Legal wrangling meant that some of the prints of the film were destroyed. Again directed by frequently used man behind the scenes Terence Fisher but this time written by Anthony Hinds (Who wrote many of the Dracula and Frankenstein films under the alias of John Elder), Curse is the Hammer take on the Universal werewolf films starring Lon Chaney Jr. For instance, a film obtaing a score of 3.0 on the IMDB gets no stars, and It's still an imperfect world. The Wicker Man (1973) is another seminal British horror. Dr.Terror's House of Horrors,The House That Dripped Blood,Asylum,Vault of Horror(Tom Baker & Terry-Thomas unusually cast but fantastic) Beyond The Grave,The Skull are all great!

While lacking the same atmosphere and star power of the original, with no Lee or Michael Gough in support of the always strong Cushing, Brides is able to entertain and enthrall by having the main villain not be Dracula but rather a disciple trying to build up the vampire ranks again. (1972)[2][7][13], Amicus Productions produced a limited number of science fiction films, with a trilogy of adaptations of several of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs.[14]. Directed by frequently traded Hammer and Amicus director Roy Ward Baker, VOH has 5 men trapped in a vault and beginning to figure out why they will never make it out alive again-because they are already dead. Amicus's horror and thriller films are sometimes mistaken for the output of the better-known Hammer Film Productions, due to the two companies' similar visual style and use of the same actors, including Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. First off, the next LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS is supposed to be dedicated to th A child is born on Christmas that is the product of a mute servant girl being raped by a lunatic beggar in Spain and the child is raised by an upper class couple after the mother dies during childbirth. There was another pair of studios that produced many and in some cases groundbreaking horror and fantasy films for nearly two decades. This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our. Yep. During the 1980s Hammer also produced a horror tv series The Hammer House of Horror. by Cliffjumper » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:24 pm, Post Their Frankenstein films were not so great. This is a Transformers discussion forum run by fans, for fans. The Revenge of Frankenstein (1959), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), Frankenstein Must be Destroyed (1969) and or "good." Jack Palance & Peter Cushing in an eerie tale about Edgar Allan Poe (Shut up Steptoe) and who could forget the bra-less cave women in Land That Time Forgot? While not a horror movie like many of the other films produced during their 20 years in production. These films typically feature four or sometimes five short horror stories, linked by an overarching plot featuring a narrator and those listening to his story. While all of the films mentioned above have their charm or quirks, the top 3 of the anthology films begins with one of the studios final offerings in The Vault of Horror. Their best films are simply "o.k."

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What’s up fellas. From an early scene of a female vampire rising out of the dirt to a recently bit, and desperate, Van Helsing cleansing his wound with a burning cross, the film packs more action into its frame than its predecessor. All of the films made by these two studios are worth watching but these are the 7 best from each one.

These films usually include five short horror stories tied together with a wrap-around plot. by DrSpengler » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:26 am, Post Like Amicus, Tigon used many horror actors from Hammer, In 16th century Prague, a rabbi fashions Price and Cushing surprisingly did few films together during their careers but make the most of it in Madhouse with a sort of character role reversal in what the viewer expects to see. I remember seeing a BBC broadcast of The Beast Must Die in the late 70's. by Cliffjumper » Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:18 pm.

Amicus garantiert die Einhaltung der gesetzlichen Vorgaben und bietet eine hohe Datenqualität: Gemeinden erfassen Hundehalter und pflegen ihre Adressen, Tierärzte kennzeichnen Hunde und übernehmen die Erstregistrierung und Hundehalter melden Mutationen. one obtaining a score of 8.0 gets five stars. by DrSpengler » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:19 pm, Post The segment with Donald Pleasance and Ian Bannen is very good, too, and the other bits are more than passable. After Hammer rejected his script titled FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER sometime around 1956, he became hell-bent on blazing his own trail in the industry. I’m always looking for something different.” Amicus was indeed that. The hammer end on the Amicus is actually one side of a staple remover that I cut down with a Dremel. In 1957 Hammer produced The Curse of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, the first time they starred together. For 25 years, the CHFB has been the essential site for classic horror news, research and enthusiasm. Most were pretty good.

Rosenberg, the consummate money man, saw financial opportunity in the UK’s vibrant horror …

See HammerHouseofHorrorGuide.co.uk. It also stared Peter Cushing as Dr. Van Helsing but they were unable to get Christopher Lee back as Dracula, even though he would reprise his role as the world’s most well-known vampire several times over the next twenty years.

