The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)

[6] In Hammer Films' very loose adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, Paul Massie plays Dr. Jekyll, a scientist who ingests a potion that leads to a recurring change of personality. His new alter ego, Mr. Hyde, is a…
Night Creatures (1962)

Night Creatures (1962)

[7] In this Hammer production set in 18th century England, the British Navy is sent to a coastal town where residents are suspected of smuggling alcohol. When the navy arrives, they are side-tracked by assertions of ghostly 'marsh phantoms' that…
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)

[4] Peter Cushing returns for Hammer's first sequel to their highly successful The Curse of Frankenstein. The sequel opens with Cushing's mad baron escaping the guillotine and setting up camp in a new town where he transplants the brain of…
These Are the Damned (1962)

These Are the Damned (1962)

[6] Here's a weird offering from Britain's Hammer Films that's so surprising and bewildering, you might overlook its shortcomings. In England, an American tourist (Macdonald Carey) is picked up by a young woman (Shirley Anne Field) who lures him into…
Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

[3] On one hand, I admire Hammer Films for their ambition. Creatures the World Forgot contains not one word of discernable language and follows a bunch of half-nude prehistoric cave people running across beautiful locations (filmed in Namibia and South…
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

[6] In this thriller from Britain's Hammer Films, a woman is held against her will by her late fiancée's mother, a creepy religious zealot who aims to purify her soul to ensure her son's spirit gets into Heaven. Tallulah Bankhead…
The Old Dark House (1963)

The Old Dark House (1963)

[3] Hammer Films teams with gimmicky American horror director William Castle (The House on Haunted Hill, I Saw What You Did) for a film atypically goofy for either party. Tom Poston (Newhart, Mork & Mindy) stars as a car salesman…
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

[7] Even though it's unrelated to Hammer's popular series of Dracula-centric films, The Kiss of the Vampire is an intriguing entry in the studio's gothic output. Gerald (Edward de Souza) and Marianne (Jennifer Daniel) are a honeymooning couple whose car…
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

[4] Kerwin Mathews (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) and Christopher Lee star in this would-be swashbuckler about pirates who lay siege to a Huguenot settlement in search of treasure the villagers insist they do not have. Mathews plays the outcast…
Scream of Fear (1961)

Scream of Fear (1961)

[7] A wheel-chair bound young woman named Penny (Susan Strasberg) returns to the cliffside home of her estranged father, who she hasn't seen in over ten years. But when she arrives, she's told by her stepmother (Ann Todd) that her…