dvd-4-life

I feel that them along w/Universal are the true trailblazers of horror w/many titles yet to be released.Hammer re-invented the horror genre when no one else in Hollywood would even blink an eye at it.Any word on Dracula Has Risen From the Grave or Taste the Blood of Dracula ?

audrey

I've seen most of them, but own none of the Hammer flicks.

RobCA

Not very important, apparently, since I don't have any.

Rob

joliom

You're forgetting the early German Expressionist horror films in your timeline (Nosferatu, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, etc.). They constituted the first significant horror movement and popularized many of the lighting and camera techniques that later came to define the genre (though there were various other "horror" films prior to them that date all the way back to the early years of cinema in the late 19th century). That said, I agree wholeheartedly with you about the Universal and Hammer stuff. I too would like to see a lot more Hammer releases (and the re-releases of the now OOP Universal classics). Currently, I have the Universal Classic Monster Collection and 3 Hammer titles: Horror of Dracula, The Mummy, and Curse of Frankenstein. All of them are great and absolute essentials for any true horror aficionado.

RobCA

...but it looks like that'll change soon, since I just read on DVDDrive-in.com that Die! Die! My Darling! is coming out on August 12th.

Rob

JimRochester

I only have a couple horror films and they're more of the suspense thriller type.

matome

Don't have any.

Julie Walker

I only have at the moment Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde. Great movie.

I've been meaning to see some of there other films like Horror of Dracula & so on. Yet have'nt gotten around to it yet.

I plan on picking up The Vampire Lovers dvd which also includes Countess Dracula this fall. Always wanted to see '..Lovers' which will now be fully uncut-uncensored for the first time ever!

One thing is for sure. Hammer babes are awsome!

Oh..& the films i've seen or caught glimpses of seem pretty good also

gutwrencher

I've got plenty of Hammer, including 3 books and 2 posters. just too lazy to list them....worked a job today for 8 hours and charged them time and a half. took that $ and bought dvds!! no Hammer bought today...but some good horror adds.

fredkrueger1

frankenstein must be destroyed is coming to dvd very soon

Joe Molotov

Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires and that's it. Sad but true.

mwj

I own two Hammer titles.

The Abominable Snowman
Quatermas 2

Mutley Hyde

I own all but 4 of the available titles... and I feel a cold, gaping, black hole is in my collection.

Hammer is as important to me in my collection as any other genre possibly could be.

joliom, I don't think dvds-4-life left anything out of his timeline, as he was speaking of the re-inventing of the genre. Sure, the German expresionists birthed the genre, and I treasure the films I have from them in my collection, but Hammer updated it to great effect after Universal let it fall into banality. Don't get me wrong, I also love Universal, but after so many films, they lost their magic. The early Universals do rock though.

German silents
Universal monsters
Hammer Horror...

It's all good!

RandyM

Being born in the early sixties, the Hammer films are the ones I grew up on, on the late show. I love the early Universal films, and many later horror movies, but the Hammers tap into a nostalgia factor of a little ten-year-old boy hiding under the covers afraid Christopher Lee or Peter Cushing might be coming through the window at any moment.

Hammers I have:
Abominable Snowman Of The Himalayas
Blood From The Mummy's Tomb
Count Dracula & His Vampire Bride
Curse Of Frankenstein
Devil Rides Out
Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde
Dracula - Prince Of Darkness
Frankenstein Created Woman
Hammer House Of Horror
Hammer Trailer Collection
Horror Of Dracula
Horror Of Frankenstein
Horror Of Hammer
Hound Of The Baskervilles
Kiss Of The Vampire
Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires
Lost Continent
Lust For A Vampire
Mummy (1959)
Mummy's Shroud
Plague Of The Zombies
Prehistoric Women
Quatermass 2
Rasputin - The Mad Monk
Reptile
Revenge Of Frankenstein
Scars Of Dracula
To The Devil, A Daughter
Viking Queen
Witches
X The Unknown

And on order:
Countess Dracula / The Vampire Lovers

Doc Moonlight

There are anumber of obscure Hammers that I would like to se released:

SCREAM OF FEAR (with Susan Strasberg)
10 SECONDS TO HELL (With Jack Palance directed by Robert Aldrich)
CASH ON DEMAND (one of Peter Cushing's favorites of his own performances)

I also like the horror touches that Hammer brought to non-horror films (that lake of pirranas in PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER) and would really like to see the Hammer swashbucklers on DVD.

JaxComet

Most of them are fun to watch once but that's about it.....

SCHMEGGA

Ditto. Have never been much of a horror fan.

Josh-da-man

Very important.

To me, Hammer films are THE classic horror films, even moreso than Universal. As a kid, I always found the Universal (black and white) horror films to be frightfully boring, but the Hammer (color) films were an entirely different creature. Creepy, atmospheric, British, filled with shadowly castles and colorful costumes. This was when I was a kid, and didn't understand the studio differences anc such, but I knew what I enjoyed.

I can certainly see the importance of the Universals in the scheme of things, but Hammer will always hold a special place in my imagination.

buckee1

Hammer Films are an extremely important part of my collection. I hve all the Universal Classic Monsters and seven or eight Hammer titles already. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee were an unbeatable combination. I would very much like to have Dracula Has Risen From the Grave whenever that's made available as well.

mike45

I am glad I'm not the only one born in the early sixties, 1960 to be exact. I have very fond memories of being scared under the covers by the Hammer Films. But still peeking at the TV from under the covers. The deep colors, dark settings and especially the Hammer women in their sexy costumes. The Hammer Films, to me, are a must for my collection. I currently own everything Hammer on DVD. The film I am most looking foward to coming to DVD is Vampire Lovers.

shill66

I've got lots of Hammers, but then I've got lots of horror movies, period.
Oddly enough, I almost universally dislike Hammer leading ladies. It's one reason why I don't enjoy the Hammers as much as the Universals. Give me Evelyn Ankers over any of the Hammer ladies! (Except maybe for Nike Arrighi.)

But, seriously, I've always wondered... why did Hammer almost always insist on using actresses from the European continent, usually with strong accents, rather than British actresses? Didn't they think they were good enough? Or exotic enough? Is there an actual reason?

eedoon

Don't have any.

Ky-Fi

I love horror, but I really don't like graphic violence, so most of my favorite horror movies are pre-70's (although I am appreciating this new wave of stuff like Below, Session 9, Mothman Prophecies, the Others, etc. ) I have lots of Universals and Hammers in my collection, and I tend to look at it like this:

Universal in the 30's and Hammer in the 50's and 60's: awesome!

Universal in the 40's and Hammer in the late 60's and 70's: ehhh...a few good titles, but the magic was largely gone.

I had never seen much of them growing up, but with many of the nice anamorphic widescreen releases of some of the Price/Corman pictures of the early 60's, I feel that AIP was a worthy American competitor to Hammer at the time---they put out some great movies.

fredkrueger1

hammer films are the best american horror films never came close to it even today...with the special effects where is almost no story with todays horror movies

paradicelost

I have The Mummy,reptile,Rasputin the Mad Monk, Plague of Zombies and Abominable Snowman on DVD, i have a lot more on VHS that i haven't upgraded yet. I'm patiently waiting for Curse of the Werewolf. Its a great Subgenre. I only wish they got a chance to do there version of the Invisible Man.