Which Hammer Horror Films would you recommend?
I recently received a 30-pack of Universal Horror and I have been watching them left and right. I enjoy them, but I've yet to find a definitive film that tilts the needle in a positive direction. Ultimately, I think what I was searching for was a similar feeling to what I felt back when I was a kid and was watching all the slasher films for the first time or five or so years ago when I really dove into Full Moon Features. That is, that even if the films didn't have top-of-the-line actors, directors, or have in-depth, fully fleshed out concepts, I'd still find a lot to enjoy from them, and every once in a while, I'd find a film and think, "That was a really good film. I could go to bad for this film."
After I finish the Universal collection that started with Phantom of the Opera and ends with, I believe, the third Creature from the Black Lagoon film, I think I'll want to start on the Hammer films. Unfortunately, there isn't a Hammer Collection box-set. I mean, I did find one box-set with twenty-one films, but it only includes the later films (no Dracula, Frankenstein, or any of that.), is available as a Region 2 disc (doesn't work on US DVD players), and is over $100 (which I don't think is worth it, maybe if it had the better known films). Question: What Hammer Horror Films would you recommend? (Don't say all of them, ... I work in a retail store.) If you can go to bat with some of their originals, ones that aren't remakes, I'd be very grateful. Feel free to recommend some of the crime noir films either, though, I'll be focusing on them later on. Here's What I'm Definitely Getting: 1. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) 2. Dracula (1958) 3. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) 4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) 5. The Mummy (1959) 6. The Brides of Dracula (1960) 7. The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) 8. The Curse of the Werewolf (1960) 9. Phantom of the Opera (1962) 10. The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) 11. The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) 12. The Gorgon (1964) 13. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) - If I can find it reasonably priced. 14. Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) 15. The Mummy's Shroud (1967) 16. The Devil Rides Out (1968) 17. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) 18. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) 19. Scars of Dracula (1970) 20. The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) 21. Countess Dracula (1971) 22. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) 23. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) 24. Hands of the Ripper (1971) 25. Dracula A.D. 1972 26. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) 27. The Legend of the Golden Vampires (1974) On the Fence about: 1. X the Unknown 2. The Abominable Snowman 3. The Man Who Could Cheat Death 4. Never Take Sweets from a Stranger 5. The Reptile |
Re: Which Hammer Horror Films would you recommend?
whats a hammer horror?someone who wakes up from the dead or is brought back?
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Originally Posted by Topsy (Post 1620555)
whats a hammer horror?someone who wakes up from the dead or is brought back?
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Re: Which Hammer Horror Films would you recommend?
Curse of Frankenstein. Not just my fave Hammer, but one of my fave horrors in general.
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Originally Posted by McConnaughay (Post 1620571)
Hammer Film Productions is a British film company, they made horror films from the 50s to the 70s. They had a legal agreement with Universal that allowed them to adapt some of their Universe monster films. The company has since fallen from grace, but they've had a small resurgence, doing films like The Woman in Black, The Quiet Ones, and Let Me In. :)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...1958poster.jpg Ive never really given let me in a chance depsite great reviews,I think having children in the lead put me off it a bit for whatever reason. I dont think ive seen any of the others though unfortunately. |
Originally Posted by Topsy (Post 1620601)
Ive never really given let me in a chance depsite great reviews,I think having children in the lead put me off it a bit for whatever reason.
I dont think ive seen any of the others though unfortunately.
Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1620600)
Curse of Frankenstein. Not just my fave Hammer, but one of my fave horrors in general.
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Re: Which Hammer Horror Films would you recommend?
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) is my favourite Hammer Horror, although I know many people hate it. It blends Hammer's Dracula with Shaw Brother's wuxia and the final result is the cheesiest Hammer ever (and therefore the best, naturally).
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Re: Which Hammer Horror Films would you recommend?
Coincidentally, I just got my first book on Bigfoot (it's in encyclopedic form), and one of the entries is for the Hammer Film "The Abominable Snowman" (1957).
The book says this film stands out as being very different from Hammer's other classic monster movies as, not only is it black & white (unlike most of Hammer's bloody colorful horror movies) but it is insightful & provocative while providing subtleties that can't really be explained without giving away spoilers. It stars Hammer mainstay Peter Cushing & Forrest Tucker of F-Troop fame (now there's an odd team up!) I haven't seen it, but am now keeping an eye out for it after reading about it. |
I think you've got most of the ones I'd recommend, but I'd also throw out The Reptile, Demons Of The Mind and Vampire Circus. Demons Of The Mind is an odd one and I can see it not working for some people. There's a strange mix of psychoanalysis and folk horror which I think work well together but are kind of clunky. It's a culture clash between 'science' and 'the old ways'.
Most don't care for it, but I like 'The Karnstein Trilogy', but then, I would. ;) The Vampire Lovers, Lust For A Vampire and Twins Of Evil. A couple of non-horror Hammer films you might be interested in, too, are The Nanny and Straight On Till Morning. |
Originally Posted by Mr Minio (Post 1620632)
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974) is my favourite Hammer Horror, although I know many people hate it. It blends Hammer's Dracula with Shaw Brother's wuxia and the final result is the cheesiest Hammer ever (and therefore the best, naturally).
Originally Posted by Captain Steel (Post 1620661)
Coincidentally, I just got my first book on Bigfoot (it's in encyclopedic form), and one of the entries is for the Hammer Film "The Abominable Snowman" (1957).
Originally Posted by honeykid (Post 1620725)
I think you've got most of the ones I'd recommend, but I'd also throw out The Reptile, Demons Of The Mind and Vampire Circus. Demons Of The Mind is an odd one and I can see it not working for some people.
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Re: Which Hammer Horror Films would you recommend?
Dracula (1958)
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Re: Which Hammer Horror Films would you recommend?
Horror of Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and X The Unknown, which is essentially what a Jon Pertwee Doctor Who story would be like had it been made in the 50s. ;)
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Re: Which Hammer Horror Films would you recommend?
I would have to say any Dracula is so worth watching n Phantom Of The Opera!! MUST WATCH!!!
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Originally Posted by McConnaughay (Post 1620554)
If you can go to bat with some of their originals, ones that aren't remakes,
It's odd how many of these films I haven't seen all the way through. I do like The Devil Rides Out. I quite like the Roger Corman and Vincent Price films actually – I mean Price is the man anyway. |
Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1620600)
Curse of Frankenstein. Not just my fave Hammer, but one of my fave horrors in general.
Nothing else they've made comes close |
Originally Posted by McConnaughay (Post 1620554)
Unfortunately, there isn't a Hammer Collection box-set. I mean, I did find one box-set with twenty-one films, but it only includes the later films (no Dracula, Frankenstein, or any of that.), is available as a Region 2 disc (doesn't work on US DVD players), and is over $100 (which I don't think is worth it, maybe if it had the better known films).
The 21 Film Set has five franchise films on it. Dracula Prince of Darkness Scars of Dracula Frankenstien Created Woman Horror of Frankenstein Blood from the Mummy's Tomb Now you do need a region free DVD player for those but you should have one of those anyways. Because OOP DVD's can be very expensive but it's rare to have DVD's be out of print for all regions. The other box sets https://www.amazon.com/Classics-Coll...t+be+destroyed https://www.amazon.com/TCM-Greatest-...t+be+destroyed https://www.amazon.com/Hammer-Film-C...lms+collection https://www.amazon.com/Werewolf-Para...RWH60MHGMRZC0A Now for me the best ones are The Abominable Snowman The Mummy Plague of the Zombies Curse of the Werewolf The Reptile |
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