Watching a horror film, you do so usually for one express purpose, namely to get your blood pumping a little and to make yourself frightened. Why people do as such is strange […]
Dare You Anger the… – Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Only the Blood Which Contains… – Innocence (2013)
Innocence is a horror film that was released in 2013 and one that has very little horror in it. For the most part, the film is just a straight up drama about […]
Born To It – To the Devil… A Daughter (1976)
There have been a lot of films about possession and about Satanists, some even put out by Hammer themselves, and To the Devil… a Daughter which is based upon a novel by […]
Aliens, the Devil and the Good Professor – Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
After a skeleton is unearthed during an excavation to extend a train passage, Professor Quatermass just so happens to get involved and once more finds himself dealing with a possible alien invasion […]
They Walk Among Us – Quatermass 2: Enemy from Space (1957)
Where the first Quatermass film found the good professor in demand for his skills, this second picture finds him essentially being laughed at. No longer is Professor Quatermass the go-to guy, even […]
Doom Sounds… – The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Settling into his nearly two-decade run at Hammer Studios, Peter Cushing would star in the Terence Fisher directed adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles. He would step […]
He Was Some Kind of… – Maniac (1963)
When Hammer was at its most productive during the 1960s, they not only produced horror films but movies of every genre including dramas, adventure and thrillers. Maniac is one such thriller that […]
Just Another Day’s Work – The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
While many might say it was The Curse of Frankenstein that really started things off for Hammer or even the Horror of Dracula, many would argue it was Val Guest and Nigel […]
Together, They Head… – Straight On till Morning (1972)
Straight On till Morning borrows its name from Peter Pan, but unlike that family-friendly film and stage play, this movie is probably as far away from that description as can be. This […]
Not Your Standard Revenge Film – The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Out of Hammer’s entire horror library, there is no film that is as much fun as The Shadow of the Cat, though it was probably not meant to be so. The reason […]
The Telltale Mind 