The Gorgon (1964)
Apr 7, 2001The Medusa/Hammer Film
One of few attempts to create an original movie monster by Hammer Films, which they take from the Medusa of Greek myth. The result is an exquisitely and beautifully made film
Anthony Nelson Keys
The Witches (1966)
Dec 21, 2011Hammer Film/Witchcraft in a Sleepy English Village
Hammer film, not as well known as some of their other works, from a Nigel Kneale script that creates some effect in its story of schoolteacher Joan Fontaine moving to a sleepy English village and finding the locals engaged in witchcraft
Dracula – Prince of Darkness (1966)
Jul 18, 2000Hammer Dracula Film
The third of Hammer's Dracula films. Christopher Lee returns to the role but is given no dialogue. Nevertheless, Terence Fisher delivers some vivid directorial set-pieces that make this one of the better sequels in the series
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Mar 7, 2009Hammer Zombie Film
Classic Hammer film, vividly made and rich in subtext, concerning aristocrats turning the peasantry into zombies to work in the mines
Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)
Apr 21, 2008Hammer Historical Horror Film
Hammer Films turn the historical story of Rasputin and his influence over the Russian throne into a horror film. Although they treat history liberally, this is a vivid film with an intense performance from Christopher Lee
The Reptile (1966)
Jan 1, 2000Hammer Film/Human-Snake Transformation
Classic Hammer film in which Jacqueline Pearce turns into a snake creature. This seems to have been conceived as one of Hammer's Dracula films but with snakes. It is given more than reasonable atmosphere by director John Gilling
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Feb 26, 2003Alien Artefact
The third and in the opinion of many the best of Hammer’s Quatermass films in which Nigel Kneale introduces a conceptually wild array of ideas about Martians, race memory, psychic powers and The Devil
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Nov 21, 2000Hammer Frankenstein Film
The fourth of Hammer's Frankenstein films and the most conceptually wild with Frankenstein conducting soul transplants, including transferring his assistant's soul into a woman's body
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Jan 11, 2003Satanism/Hammer Film
One of the classic works from Hammer Films and Terence Fisher, often regarded as one of their finest moments. In this adaptation of a Dennis Wheatley novel, Christopher Lee (in a rare heroic role) fights Satanists
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Jul 19, 2002Hammer Frankenstein Film
The fifth of Hammer’s Frankenstein films and the absolute pinnacle of the series. Terence Fisher is on the peak of his form and turns in a series of directorial set pieces that are quite masterful
Nothing But the Night (1972)
Mar 18, 2003Mind Transplant Syndicate
The one and only film produced by Christopher Lee's production company, this sets up an interesting premise about a mysterious orphanage but fails to quite make it work