The History Of Hammer Horror , Sky Arts

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I haven't come across those. Thanks for that, I'll give them a try. I love psychological thrillers. I'm straying off Hammer Horror here but for me one of the very best psychological thrillers was "The Innocents" from Henry James's "Turn of the Screw". Wonderfully scary and gothic. I'm still not sure if the governess was just going mad or whether she was confronted with pure evil.

The Innocents is a marvellous film. Speaking of which, I recently watched a truly bizarre 1971 prequel to the Innocents called the Nightcomers. It was directed by Michael Winner and stars Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham and Thora Hird. Far from a great film, very odd indeed. Brando's attempt at an Irish accent if laughable, but I only paid £4 for the BluRay and Stephanie Beacham parades around naked in it, so it had its plus points.

The Hammer films are a mixed bag but all sorts of interesting people turn up in them either at the beginning or the end of their careers and they're generally good fun. Never Take Sweets From A Stranger is a bit different in that deals with subject matter that was very rarely touched upon when it was filmed. I thought it was excellent considering it was shot in 1959.