The History Of Hammer Horror , Sky Arts

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Ingrid Pitt now you're talking.
The earlier films with Peter Cushing and often Christopher Lee as Dracula were frightening.
I remember they got a bit silly then, perhaps it was because I was getting older?
Was it Dracula AD 1972? More like a comedy.

Is that the one that starts with old drac on a spike from a horse carriage ?

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Is that the one that starts with old drac on a spike from a horse carriage ?

Yes.

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Kinda good fun, though. Ridiculously silly, but reasonably entertaining. I picked up a mint condition BluRay copy in a local charity shop for 50p earlier this year. I've got loads of Hammer films and have watched most of those I haven't got, but I'd never seen this nonsense before.

Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Stephanie Beacham, Caroline Munro - well worth 50p in my opinion.

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I agree although the soundtrack had stopped being amusing about half way through and was just plain irritating well before the end!

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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.

Another old cracker in my opinion was "The Haunting", early 60s. No need for any gory violence in these type of films to give you the shivers.

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I saw Freddie Jones once at Southsea on a bench by the Square Tower near the Hot Walls.
Always wished I'd complimented him on that scene when after his work on the monster, he deftly sliced the top off two boiled eggs

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Another old cracker in my opinion was "The Haunting", early 60s. No need for any gory violence in these type of films to give you the shivers.

NOW you're talking!!
Really scary, much better than the colour remake, despite Cath Z-J

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NOW you're talking!!
Really scary, much better than the colour remake, despite Cath Z-J

Yes played on your own fears

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Yes.

I thought that was quite gory for it's time

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The Legend Of Hell House

Amicus production again I think

Very Creepy

Dr Terrors House of Horrors

Theatre Of Blood

That was creepy too

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For those (like me) who missed this it is getting another airing on Sky arts tonight (Sunday) at 10:30.

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For those (like me) who missed this it is getting another airing on Sky arts tonight (Sunday) at 10:30.

Two glimpses of ingrid pitt in 3 days

Lovely