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The Phantom Of The Opera (1962) – Review

October 1, 2025 greigzilla

After taking up the horror baton from the truly seminal, genre defining run of creature features from Universal, Hammer Studios had carte blanche to take

The Devil Rides Out (1968) – Review

September 5, 2025 greigzilla

We all know the deal with a Hammer horror movie by now, right? More often than not it’s an adaption/sequel of an existing property such

The Gorgon (1964) – Review

July 11, 2024 greigzilla

While it’s hardly fair to say that Hammer Studios only made endless adventures featuring the antisocial exploits of Peter Cushing’s Frankenstein and Christopher Lee’s Dracula,

The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959) – Review

April 9, 2024 greigzilla

There are now so many incarnations of Sherlock Holmes over the years, that deducing your own personal favourite probably has a lot to do with

The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961) – Review

May 15, 2023 greigzilla

Can you believe that in all the years that Hammer paraded out all manner of bloodsucking beasties and reanimated rampages, they only made one werewolf

Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974) – Review

March 5, 2023 greigzilla

During their golden years, Hammer films released horror movies that contained everything from Werewolves, Gorgons, zombies and a shit load of Vampires of varying genders

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) – Review

January 5, 2023 greigzilla

When the titles started rolling on Hammer’s previous Frankenstein endeavor, there was a feeling that Peter Cushing’s resident violator of the laws of nature was

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) – Review

December 13, 2022 greigzilla

If there’s something the Hammer series of Frankenstein movies has over the Universal series, it’s that the British studio opted to keep the films focus

Dracula: Prince Of Darkness (1966) – Review

December 2, 2022 greigzilla

Sometimes the path of a franchise is never a straight line and in the world of crafting a worthy sequel, telling a continuing story is

The Brides Of Dracula (1960) – Review

November 24, 2022 greigzilla

When the concept of endless horror sequels became in vogue and studios wanted to resurrect a franchise worthy character, they’d either bend over backwards to

The Mummy (1959) – Review

November 8, 2022 greigzilla

After retro-fitting and updating such classic characters as Frankenstein and Dracula with more modern (for the 50’s anyway) sensibilities, it was a shoo-in that Hammer