Scars of Dracula (1970)

•April 26, 2013 • Leave a Comment

SCARS DRACULA The sixth instalment of the Hammer Horror Dracula franchise, Scars of Dracula once more bears witness to Christopher Lee taking on the titular role for his fifth turn.

With a bloodier, gorier version than has laid before, Hammer start to up the ante, casting the notorious Patrick Troughton as Klove and….ahem…Dennis Waterman….and…err…bats.

Still, Myles Davies and I set about casting our views. To check out our thoughts, click on the links below and listen to the latest podcast.

Scars of Dracula Part 1



Scars of Dracula Part 2



Scars of Dracula Part 3


DOUBLE BILL: Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968) / Taste The Blood of Dracula (1970)

•March 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

DRACULA RISESIn celebration of Hammer’s Dracula being released on BluRay in the UK, we at Hammer Horror Podcast, thought we’d offer the treat of a Double Bill Podcast, in true Hammer spirit.

2 Years has passed since the last Dracula instalment and for the first time, has a new director at the helm, Freddie Francis. Dracula Has Risen From The Grave, ventures into new territory, visually and therefore offers a whole new slant on the Hammer franchise.

Christopher Lee once more dons the eponymous titular role and along with the cast and crew delivers arguably one of the finest movies in the canon.

Click on the links below to hear the views of podcast team.

Dracula Has Risen From The Grave Part 1

Dracula Has Risen From The Grave Part 2

Dracula Has Risen From The Grave Part 3

TASTE BLOODThe second movie in our double bill, comes in the form of Taste The Blood of Dracula, which follows swiftly after its predecessor and welcomes the entrance of Hammer regular, Ralph Bates, as the dashing and devilish, Lord Courtley.

With some coercion, Christopher Lee returns as Dracula himself and makes his presence felt throughout the movie, but with its fifth instalment into the franchise, is the blood starting to run dry?

Find out the thoughts and views of the Hammer Horror podcast team, (who has injected some new blood in the guise of Meredith Murphy) by clicking on the links below.

Taste The Blood of Dracula

Taste The Blood of Dracula Part 2

Taste The Blood of Dracula Part 3

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

•February 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

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Like Dracula himself, the Hammer Horror podcast team have resurrected ourselves for the third instalment of the Dracula franchise; Dracula: Prince of Darkness.

By now Hammer productions have truly established themselves in the film industry with notable movies along the way, providing great success for the company. In this instance we see Christopher Lee return to the titular role along with notable players, Barbara Shelley and Andrew Keir providing strength in the acting department combined with a script and formula that is now truly cemented, it appears that Hammer can not be faulted, but what are the opinions of myself and fellow podcaster Antony Yee? Click the links below to find out.

Prince of Darkness

Prince of Darkness Part 2

Prince of Darkness Part 3

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

•December 4, 2012 • Leave a Comment

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Since the release of Dracula, Hammer Productions had a mixture of success, with a return to another monster franchise with Revenge of Frankenstein and a huge hit with The Mummy, by which stage Hammer had established ‘ a gift of harnessing talents to achieve a harmony of purpose’

The movie Dracula had reportedly saved Hammer Productions from bankruptcy and business was doing well globally with success particularly high in Britain, Japan and the States. Hammer were eager to repeat the performance with a sequel. After a few redrafts of Jimmy Sangster’s original script, The Brides of Dracula soon went into production with Peter Cushing reprising his role of Van Helsing. This time however the villainous duties would fall upon David Peel as Baron Meinster, Christopher Lee allegedly turning down the chance to don Dracula’s cape at least this time around.

Fellow podcaster, Myles Davies and I discuss the second Dracula instalment that Hammer delivered. Does it stand up next to it’s predecessor or should it be staked through its celluloid heart? Listen to the audio links below to find out our thoughts.

Brides of Dracula Part 1

Brides of Dracula Part 2

Brides of Dracula Part 3

Dracula (1958)

•October 31, 2012 • Leave a Comment

On 22 May 1958, Hammer Film Productions release what would be the first in a number of Dracula movies, following on from the successful release of Curse of Frankenstein.

Dracula would be a loose re-imagination of the Bram Stoker novel, utilising the same tools and methods that had made Frankenstein such a success.

The following is a podcast in which I endeavour to look at the movie in some detail and how it stands up today, with the assistance of my co-host, Antony Yee. Now, we are in no way experts or gurus in the name of Hammer, just fans of their work and the horror genre, so hopefully this will show in our discussions.

So feel free to listen below and please add any thoughts or comments to our conversations :)

Dracula

Dracula Part 2

Dracula Part 3

Dracula Part 4

 
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