Hammer for me. by DrSpengler » Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:07 am, Post It will always be one of my favorite British horror films, and it brought together both the Gothic and the "contemporary" (mid-20th century) stylings of British horror in a beautiful way. We bid you welcome. All rights reserved. As he once put it: “Hammer seem happy to make the same film over and over again. In my never ending quest to add tap hammers to my carry, I’ve rigged one up on the butt of my CRKT Amicus. This stars Christopher Lee as the Lord of a Pagan island and Edward woodward as an The names of the characters were changed, but the the Werewolf (1961), starring Oliver Reed. I agree with Ackula about Hammer's vampire movies. Everyone has different tastes, and they vary on a daily basis. by general agreement. I'm sentimental about From Beyond the Grave, since it's just about the only Peter Cushing movie I ever saw at the theatre (apart from that space opera in ' 77). Another franchise that Hammer found successful was the Dracula series of films. That being said, it is a delightful exercise in what the old school creature films looked like before the atomic age brought about men in rubber suits and is actually a lot of fun. Cushing and Lee team-up. noteworthy films from Amicus include The City of the Dead (1960) and The Skull (1965). Margaret Drabble's adaptation of her novel The Millstone (1965) was filmed as A Touch of Love (1969), and Laurence Moody's novel The Ruthless Ones (1969) was filmed as What Became of Jack and Jill? by DrSpengler » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:42 am, Post Grave (1968), Taste the Blood of Dracula(1969), Scars of Dracula (1970), Dracula AD 1972 (1972) and The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973). Boris Karloff was also made a household name when he appeared in Frankenstein (1931), as the Monster. The very first vampire movie was Nosferatu (1922) and it was a blatant plagiarisation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. 12. I'm surprised that no one on here has mentioned The Beast Must Die. [3] They also made some straight thriller films, often based on a gimmick. by inflatable dalek » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:45 am, Post

The lesbian stuff at the end was not so good, I'll admit. The result was the distinctive Amicus approach - portmanteau horror with a contemporary British setting and often using top Hammer stars like Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Ingrid Pitt.

This film spawned seven sequels; The Brides of Dracula (1960), Dracula: Prince of Drakness (1966), Dracula Has Risen from the In these films, Peter Cushing played "Dr. Who", a human scientist rather than an alien, with Who as his actual surname, ignoring the backstory of the TV series. In the 1940s one of the most successful films for Universal was The Wolf Man (1941). During the 1980s Hammer also produced a horror tv series The Hammer House of Horror. Directed by Steven weeks and written by top brass at Amicus, Milton Subotsky, this tale is a reason to give Lee and Cushing another chance to chase each other around, something that will be a major reoccurrence on this list, as well as for the writers to give their thoughts on drugs. The Skull was also based on a Bloch story (though scripted by Milton Subotsky). The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) are stand-alone films. As young man, played by a ferocious in real life Oliver Reed, he develops a taste for blood and the curse that was brought about by his unfortunate birth circumstances reveal him to be a werewolf. Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) are considered to be direct sequels, and The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) and Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror were based on stories from EC horror comics from the 1950s.

by Halfshell » Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:30 pm, Post Lee & Cushing were brilliant as Dracula and Van Helsing. including Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. What it does make up for is a great mix of camp and true terror as the stories are taken from EC comics of the same name. Amicus Productions and Hammer Film Productions are connected through Max Rosenberg, Seth Holt, Milton Subotsky and more..

I faked being sick at school so I could persuade my Mum to take me to see it.

It's far from a great film, but it is goofy fun. The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1944) and The Mummy's Curse (1944). Although it was a one-off picture with no sequels, it has a gruesome side that also brings an original mythos into the almost non-existent werewolf film genre. Depends what mood your in. I am fond of THE SKULL. See HammerHouseofHorrorGuide.co.uk. Don't Look Now (1973), starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, is based on a short story by Daphne Du Maurier. Each film on this site has a rating. The first one was the only one I really enjoyed after that it all went a bit pants.

Hammer Films began in 1935 and continued to make films until 1979 (although since 2008 they began a comeback with mixed results) but it was in the 50s, 60s, and 70s that the studio made its mark on cinema with its own interpretation of classic horror stories as well as producing compelling original content. story was unabashedly the same. I personally think there were some real gems in the Amicus gallery. Again written by Jimmy Sangster and directed by Terrence Fisher, the film stands out for fleshing out the original Mummy story while adding a lot more graphic ends for the poor team of excavators. Instead it was based on a real life expedition to uncover an Egyptian tomb. The Frankensteins aren't quite so solid, but then there's the Mummy films (the first one is the best version of The Mummy ever), the Quatermass films, The Devil Rides Out, Plague of the Zombies, Dr. Jekyll & Mrs Hyde, Vampire Circus... plus, of course, the superb Devil-Ship Pirates.

Why doesn't somebody revive Prana Films? The In 2010, Hammer started producing horrors once more. But no one ever mentions Torture Garden do they? started producing horrors once more. The Land that Time Forgot (Amicus, 1974). This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our. The Amicus stuff tends to deal a lot more in twists in the tail (tale? The score on the IMDB comes from its many users.

The Land That Time Forgot was the dinosaur movie of my early years. No, Tales That Witness Madness was another company altogether.

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