Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

[7] Hammer's third Quatermass film is its best, plunging Professor Quatermass into a mystery involving a wrecked alien spacecraft in a London subway tunnel. Andrew Keir proves likable in the title role, replacing the overly-gruff Brian Donlevy who appeared in…
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)

Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)

[5] Christopher Lee gives a boisterous performance as the legendary Grigori Rasputin, the duplicitous Russian consigliere to the Romanov family in the early 1900s. Hammer Films embraces Rasputin's more mythic qualities in this Dracula-like horror film, where the disgraced monk…
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

[6] A professor and his daughter (Andre Morell and Diane Clare) travel to a village in Cornwall to investigate a deadly epidemic only to discover the dead are crawling back to life! Hammer Films' only zombie flick hits a lot…
One Million Years B.C. (1966)

One Million Years B.C. (1966)

[3] Britain's Hammer Films spent over four times their normal budget to produce this goofy prehistoric drama about a caveman (John Richardson) and a cavewoman (Raquel Welch) from different tribes who partner up and brave the wild together, battling various…
Quatermass 2 (1957)

Quatermass 2 (1957)

[6] Director Val Guest and star Brian Donlevy return for Hammer Films' second of three Quatermass films. Professor Quatermass (Donlevy) happens upon a mysterious factory complex built on the ruins of a small town. When he investigates, a colleague finds…
The Reptile (1966)

The Reptile (1966)

[4] People are dying from large snake bites to the neck in this sub-par monster movie from Britain's Hammer Films. Noel Willman stars as a doctor who's very protective of his daughter, a young woman who tends to go missing…
X… The Unknown (1956)

X… The Unknown (1956)

[5] The British army discovers a deep crevasse and a surge in radioactivity in a remote Scottish village. Scientists and security officials convene and determine that an organism of unknown origin is consuming radioactivity and growing at an alarming rate.…
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

[7] Hammer Films' and Peter Cushing's fourth Frankenstein film is easily the best up to that point, even though Cushing takes a bit of a back seat in the narrative. In Frankenstein Created Woman, the first half of the story…
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

[6] A rocket ship returns to earth, but two of the pilots are missing and the third is inexplicably ill and unable to speak. Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), who sent the men into space without the government's consent, is eager…
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

[6] Christopher Lee dons the fangs for the second time in this direct sequel to Hammer's original Horror of Dracula. Dracula is resurrected when his loyal servant (Philip Latham) lures four stranded travelers, two brothers and their wives, to the…