

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

The Skull

Torture Garden

The House That Dripped Blood

Asylum

Tales from the Crypt - Joan Collins is great in this one

The Vault of Horror - Love Tom Bake in this

And Now the Screaming Starts!

From Beyond the Grave - Probably our favourite"

Great shout!

Tyburn Studios also supplied some very good, Hammer-like efforts including, Legend Of The Werewolf.

Meanwhile Tigon films released the absolutely brilliant, Blood On Satan’s Claw.

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By *unandgamegeek OP Man
over a year ago

Bolton

I remember a movie that is not exactly a Hammer Horror but it does have that feel of it known as Theatre of Blood starring Vincent Price.

Pretty good movie that one.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Love all the Hammer Horrors from the Dracula in '57 through to To The Devil A Daughter in '76. Can't pick just one fave!

TV's Hammer House of Horror and Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense are still brilliant too but the Horror episode of The Thirteenth Reunion is still considered THE masterpiece.

We recently bought the Hammer series on BluRay, they still look after all these years."

They do! They're classics. Simple as that.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"I remember a movie that is not exactly a Hammer Horror but it does have that feel of it known as Theatre of Blood starring Vincent Price.

Pretty good movie that one."

Brilliant film!

Robert Morley being force fed his pet poodles is a sight I will never forget!

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Does anyone remember The British Lions film, The Beast Must Die?

Peter Cushing and the super cool, Calvin Lockhart headlined in this horror/mystery which famously freeze framed in one scene and challenged viewers to guess the identity of the werewolf.

Great stuff!

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By *unandgamegeek OP Man
over a year ago

Bolton

"I remember a movie that is not exactly a Hammer Horror but it does have that feel of it known as Theatre of Blood starring Vincent Price.

Pretty good movie that one.

Brilliant film!

Robert Morley being force fed his pet poodles is a sight I will never forget!

Yeah. I remember that bit when the pies are revealed with the poodles' heads on them.

"My babies!!"

I do admire how creative the kills were in the movie with each resembling something out of each Shakespearean play.

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Does anyone remember The British Lions film, The Beast Must Die?

Peter Cushing and the super cool, Calvin Lockhart headlined in this horror/mystery which famously freeze framed in one scene and challenged viewers to guess the identity of the werewolf.

Great stuff! "

Absolutely, I’d have mentioned it but as it wasn’t a Hammer film didn’t bother. It’s a great film, the werewolf break and Calvin Lockhart a black actor in the main role (handsome chap

) also added to its uniqueness for the time.

The horror double bills on a Saturday night on BBC2 was a highlight of my week, when these types of films would be shown.

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By *unandgamegeek OP Man
over a year ago

Bolton

I may have not have seen the Hammer House of Horror series but I do remember an episode known as The House That Bled To Death where it had a kid's birthday party and a pipe breaks free on the ceiling and starts pouring blood on everyone.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"Does anyone remember The British Lions film, The Beast Must Die?

Peter Cushing and the super cool, Calvin Lockhart headlined in this horror/mystery which famously freeze framed in one scene and challenged viewers to guess the identity of the werewolf.

Great stuff!

Absolutely, I’d have mentioned it but as it wasn’t a Hammer film didn’t bother. It’s a great film, the werewolf break and Calvin Lockhart a black actor in the main role (handsome chap

) also added to its uniqueness for the time.

The horror double bills on a Saturday night on BBC2 was a highlight of my week, when these types of films would be shown.

Did you guess the werewolf’s identity?

(I got it wrong)

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By *tarshipMan
over a year ago

Bristol

For me it has to be their first tussle with the vengeful guardians of the ancient Egyptian gods in The Mummy of 1959. Despite being wrapped from head to toe in bandages the combination of unstoppable, vengeful power and pathos that Christopher Lee brought to Kharis is something which no film before or certainly since got close to bringing to the genre.

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By *unandgamegeek OP Man
over a year ago

Bolton

"For me it has to be their first tussle with the vengeful guardians of the ancient Egyptian gods in The Mummy of 1959. Despite being wrapped from head to toe in bandages the combination of unstoppable, vengeful power and pathos that Christopher Lee brought to Kharis is something which no film before or certainly since got close to bringing to the genre. "

I've just been lucky enough to order the movie on DVD earlier.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ones with Christopher lee

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

"Does anyone remember The British Lions film, The Beast Must Die?

Peter Cushing and the super cool, Calvin Lockhart headlined in this horror/mystery which famously freeze framed in one scene and challenged viewers to guess the identity of the werewolf.

Great stuff!

Absolutely, I’d have mentioned it but as it wasn’t a Hammer film didn’t bother. It’s a great film, the werewolf break and Calvin Lockhart a black actor in the main role (handsome chap

) also added to its uniqueness for the time.

The horror double bills on a Saturday night on BBC2 was a highlight of my week, when these types of films would be shown.

Did you guess the werewolf’s identity?

(I got it wrong)

I doubt it, but I watched it for the first time decades ago, so we’ll just say maybe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Man about the house.

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By *xciter7169Man
over a year ago

The Midlands

"We also like the Amicus films which are similar to Hammer. Films like

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

The Skull

Torture Garden

The House That Dripped Blood

Asylum

Tales from the Crypt - Joan Collins is great in this one

The Vault of Horror - Love Tom Bake in this

And Now the Screaming Starts!

From Beyond the Grave - Probably our favourite"
I misread that as Screaming tarts!

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

Just Hammer: Dracula. There's something really sexy about Christopher Lee in that film.

Any B movie horror: the Masque of the Red Death. It has a very European gothic feel to it, and Vincent Price is always worth a watch.

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