The Hammer Horror and Carry On star appears in the sort of TV commercial that would not be allowed today.
Tag: Hammer Films
The Loch Ness Monster: Pop Culture’s Favourite Sea Serpent
The enduring fascination with the Loch Ness Monster for researchers, filmmakers and novelists.
Hammer’s Vampirella -The Pioneering Comic Book Movie That Never Was
One of the last-gasp efforts from the legendary studio was a big-budget comic book adaptation – but it failed to get off the ground.
The Week In Awfulness Part 2: Network Off-Air
Why the demise of the label behind most of the vintage TV releases in Britain is a tragedy – and perhaps a sign of things to come.
Remembering Alan Frank
Looking back at the life and work of one of the iconic figures of British horror film criticism.
The Strange Joy Of Exploring Movie Locations
Exploring the world of movie locations – the unchanged and the long lost.
And Your Card Is… Death! The History Of Dr Terror’s House Of Horrors
The birth of Amicus horror – a stumbling but charming multi-story fright film with an eccentric cast and rather familiar narratives.
Jim Danforth And The Armor All Rot Monster
A stop-motion monster that proved to be too much for some TV viewers.
The Golden Age Of Film and TV Tie-In Novels
Paperbacks from the glory days of the film and television tie-in novel.
Pump Me Up: Caroline Munro’s Pop Music Career
The oddly forgotten musical recordings by the British cult movie queen.
The Bitter End Of British Horror’s Golden Age – Looking Back At The Monster Club
The notorious misfire from Amicus producer Milton Subotsky is every bit as disastrous and dismal as you’ve been told.
Noirvember: Stolen Assignment
Continuing our crime movie series with a look at a pre-Hammer Horror Terence Fisher lightweight crime romp that fails to thrill.