50 Years Of Hammer Horror
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| Author | : John L. Flynn |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2006-10 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9780976940081 |
50 Years of Hammer Horror by John L. Flynn, Ph.D. is the follow-up book to his popular 75 Years of Universal Monsters. Hammer Film Productions was the most successful independent film company in the world. Between 1935 and 1983, the company produced more than 250 motion pictures and television shows, and their signature productions headlined theater marquees all around the globe. Those productions included thrillers, comedies, historical dramas, and science fiction. The company was best known for its series of gothic horror films, now termed Hammer Horror, that were produced from the late Fifties to the middle Seventies. During those nineteen years, from 1957 to 1976, Hammer Films reigned supreme as the world's premier producer of horror movies, enjoying worldwide financial success and creative freedom. Chief among its box office successes were new incarnations of Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, the Werewolf, the Phantom of the Opera, and many others. In fact, Hammer emerged as the successor to Universal Pictures' horror film legacy. Virtually, every creature-feature Universal had filmed in black-and-white monochrome, Hammer remade in glorious Eastman Technicolor. This book is a celebration of the small independent studio that changed the look of horror films forever.
| Author | : Howard Maxford |
| Publisher | : B. T. Batsford Limited |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Horror films |
| ISBN | : |
In its heyday during the Fifties, Sixties and early Seventies, Hammer Films produced a legacy of horror films such as Dracula, The Curse of Frankenstein and The Quatermass Experiment, featuring stars who included Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Bette Davis, Ursula Andress, Raquel Welch, Stephanie Beacham and Julie Ege. This book provides a chronological, film-by-film history of the studio, from its obscure beginnings in the 1930s to its decline and virtual disappearance five decades later. It includes coverage of the pre-horror, science-fiction films of the 1950s, and post-horror comedy of the 1980s, with complete credits for all Hammer films.
| Author | : Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476602018 |
The Hammer studio is best known for its horror film output from the mid-1950s through the 1970s. This book provides facts about the hundreds of actresses who appeared in those films, including ones released in the twenty-first century by a resurgent Hammer. Each woman's entry includes her Hammer filmography, a brief biography if available, and other film credits in the horror genre. The book is illustrated with more than 60 film stills and posters.
| Author | : David Huckvale |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2014-02-28 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476604215 |
Hammer Film's is justly famous for Gothic horror but the company also excelled in the psychological thriller. Influenced by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Alfred Hitchcock, Hammer created its own approach to this genre in some of the company's very best films. This book takes a chronological, film-by-film approach to all of Hammer's thrillers. Well-known classics such as Seth Holt's The Nanny (1965) and Taste of Fear (1961) are discussed, together with less well known but equally brilliant films such as The Full Treatment (dir. Val Guest, 1960) and Michael Carreras' Maniac (1963). The films' literary ancestry, reflection of British society and relation to psychological theories of Freud and Jung, architectural metaphor, sexuality, religion, and even Nazi atrocities are all fully explored.
| Author | : Wayne Kinsey |
| Publisher | : Tomahawk Press (GA) |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Horror films |
| ISBN | : 9780953192625 |
Foreword by Peter Hutchings, Northumbria University. Wayne Kinsey reveals the story of Hammer Films from 1967 to the present day, following the highs and lows of the company as it bedded into its new home at Elstree Studios. Based on extensive oral history recording with Hammer personnel, the book describes in fascinating detail how the studio would plummet from one of the most successful British film companies and proud recipients of the Queen's Award for Industry, to the depths of bankruptcy within a single decade. As the British Censor relaxed, Hammer took full advantage, steeping their films in the seventies with sex and nudity as well as ever increasing gore. Even better than Kinseys previous volume, the acclaimed "Hammer Films: The Bray Studios Years", this book is heavily illustrated throughout by rare, never before published photographs and documents, many taken behind the scenes of the famous "House that Dripped Blood".
| Author | : John McCarty |
| Publisher | : Carol Publishing Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : |
John McCarty has selected fifty outstanding examples of the modern horror film. Film buffs will relive the terrors they enjoyed on the screen! Each of the fifty films is documented with casts, credits, production notes and reviews.
| Author | : Howard Maxford |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 993 |
| Release | : 2019-11-08 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476629145 |
Think you know everything there is to know about Hammer Films, the fabled "Studio that Dripped Blood?" The lowdown on all the imperishable classics of horror, like The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula and The Devil Rides Out? What about the company's less blood-curdling back catalog? What about the musicals, comedies and travelogues, the fantasies and historical epics--not to mention the pirate adventures? This lavishly illustrated encyclopedia covers every Hammer film and television production in thorough detail, including budgets, shooting schedules, publicity and more, along with all the actors, supporting players, writers, directors, producers, composers and technicians. Packed with quotes, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, credit lists and production specifics, this all-inclusive reference work is the last word on this cherished cinematic institution.
| Author | : Sinclair McKay |
| Publisher | : White Lion Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 230 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
Published to tie in with the celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first Hammer Horror feature, this is a history of the studio that transformed the British horror movie into an international brand.
| Author | : Jack Hunter |
| Publisher | : Cult Movie Files |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9781902588247 |
The meteoric rise of Hammer Films as a force in world horror cinema resulted from the release of 1958's seminal film, Dracula, starring Christopher Lee. Lee became the most famous incarnation of the vampire Count ever, in a series of stylish films spanning 16 years. Eyes of Blood is a complete visual tribute to Lee's magnetic and enduring portrayal of Dracula, featuring over 50 rare production photographs covering all seven of the classic horror movies, plus a section of stunning poster art with 20 full-colour images. Each film is reviewed in full, with details of cast and crew
| Author | : Marcus Hearn |
| Publisher | : Titan Books (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Horror films |
| ISBN | : 9781852868765 |
A celebration of Hammer Films, published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Hammer's first film, The Curse of Frankenstein. This book offers a film-by-film dissection of the Hammer phenomenon, including behind-the-scenes production details.
