Your Bluesky dose of all things Hammer and vintage/British horror. ๐ค
All welcome in these unhallowed halls.
Hammer Horrors
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Do you think that is really Anthony Head? I'm trying to do the math and I think it stacks up. Do we think this is a successful mummy film even though there isn't an actually mummy? Have you got the amazing new Blu-ray Hammer put out for this recently?
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A Hammer folk horror about sexual repression and Satanic possession. #NowWatching Demons of the Mind (1972) #horrorsky #HammerHorror #HolyHorror
On this day in 1958, Dracula was unleashed upon UK audiences. The film introduced a vampire unlike any seen before and cemented Hammerโs infamous reputation. Horror would never be quite the same againโฆ๐ค
A possessed Barbara Judd (Barbara Shelley) walks the streets of London during the electrifying climax of Quatermass and the Pit (1967). ๐ค
Hammer has shared a thrilling update: the iconic Dracula (1958) will indeed be getting a FULLY uncut Halloween release! ๐ค
More info here: hammerfilms.com/blogs/news/d...
The 90s embodiment of a Hammer archetype (tweed jackets, signet ring, occult knowledge), with a hellraising, psychedelic rock-worshipping past, mentoring a teenage girl without being paternalistic or creepy. I wish we could watch the spin-off series Ripper tonight ๐
And with the inclusion of this image in the Q&A, it looks like weโll finally see Valerie Gaunt sink her teeth in to John Van Eyssenโs neckโฆ๐ค
Joan Fontaine hugs producer Anthony Nelson Keys on the set of Hammerโs The Witches. The film wrapped on this day in 1966. ๐ค
