Tag Archives: Hammer

Nothing makes my day like being able to report to you all that some truly classic horror is heading to your collection. Not just any classic horror but HAMMER horror. The press release reveals all:

SYNOPSIS: “Legal and illegal criminality. An American tourist with a boat is robbed by a gang of teenager boys, assisted by the leader’s sister. But soon afterward she jumps to the victim’s boat to escape her brother’s incestuous jealousy. The couple fly together and is hunted by the entire gang. Both happen to enter high-classified military territory. There might be …

SYNOPSIS: “Professor Bernard Quatermass is in charge of a manned rocket mission that has gone awry. They lost contact with the spaceship at one point and have no idea how far into space it may have traveled. When the rocket crash lands in a farmer’s field they find that only one of the three occupants, Victor Carroon, is on board; …

I really do believe that SYNAPSE just may be the number one producer of quality horror DVD and Blu-rays. Every month they blow my mind with another great release. This month it’s the announcement of HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR. As a young horror fan, I really wasn’t that into the HAMMER brand of horror and as such have not seen …

“This remarkable journey through the Hammer vault includes props, annotated script pages, unused poster artwork, production designs, rare promotional material and private correspondence. Hundreds of rare and previously unseen stills help to create a rich souvenir of Hammer’s legacy, from the X certificate classics of the 1950s to the studio’s latest productions. Written and compiled by the official Hammer Films …

News on two new projects from the resurrected HAMMER studio arrived today. First up is a new ghost tale titled THE QUIET ONES. Its one of those “Based on a true story” flicks that’s going to fill us in on the happenings of an unorthodox professor who uses controversial methods and leads his best students off the grid to take …

It sure is nice having HAMMER back in the horror game. They’ve been releasing some pretty stand out fare and it looks like their next one THE WOMAN IN BLACK is going to uphold that long standing tradition. A new TV spot hit online earlier and I thought you all might want to take a peek. Just as a reminder, …

HAMMER has been dishing out the horror pretty steady the last few months. Tonight I got the word on their next release a flick called WAKE WOOD. Here’s the creepy cover art: And here is what we can expect story wise: We are told the tale of Patrick and Louise Daley (Aiden Gillen and Eva Birthistle), whose 9-year-old daughter, Alice …

One of the most successful and prolific British production companies, Hammer Films has become synonymous with horror – most notably the unforgettable series of Dracula and Frankenstein films which were instrumental in launching the careers of my dear old friends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Elevating the horror film in much the same fashion as the illustrious Ealing Studios did …