A pre-gothic Hammer Films crime melodrama that is better than you might expect.
Tag: 1950s
Strung Up! The Golden Age Of Comic Book Bondage Covers
The outrageous kinkiness of classic comic books and their BDSM-inspired creators.
Halloween Hammer: Dracula
Continuing our look at Hammer Horror with the classic, peerless first entry in their Dracula series.
Halloween Hammer: The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Continuing our Halloween-month exploration of Hammer Horror with the company’s sole Sherlock Holmes adaptation.
Halloween Hammer: The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Continuing our Halloween Hammer Horror exploration with a look at one of the company’s lesser-known titles from their early ventures into the gothic.
Halloween Hammer: The Mummy
Our series of Hammer Horror film reviews for the Halloween season begins with their radical reinterpretation of the most moribund series in the Universal Monster canon.
Aldous Huxley’s Theatre Of The Mind
The author narrates a 1956 radio drama based on his classic novel Brave New World.
Sid Davis And His Stranger Danger Films
The melodramatic and shocking educational films of 1950s and 1960s America.
The Magnificent Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa’s action movie masterpiece remains one of the most thrilling movie experiences ever made.
G-Eyefuls – Korean War Glamour Girls
A selection of sexy pin-ups helping to hot up the Cold War in the 1950s.
Away From It All: Vintage British Holiday Resort Advertising
Classic holiday resort posters promising a world of sun, sea and sophistication for British holidaymakers who avoided the temptations of the continent.
Le Macabre: London’s Gothic Horror Coffee House For Ghoulish Hipsters
Remembering Soho’s pre-Goth hangout for morbidly-inclined Beatniks.