Blood of the Vampire is a horror film that while horrific in some aspects, does not feature any vampires within, at least not those that most viewers would expect. The movie even […]
If Only He Had the… – Blood of the Vampire (1958)
Not Much of a… – Crescendo (1970)
Crescendo is a bit of a strange film, not being really a horror nor much of a thriller though if it were anything, it would be the latter despite the lack of […]
Just a Little… – Hysteria (1965)
Losing one’s memory has to be one of the hardest things to ever go through, not to mention one of the scariest. Whether it is all of a sudden or a slow […]
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 […]
Beware, the… – Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Terror of the Tongs is another film where it sounds like there might be more to it than you think, a scare here and there to keep one on their toes or […]
Always Taking Care of You – The Nanny (1965)
The Nanny from Hammer films is not a horror movie. It sounds like one, a very ominous one if you were to truly use your imagination, but there is no blood, guts, […]
It Was the One-Armed Man! – Fear in the Night (1972)
Fear in the Night, a 1972 picture released by Hammer Films, was a psychological horror film that while good as a whole, did nothing to improve the genre and was slightly formulaic […]
Love Will Keep Us Together – The Mummy (1959)
As Hammer started to expand its horror output, much of what it did would mirror what Universal had done twenty to thirty years previous. Universal had a Frankenstein and a Dracula, so […]
From Within the Earth Comes… – X the Unknown (1956)
On a training exercise, a group of soldiers who are checking for radiation come across a large source of it down in a giant sandpit. After something within the earth causes an […]
Relax, It’s Only a… – Nightmare (1964)
The Jimmy Sangster-penned Nightmare from Hammer Studios in 1964 sees a young girl driven to madness and murder with the film then delivering a bit of a twist when her tormentors are […]
