TRAILER TRASH! Hammer Horror Edition!

TRAILER TRASH! Peter Cushing Edition

The Many Faces of Ingrid Pitt

Remembering a True Gentleman of Horror

A Happy Birthday in Hammer heaven to one of the genre's greatest legends, Peter Cushing, who would've been 97 today...



For more on Mr. Cushing:

The Official Site of the Peter Cushing Association
The Peter Cushing Shrine
Peter Cushing at HouseofHorrors.com
Good and Evil: The Peter Cushing Fanlisting

TRAILER TRASH: Dracula Edition!

VAULTCAST: Conversations in the Dark... w/Nate Yapp

Ever since I started doing CitD, I've been looking forward to having a chat about classic horror, and who better to have it with than the guy who runs Classic-Horror.com? Nate Yapp, author of that Rondo-nominated site (as well as of Cinema Geek, home of my 52 Perfect Movies series), was kind enough to join me this time out for an interesting discussion of all things old school.

Listen in below as we pontificate about everything from Universal stuff, to Val Lewton, to Hammer, in an effort to discover exactly what "classic horror" is, anyway. And we also get into what has changed in horror between then and now, which is always a subject of spirited debate. And then there's the whole Karloff vs. Lugosi controversy...

In addition to the embedded player, you can also proceed directly to the Vaultcast page, or download Conversations in the Dark right here.

Conversations in the Dark: Nate Yapp

The Vaultcast!

The Many Faces of Oliver Reed

VAULT VLOG: B-Sol & Zombelina Take on Hammer's Night Creatures!

Yet another video review featuring my progeny and me. This time out, it's Zombelina of Book-Town joining me once again. Our first time out, we talked about Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, and this time it's another Hammer Films gem, Night Creatures (1962)...

The Many Faces of Peter Cushing

That's Sir Christopher Lee to You, Punk!

Friday, October 30

FINALLY. Although, isn't going from a Count to a knight kind of a downward step? Well, all jokes aside, hearty congratulations to the legend who gave us Lord Summerisle, Count Dooku, Saruman the White, Scaramanga, Fu Manchu, Kharis the Mummy and the Frankenstein Monster; and the most prolific screen Dracula in history.

TRAILER TRASH: Mummy Edition!

All Hail the Bible of Hammer Horror Babes

I'm not sure if I'm a qualified connoisseur of coffee-table books, but I would be damn hard pressed to think of a cooler one than Hammer Glamour, the recently published tome by Marcus Hearn, put out by Titan Books. A literal dream come true for any fan of the British fright flick powerhouse, the book collects a series of candid profiles on the many delicious women of Hammer Films. In glorious full color.

It's a veritable who's who of unforgettable scream queens of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. The legendary Ursula Andress. The late, great Hazel Court. The very young Nastassja Kinski. Future AbFab goddess Joanna Lumley. Fan favorite Caroline Munro. Ultimate Hammer babe Ingrid Pitt. Sixties icon Raquel Welch. And my own all-time favorite, the luscious Norwegian Julie Ege. Plus about 40 other lovely sirens of British terror.

And the pictures. This is a book that is chock full of photos like this:


And this:


And this:


Hammer was known for a few things. Pushing the gore beyond what horror fans were accustomed to at the time. And also upping the eroticism to levels not typically seen before. In other words, it was a point of pride for the studio to include as much of that trademark candy-apple red blood as they could, and to pack their movies with as many hot women from all over the world as they possibly could.

Hammer Glamour is a delightful celebration of the latter phenomenon, and an absolute no-brainer purchase for anyone who loves Hammer. It's the kind of book that fans of the studio have clamored for, and it finally is here. One wonders what took so long for a book like this to be published. It is the holy grail of scream queen tributes. What more can be said?

Well, one thing can: Amazon's got it for under $20, so go get it.

The Many Faces of Christopher Lee