Hammer Films

The late Tom Johnson, author of several books on horror cinema, taught and coached cross country and track for 30 years. He lived in Shillington, Pennsylvania. Deborah Del Vecchio is a freelance writer living in Delaware.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Foreword by Peter Cushing. OBE      Introduction by Jimmy Sangster      A History of Hammer Films/Exclusive FiIms      The Films (listed chronologically by year of production)1935. The Public Life of Henry the Ninth      The Mystery of the Mary Celeste      Song of Freedom      1936. The Bank Messenger Mystery      Sporting Love      1947. Death in High Heels      River Patrol      The Dark Road      Dick Barton. Special Agent      Who Killed Van Loon?      1948. Dick Barton at Bay      Dick Barton Strikes Back      The Jack of Diamonds      Dr Morelle—The Case of the Missing Heiress      The Adventures of PC 49      1949. Celia—The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora      Meet Simon Cherry      The Man in Black      Room to Let      Someone at the Door      1950. What the Butler Saw      The Lady Craved Excitement      The Black Widow      The Rossiter Case      To Have and to Hold      The Dark Light      1951. Cloudburst      A Case for P.C. 49      Death of an Angel      Whispering Smith Hits London      The Last Page      Wings of Danger      Never Look Back      Stolen Face      1952. Lady in the Fog      The Gambler and the Lady      Mantrap      The Four Sided Triangle      The Flanagan Boy      Spaceways      1953. The Saint’s Return      Blood Orange      36 Hours      Face the Music      The House Across the Lake      Life with the Lyons      Murder by Proxy      Five Days      1954. The Stranger Came Home      Third Party Risk      Mask of Dust      Men of Sherwood Forest      The Lyons in Paris      The Glass Cage      Break in the Circle      The Quatermass Xperiment      1955. Women Without Men      1956. X—The Unknown      Quatermass 2      The Steel Bayonet      The Curse of Frankenstein      1957. The Abominable Snowman      The Camp on Blood Island      The Snorkel      Up the Creek      Dracula      1958. The Revenge of Frankenstein      Ten Seconds to Hell      Further Up the Creek      I Only Arsked      The Hound of the Baskervilles      The Man Who Could Cheat Death      1959. Yesterday’s Enemy      1159The Mummy      The Ugly Duckling      The Stranglers of Bombay      Don't Panic Chaps!      Never Take Sweets from a Stranger      Hell Is a City      The Two Faces of Dr . Jekyll      1960. The Brides of Dracula      The Terror of the Tongs      The Full Treatment      Sword of Sherwood Forest      Visa to Canton      The Curse of the Werewolf      A Weekend with Lulu      Taste of Fear      The Shadow of the Cat      1961. Watch It. Sailor!      Cash on Demand      The Damned      The Pirates of Blood River      Captain Clegg      The Phantom of the Opera      1962. The Old Dark House      Maniac      Paranoiac      Kiss of the Vampire      Nightmare      1963. The Scarlet Blade      Devil-Ship Pirates      The Evil of Frankenstein      The Gorgon      1964. Hysteria      The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb      The Secret of Blood Island      She      Fanatic      The Brigand of Kandahar      1965. The Nanny      Dracula—Prince of Darkness      Rasputin-The Mad Monk      The Plague of the Zombies      The Reptile      One Million Years B.C.      1966. Slave Girls      The Witches      The Viking Queen      Frankenstein Created Woman      The Mummy's Shroud      1967. Quatermass and the Pit      A Challenge for Robin Hood      The Anniversary      The Vengeance of She      The Devil Rides Out      The Lost Continent      1968. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave      When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth      1969. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed      Moon Zero Two      Crescendo      Taste the Blood of Dracula      1970. The Vampire Lovers      Horror of Frankenstein      Scars of Dracula      Creatures the World Forgot      Lust for a Vampire      Countess Dracula      1971. Blood from the Mummy’s Tomb      Hands of the Ripper      Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde      On the Buses      Twins of Evil      Vampire Circus      Demons of the Mind      Dracula A.D. 1972      Straight On Till Morning      Fear in the Night      1972. Mutiny on the Buses      Kronos      That’s Your Funeral      Nearest and Dearest      Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell      The Satanic Rites of Dracula      1973. Love Thy Neighbor      Man at the Top      Holiday on the Buses      Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires      Shatter      1974. Man About the House      1975. To the Devil ... A Daughter      1978. The Lady Vanishes      Short Subjects      Hammer on Television      Afterword by James Bernard      Epilogue      Selected Bibliography      Index

“excellent...the authors do an amazing job...impressive”—Classic Images; “an encyclopedic wealth of information...an important research tool”—Journal of Popular Culture; “there is a lot of love for Hammer Films here, and a lot of good research, which is as it should be, and while there are many books on Hammer—few have such a fine eye for detail. Thus, this is a valuable reference work, and a good read in its own right”—Destructive Music; “excellent”—Psychotronic; “This is a great reference book which I’m sure you’ll want to add to your collection”—SF Crowsnest.