Tag: hammer horror
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Hooptober 10.0 – The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Being Film #11 for Hooptober 2023 Peter Cushing is the greatest. That’s it, that’s the review. You shouldn’t more than the fact that Cushing stars in The Revenge of Frankenstein to immediately watch if (if you haven’t already). A sequel to The Curse of Frankenstein, the film that really put Hammer on the map for…
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Hooptober 2022 #28: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein is one of two films, the other being Horror of Dracula, that cemented Hammer Films horror reputation. Horror of Dracula might be the more iconic of the two films. When people think of Hammer they think of Christopher Lee prowling the frame and look imposing. They they think of him in…
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Hooptober 9.0 – The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Being Film #8 for Hooptober 2022 A quick rundown of The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, Hammer’s take on the Robert Louis Stevenson tale. As enjoyable as it may be, there are distracting elements that kept me from the velvety praise I typically heap on a Hammer production. One, it features Oliver Reed in a…
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Hooptober 2022 #6: Horror of Dracula (1958)
Let me start with the following declaration; if you watch a Hammer horror film, you’ll want to watch ten of them. After watching The Satanic Rites of Dracula, I had to watch another Hammer produced horror film. Since that was Christopher Lee’s last Dracula movie, why not revisit his first? Rewatching Horror of Dracula, or…
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Hooptober 9.0 – The Gorgon (1964)
Being Film #6 for Hooptober 2022 In my time doing this marathon over the course of nine years I have learned a lot about how horror is constructed: what works, what doesn’t, how fears transcend (or not) across cultures. But I’ve also learned more that a few things about myself as well. And one of…