Subgenre Sampler
Hammer: 56 Films to Buy & Rent
- Woman in Black 2, The: Angel of Death (2014)
- Dir. Tom Harper
Feat. Helen McCrory, Jeremy Irvine, Phoebe Fox
- Sequel to the Daniel Radcliffe chiller is set forty years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, and this time the focus shifts to a group of…
- Woman in Black, The (2012)
- Dir. James Watkins
Feat. Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Roger Allam…
- A restrained yet genuinely chilling Gothic horror from the director of EDEN LAKE, with Daniel Radcliffe as a widowed young lawyer whose visit to a…
- Resident, The (2011)
- Dir. Antti Jokinen
Feat. Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace…
- Entirely watchable chiller has Hilary Swank suspecting she may not be alone in her new apartment. Produced by the revived "Hammer" label, Christopher…
- Wake Wood (2011)
- Dir. David Keating
Feat. Aidan Gillen, Eva Birthistle, Timothy Spall…
- The grieving parents of a young girl savaged to death by a dog are given the chance to return her to life, but only for three days, in this pagan…
- Let Me In (2010)
- Dir. Matt Reeves
Feat. Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloe Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins…
- Justifiable American remake elevates the style and menace of the Swedish vampire hit with special attention paid to the relationship between a…
- Flesh and Blood - The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
- Dir. Ted Newsom
- A tour through the history of horror film specialists Hammer Studios, whose rise in the 1950s ushered in a new era for the genre. Narrated by Peter…
- To the Devil...a Daughter (1976)
- Dir. Peter Sykes
Feat. Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Nastassja Kinski
- A kinky occult thriller, produced in Hammer's twilight years, in which Kinski is prepared as a Satanic vessel.
- Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Cushing
- Fusion of Hammer horror and martial arts spectacle follows Peter Cushing's Van Helsen to China where he discovers ol' fangface lurking behind an…
- Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1973)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Shane Briant
- The sixth and final installment of the Frankenstein series for Hammer Films was also the last for its director and star Peter Cushing as Victor…
- Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1972)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick
- Delightfully camp turn on Stevenson's legendary fable of good and evil inhabiting the same body. Archetypal fun from Hammer studios.
- Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
- Dir. Alan Gibson
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
- Christopher Lee's Count incongruously schmoozes with the youth of the 1970s in his never–ending search for the red stuff. Peter Cushing turns…
- Fear in the Night (1972)
- Dir. Jimmy Sangster
Feat. Peter Cushing, Joan Collins
- Hammer chiller about a teacher and his insecure bride who encounter murder at a desolate school for boys.
- Lust for a Vampire (1972)
- Dir. Jimmy Sangster
Feat. Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Yutte Stensgaard
- Sexy sequel to 'The Vampire Lovers' in which Micalla resumes her blood–lusting reign at a Transylvanian girl's school.
- Vampire Circus (1972)
- Dir. Robert Young
Feat. Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins…
- An even now brutal late Hammer set in plague–ridden 19th century Europe, where a small village unknowingly admits vampires disguised as a…
- Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
- Dir. Seth Holt
Feat. Andrew Keir, James Villiers, Hugh Burden…
- A superior late–Hammer Horror, concerning the reincarnation by a British research–team of an Egyptian priestess and the carnage resulting…
- Demons of the Mind (1971)
- Dir. Peter Sykes
Feat. Paul Jones, Patrick Magee, Sir Michael Hordern…
- A Victorian baron imprisons his two children, believing them to be possessed. Enticing Hammer offering, laced with blood–and–roses…
- Hammer Horror Collection (Vampire Circus, Hands of the Ripper, Twins of Evil) (1971-1972)
- A 3–disc digipack containing three later Hammer Horrors.
- Hands of the Ripper (1971)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Eric Porter, Dora Bryan
- Atmospheric Hammer puts a Freudian spin on the exploits of Jack the Ripper, whose daughter inherits some of Dad's sharp handiwork. A pleasingly…
- Twins of Evil (1971)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Peter Cushing, Dennis Price
- Final part of the 'Karnstein trilogy' (after THE VAMPIRE LOVERS and LUST FOR A VAMPIRE), climaxing in perhaps the most sexually–explicit of the…
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1970)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing
- The fifth Hammer Frankenstein film focuses on Peter Cushing's Baron who tries brain surgery to save an associate who went mad. Followed in the series…
- Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
- Dir. Jimmy Sangster
Feat. Ralph Bates
- Camped–up, silly Hammer, in which Ralph Bates' Baron becomes murderously obsessive.
- Scars of Dracula (1970)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Patrick Troughton
- In search of his missing brother a man discovers the deadly lair of Count Dracula.
- Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
- Dir. Peter Sasdy
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Fourth Hammer installment of the black–caped Christopher Lee, this time meeting with a genuinely imaginative end.
- Vampire Lovers (1970)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing
- Hammer's famous lesbian–vampire pick made a cult star of the Polish–born volupte, Ingrid Pitt, as Carmilla. Esteemed…
- Moon Zero Two (1969)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. James Olson, Catherina Von Schell, Warren Mitchell…
- Low–budget science fiction foray from Hammer Films, billed as the first moon "western" and released very soon after the first moon landing in…
- Scream and Scream Again (1969)
- Dir. Gordon Hessler
Feat. Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
- Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee all turn in for this Hammer mad–doctor–creates–super–being yarn.
- Devil Rides Out, The (1968)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Devilishly straight–faced Hammer with Christopher Lee orchestrating a scheme to save the life (and soul) of his long–time confidant from…
- Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Christopher Lee returns in fangs for a third Hammer bite at the vampire story.
