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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell is being released in the UK on a Limited Edition Blu-ray by Second Sight Films on August 29, 2022. Special Features: The main feature …
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‘What do The Devil’s Own do after dark?’ The Witches is a 1966 British horror film directed by Cyril Frankel (Never Take Sweets from a Stranger). It was adapted by Nigel …
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‘The first moon “western”… an asteroid worth millions. A robbery. A murder.’ Moon Zero Two is a 1969 British science fiction film about a space salvager who helps a criminal …
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‘Doomed to walk the earth as slaves to the lord of the living dead!!!’ The Plague of the Zombies is a 1966 released British Hammer horror film about a mysterious …
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Night Creatures aka Captain Clegg, Hammer Films’ 1962 British action-adventure horror film will be released on Blu-ray by Scream Factory on April 19th 2022. Special features will be announced soon, …
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Nightmare, the 1964 Hammer horror psychological thriller directed by Freddie Francis from a screenplay by producer Jimmy Sangster, is being released as a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray by Scream Factory on …
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The Vampire Lovers is being released by Scream Factory on a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, on December 21st 2021. Special features: Audio …
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Hands of the Ripper is a 1971 British horror feature film directed by Peter Sasdy (I Don’t Want to Be Born; Countess Dracula; Taste the Blood of Dracula) for Hammer …
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Countess Dracula is a British horror feature film based on the legends surrounding the “Blood Countess” Elizabeth Báthory. It is in many ways atypical of Hammer’s canon, attempting to broaden …
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‘The ultimate in stabbing suspense! The intimate in shear shock! Fanatic is a 1965 British horror thriller feature film about a young American woman being terrorised by a religiously obsessed …
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The Evil of Frankenstein has been released as a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray by Scream Factory on May 19th 2020 utilising a new 4K scan of the interpositive. The new sleeve …
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1973 British Hammer film directed by Alan Gibson. It is the eighth film in the Hammer Dracula franchise and the seventh and final to feature Christopher …
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Scream Factory has unveiled the special features for its Blu-ray release of Hammer horror Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter which is due for release on April 14, 2020. Audio commentary with …
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‘Past, present or future, never count out the Count!’ Dracula A.D. 1972 is a British supernatural horror film, directed by Alan Gibson (Crescendo; Goodbye Gemini) and produced by Hammer Film Productions. It was written by Don …
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‘Screen’s greatest screamfest!’ The Revenge of Frankenstein is a 1958 British science-fiction horror film in which the Baron escapes the guillotine to continue his experiments. Directed by Terence Fisher from …
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To the Devil a Daughter was released on Blu-ray by Scream Factory in North America on December 17th 2019 with special features: New Audio commentary with film historians Steve Haberman …
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Rasputin the Mad Monk was released by Scream Factory on Blu-ray on February 18th 2020. Audio Commentary with film historians Constantine Nasr, Steve Haberman and Ted Newsom. Audio Commentary with …
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The Abominable Snowman is a 1957 British horror film directed by Val Guest for Hammer Film Productions. It is based on a 1955 BBC television play, The Creature, written by Nigel Kneale (The Quatermass …
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‘Warning: to every creature of flesh and blood! Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet!’ The Mummy’s Shroud is a 1967 British supernatural horror feature film directed by John Gilling (The …
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Demons of the Mind is a 1972 British horror feature film directed by Peter Sykes (Venom; The House in Nightmare Park; To the Devil a Daughter) from a screenplay by Christopher …
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Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a 1971 British science fiction horror feature film directed by Roy Ward Baker from a screenplay written by Brian Clemens, loosely based on the …
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‘A severed hand beckons from an open grave!’ Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb is a 1971 British supernatural horror film starring Andrew Keir (Quatermass and the Pit), Valerie Leon, James Villiers (Asylum), Hugh Burden …
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‘Stare into these eyes if you dare!’ The Shadow of the Cat is a 1961 British horror film about a cat that witnesses its owner murdered and becomes ferociously bent …
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‘More monstrous than the monsters he created!’ Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed is a 1969 British science fiction horror film in which the Baron blackmails a young medical assistant and his …
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The Devil Rides Out is a 1968 British Hammer horror feature film directed by Terence Fisher (The Curse of Frankenstein; Dracula; The Mummy) from a screenplay written by Richard Matheson, based on the …
