The Gorgon (1964)

The Gorgon (1964)

[3] One of the creepiest and more original concepts for a Hammer horror movie is also one of the studio's most disappointing efforts. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee reunite for The Gorgon, but their characters aren't very interesting and the two have…
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

[3] Hammer's third Frankenstein film (following 1958's The Revenge of Frankenstein) is more of a one-off than a sequel, having little to do with the films before or after it. It marked the return of Peter Cushing to gothic horror after a…
The Maniac (1963)

The Maniac (1963)

[7] Kerwin Mathews (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) stars an American painter who enters into a provocative love triangle with mother and step-daughter barkeeps in rural France. He agrees to help them break their patriarch from an asylum where he's been sentenced…
Paranoiac (1963)

Paranoiac (1963)

[6] In this psychological thriller from Hammer Films, members of the Ashby estate await their inheritance as a mysterious figure (Alexander Davion) shows up on their doorstep. He claims to be the youngest son, who left a suicide note eight years ago and…
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

[7] In Hammer Film's loose adaptation of Gaston Leroux's story, a disfigured composer (Herbert Lom) dwells within the bowels of a London opera house, where a lecherous impostor (Michael Gough) has stolen his life's work and is cashing in on it. When…
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 devious, dangerous…
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 terrorize by…
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 his deformed…
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 a trap…
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 Africa). On…