The Beast Must Die (1974)
Jonathan Clode shares his thoughts on The Beast Must Die, Amicus’s stab at a werewolf film, featuring the ‘legendary’ werewolf break…
Peter Cushing
The Train From Another World: The Odd Universe of Horror Express (1972)
Andy Roberts climbs aboard the Horror Express to explore the 1972 sci-fi horror favourite, which was not alone in taking inspiration (and plot points) from John. W. Campbell’s influential novella, Who Goes There?
Swinging The Hammer: Dracula A.D. 1972 Reconsidered
Unfairly maligned or a Hammer film low point? Johnny Restall heads back to swinging London for Dracula A.D. 1972…
The Importance of Presentation: Peter Cushing in Corruption
It’s safe to say, British exploitation shocker, Corruption, was not a favourite of its star, Peter Cushing. Jamie Evans looks at Cushing’s turn as the damaged doctor, Sir John Rowan…
Freddie Francis: There and Back Again
Freddie Francis’ cinematographic brilliance is undisputed but his sojourns into directing produced some British horror favourites among fans. Jane Nightshade selects 10 of his best…
The Dark Masters Trilogy
Ann Laabs delves into Stephen Volk’s The Dark Masters Trilogy, a triumvirate of novellas featuring a grieving Peter Cushing, a very young Alfred Hitchcock, and Dennis Wheatley’s mysterious summons from ‘The Wickedest Man in the World’…
The Vampire Lovers: A Fiftieth Anniversary Retrospective
In an in-depth feature, cultural historian John J Johnston looks back at the inception of Hammer’s most important productions of the 1970s, and endeavours to reassesses the film’s reputation, fifty years after its release…
Hammer Films Icons: Part one – Making a Monster
In the first of a new series, Jonathan Clode explores the monstrous Hammer films icons, beginning with Frankenstein (and his monsters)…