- Anniversary, The (1967)
- Dir. Roy Thomas Baker
Feat. Bette Davis, Jack Hedley, James Cossins…
- Bette Davis sinks her fangs into the role of domineering widow, lording it over three spineless sons at her annual get–togethers. While firmly…
- Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters
- The fourth film in Hammer's Frankenstein series starring Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein and Susan Denberg as his new creation. Diverts away from…
- Island of Terror (1966)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing
- Peter Cushing stars in this Hammer sci–fi tale about cancer research gone awry.
- Plague of the Zombies, The (1966)
- Dir. John Gilling
Feat. Andre Morell
- Reasonably classy Hammer offering about a Cornish mine–operator who uses zombies as a workforce in his tin mine. Good misty atmospherics, with…
- Reptile, The (1966)
- Dir. John Gilling
Feat. Noel Willman, Ray Barrett
- When villagers start dying from snake venom in Cornwall, things point suspiciously to the tinkerings of a strange doctor. Moody Hammer schlock.
- Witches, The (1966)
- Dir. Cyril Frankel
Feat. Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen…
- Hammer horror adapted by Nigel Kneale under the pseudonym Peter Curtis, and featuring the final big–screen film role for Joan Fontaine.
- Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1965)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee
- Christopher Lee returns from the grave to intimidate a group of tourists in this belated sequel to HORROR OF DRACULA. Misses Peter Cushing, and the…
- Nanny, The (1965)
- Dir. Seth Holt
Feat. Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
- Bette Davis' stoney ambivalence is well employed in this Hammer production as the malevolent/misunderstood minder of a disturbed child who has been…
- She (1965)
- Dir. Robert Day
Feat. Ursula Andress
- A scantily–clad Ursula Andress commands attention in this Hammer exotica as the love–starved eternal queen seeking reincarnation of her…
- Evil of Frankenstein, The (1964)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Peter Cushing, Duncan Lamont, David Hutcheson
- Number three in the renowned Hammer horror Frankenstein series set in an isolated castle. The Baron (Cushing) and his assistant, in need of help to…
- Gorgon, The (1964)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Richard Pasco…
- A small village falls prey to an unseen monster. Citizens are found turned to stone after every full moon. The town Doctor (Peter Cushing) concludes…
- Nightmare (1964)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. David Knight, Moira Redmond, Brenda Bruce…
- Psychological horror about a young girl (Jennie Linden, WOMEN IN LOVE) living at a private school who is plagued by nightmares involving her mother,…
- Phantom of the Opera (1964)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Herbert Lom, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough…
- British Hammer Horror production adapting the 1910 novel by Gaston Leroux.
The studio was hoping to ride on the previous huge success of the 1943…
- Damned, The (These Are The Damned) (1963)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors…
- Dir. Joseph Losey’s bleak but brilliant movie about a breed of radioactive children groomed to withstand a nuclear apocalypse is one of best…
- Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
- Dir. Don Sharp
Feat. Clifford Evans, Noel Willman, Edward de Souza…
- An ominous and highly–regarded Hammer horror in which a honeymooning couple are stranded in Bavaria where they become embroiled in the…
- Paranoiac (1963)
- Dir. Freddie Francis
Feat. Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell
- A Hitchcockian thriller from Hammer studio about a man long believed dead (Oliver Reed) who returns to the family estate, a palatial mansion near…
- Night Creatures (Captain Clegg) (1962)
- Dir. Peter Graham Scott
Feat. Peter Cushing, Yvonne Romain, Patrick Allen…
- Hammer horror set in 18th–century England, where a captain of the Royal Navy is sent to investigate reports of illegal activity in a coastal…
- Curse of the Werewolf, The (1961)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans
- Hammer horror based on the novel "The Werewolf of Paris" by Guy Endore and starring Oliver Reed as the werewolf in his first credited film…
- Scream of Fear (Taste of Fear) (1961)
- Dir. Seth Holt
Feat. Susan Strasberg, Ann Todd, Ronald Lewis…
- Christopher Lee's favourite Hammer film in exercise in sustained tension with Susan Strasberg as a paralysed young woman haunted by visions of her…
- Brides of Dracula (1960)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, David Peel, Martita Hunt
- Recognised as one of Hammer Studios' best horrors, this acclaimed sequel to HORROR OF DRACULA reconvenes director/actor team Fisher and Cushing. This…
- Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
- Dir. Arthur Crabtree
Feat. Michael Gough, Shirley Anne Field, Geoffrey Keen…
- Well–acted Hammer horror about a writer who uses his hypnotised helper to commit a series of inventively gruesome killings.
- Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Andre Morell…
- Quite possibly the best Sherlock Holmes adaptation, with Cushing in the lead, investigating the horrors of the Baskerville killings. The 'Hammer'…
- Mummy, The (1959)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
- Peter Cushing confronts Christopher Lee in bandages in this stylish early Hammer.
- Horror of Dracula (1958)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
- Quintessential Hammer horror is the first of six films with the peerless pairing of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing as the razor–fanged Count…
- Revenge Of Frankenstein (1958)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn…
- One of the best in the series of six Frankenstein films made by Hammer, with Peter Cushing reprising one of his signature roles as Baron Frank. …
- Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957)
- Dir. Terence Fisher
Feat. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee
- The first true Hammer gothic horror and number one in the Frankenstein series bringing together the fantastic talents of Cushing (as the Baron) and…
- Hammer Horror Collection (The Mummy, Horror of Dracula, Curse of Frankenstein) (1957-1959)
- Three of the best early Hammer Horrors in a special box–set.
- Horror of Hammer, The
- Brilliant collection of movie trailers from Hammer Studios horror heyday in the 1950s and 60s. Includes all the classics, plus two featurettes…