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Scars of Dracula is a 1970 British supernatural horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker (Asylum; Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde; Quatermass and the Pit; et al) from a screenplay …
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‘Devils in female bodies… whose embrace is the kiss of death for man or woman!’ Lust For a Vampire is a 1970 British horror feature film directed by Jimmy Sangster …
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‘What strange power made her half woman – half snake?’ The Reptile is a 1966 British horror film directed by John Gilling (back-to-back with The Plague of the Zombies) from …
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‘A beautiful woman with the soul of the Devil!’ Frankenstein Created Woman is a 1966 British science fiction horror feature film directed by Terence Fisher from a screenplay written by …
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires is a 1974 supernatural horror martial arts feature film co-produced by Hammer Studios and Shaw Brothers Studio. The movie stars Peter Cushing, John …
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Twins of Evil is a 1971 British supernatural horror film directed by John Hough (American Gothic; The Legend of Hell House, Incubus) from a screenplay written by Tudor Gates (The Vampire …
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Hammer Horror: The Warner Bros Years is a 2018 American documentary film written and directed by Marcus Hearn. “Just when you thought you knew everything about the Hammer House of Horror, …
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Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror is a 1994 British/American feature-length documentary film written and directed by Ted Newsom (The Naked Monster; 100 Years of Horror series; Ed Wood: Look …
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The Damned – US title: These Are the Damned – is a 1961 feature film (released with heavy censorship cuts in 1963) British science fiction film starring Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne …
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‘The murder mystery with a difference: you die laughing!’ The Old Dark House is a 1962 British comedy-horror film directed by William Castle (The Tingler; Mr. Sardonicus; House on Haunted Hill; …
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‘The world’s most evil vampire lives again!’ Dracula: Prince of Darkness is a 1965 British supernatural horror film directed by Terence Fisher from a screenplay by Jimmy Sangster. The film was …
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Tales of Frankenstein is a 1958 science fiction horror TV pilot episode directed by Curt Siodmak from a script by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as Catherine Kuttner), based on Siodmak’s story. The episode …
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‘Nothing can stop it!’ X the Unknown is a 1956 British science fiction horror directed by Leslie Norman from a screenplay written by Jimmy Sangster (The Curse of Frankenstein; Dracula; The …
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70s Monster Memories is a 2015 British book from the writers of We Belong Dead magazine. The 400 page full colour soft back book contains over seventy chapters covering nearly every aspect of 1970s horror …
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The Mummy can, in many respects, hold claim to being the most unloved of the classic movie monsters – if not, then surely the most inconsistently served. The oft-quoted line …
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‘White-hot terror! Cold, clammy fear!’ Maniac is a 1963 British psychological thriller about an American painter who has an affair with a bar owner in a French village and agrees …
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‘Terrifying suspense… it will shock you out of your seat!’ Hysteria is a 1965 British psychological thriller directed by Freddie Francis (Nightmare; The Skull; The Creeping Flesh) from a screenplay written by …
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English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema is a British film reference book written by Jonathan Rigby, first published in 2000 and expanded to include more recent films and TV productions …
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The Curse of Frankenstein, Hammer’s seminal classic, will be released on Blu-ray in the USA on December 15th 2020 via Warner Archive. The new two-disc edition includes the film in …
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‘The motion picture shocker of the year!’ Taste of Fear is a 1961 British horror thriller film directed by Seth Holt (Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb) and shot in black-and-white by Douglas Slocombe, …
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Slave Girls aka Prehistoric Women is a 1967 British prehistoric fantasy film written and directed by Michael Carreras. The film stars Martine Beswick as the main antagonist and stage actor Michael …
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(Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens (9 July 1906 – 14 April 1983) was an English composer of classical music but is best known for her contribution for scores to horror films throughout the 1960’s. Born …
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Crescendo is a 1969 (released 1970) British psychological thriller directed by Alan Gibson (Goodbye Gemini, Dracula A.D. 1972) from a screenplay by Alfred Shaughnessy (The Flesh and Blood Show) and Jimmy Sangster for Hammer Film Productions. The …
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The Kiss of the Vampire will be released by Scream Factory as a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray on July 14th 2020. The new sleeve design is by Mark Maddox; the original …
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Horror Films, written by Alan Frank, was published in the UK in 1977 by Hamlyn Books. It was Frank’s third book on the genre, after Horror Movies and Monsters and Vampires, …
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