Amidst the various Dracula films that Hammer released throughout the years, would come a new series of films which would come to be known as the Karnstein Trilogy. Each one would be […]
Dracula Who? – The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Cheating Death – The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Peter Cushing returns as the good Baron Frankenstein, directly following the events of the first film. Surprisingly, and luckily, Frankenstein escapes the gallows and sets up a medical practice in another country. […]
The Best In All The Land… – Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974)
Here is the vampire movie that you have been looking for. Maybe you did not realize that you were, but it is a fact that will soon be made apparent after you […]
Always Thinking He Knows Best – The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein would mark the first of Hammer’s outings detailing the trials and travails of Victor Frankenstein. The film would not be as eerie or moody as the first Universal […]
Just A Little Off… – Fanatic (1965)
In horror films, there are some things that are just a given as being scary. Clowns are one, and little children are another that easily comes to mind. On that list as […]
Nothing Quite Like The… – Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
Hammer has made a lot of vampire films over the years, whether because they noticed that was where their bread as buttered, or simply because the films cost less to make. More […]
Transformations – Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
In 1960, Hammer would try their hand at adapting the tale called Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and the result would be The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll with Paul Massie starring […]
Try Not To Interrupt… – The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
The Satanic Rites of Dracula is interesting for one notable thing, which is not the actors, though Cushing and Lee are excellent, nor the direction by Alan Gibson which was pretty good, […]
More Than Woman – The Reptile (1966)
It was not too often that Hammer would dip into its bag of practical effects for a movie, more often than not relying upon the psychological or a set of fangs to […]
A Whole New Era – Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Come 1972, Hammer decided it was time to inject some new blood as it was, into their Dracula franchise. So instead of having the property set in the past like all of […]
The Telltale Mind 