Any Hammer Fans Out There?

[John Upham]

Nothing to do with King Edward I, Thames Ironworks or, indeed Jon Ludvig Hammer, I was hoping to share an interest in films from the Hammer Film Productions Ltd. company.

I'm not confining myself to the more well-known gothic style productions but films (not movies) such as

Cash on Demand (1961) and other non-horror titles.

Any interest?

[MJMcCready]

I remember Hammer House of Horror TV shows in the early 80s, they were pretty good.

[Kevin Thurlow]

Yes. I met Ingrid Pitt and her last husband (Tony Rudlin), and I imagine John knows Tony managed Lotus F1 team in the Clark/Hill days.

[John Upham]

We are attempting to select a Hammer for Saturday night.

Anyone seen Night Creatures (aka Captain Clegg) from 1962. Apparently it is one of Michael Ripper's best Hammers.

[Kevin Thurlow]

Trailer looks good, interesting cast also.

[John Clarke]

We are attempting to select a Hammer for Saturday night.

How about The Devil Rides Out? Watch for the misplaced chess board!

[John Upham]

We are attempting to select a Hammer for Saturday night.

How about The Devil Rides Out? Watch for the misplaced chess board!

Yes, good suggestion but I suspect we have all seen it.

I'm currently targeting

Cash on Demand where there is an uncut HD version on YouTube

or

Yesterday's Enemy which I cannot find on Prime or YouTube. Mind you its not the cheeriest film of all time.

[John Upham]

In the end the Crowthorne Chess Club film society settled on

Curse of the Werewolf from 1961 and jolly good it was too.

Michael Ripper was in fine form.

[John Upham]

The Crowthorne Chess Club Film Society watched Cash on Demand (1961) and were all impressed.

Top performance from Peter Cushing and others.

A Hammer but not a horror.

[Kevin Thurlow]

Just watched "Lust for a Vampire" (1971) (made after "The Vampire Lovers", and before "Twins of Evil") for the first time in many years - good cast, (no Michael Ripper), typical of its era though... Mike Raven featured in it, who happened to be the father of one of my former work colleagues.

[John Upham]

This weeks adventure was "Beware My Brethren" otherwise known as "The Fiend". Not a Hammer as such but certainly in the style of.