Best Hammer film
 

In your opinion what is the best hammer film.

I can't answer that with one answer. I thought their Dracula films were their best stuff. "Horror of Dracula" I thought delivered the nicest basic product in terms of pacing, look, and atmosphere. "Dracula Has Risen from the Grave" I thought had the most interesting story. Can't pick just one! Gotta have at least two.

Okay. I gotta add "The Abominable Snowman" to this discussion. That's an awesome movie. Well written, well acted, a lot of fun...serious fun, if you will.

YESSS!!I love that movie I have yet to purchase it though.:(


Curse of The Werewolf
The Brides of Dracula

.....there's simply way too many to narrow it down to one.

Ive actually seen painfully few Hammer films...

Out of what Ive seen, my favourite has to be Hound of the Baskervilles. Cushing was born to play Holmes.

It is absolutely impossible to pick just one! They're all great.

Their horror films are as endearing and cherished as the Universal monster movies. Both studios were really good at making classy horror flicks.

not forgetting the sci-fi output

professor bernard quatermass....what a guy :cool:

Nigel Kneale wrote some awesome stuff.

what about kiss of the vampire?

Fun piece of vampire silliness with a hella-cool ending.

I agree......Christopher Lee and Ingrid Pitt kick ass!!!!!

Horror Of Dracula-greatest vampire movie ever

It is pretty darn good!

INGRID PITT I totally forgot about her in vampire lovers and I think twins of evil. You know what would have been cool is to see her and lee go up aganist cushing in classic dracula style.

The Reptile was also a good film.

CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF

I agree....Ingrid Pitt should have been in many more Hammer films IMO.

is hammer films still around they need a revival

Dracula - Prince of Darkness is my favorite I think. I know it's not the faster paced of the dracula film's but it's one I remember watching alot from my childhood on AMC. Plus, I just love the atmosphere and the scene where they bring Drac back. I watched it the other day - brought back fond memories of when AMC wasn't a worthless shit channel.

I've always love "The Mummy" The bog set design was the most beautifuly bizarre and highly tactile environment in a horror flick this side of Eraserhead.

The way the mud and goo clung to the bandages. Brilliant.

Yeah I have got to agree - the Mummy is an amazing looking film.

Most of the Frankenstein efforts weren't especially cool, but Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell is a good one. I'm with everyone on Horror of Dracula, but hold the probably controversial opinion that Satanic Rites of Dracula was incredible. It's nice how it doesn't take itself quite as seriously as many other Hammer efforts do. The camp level makes it a pretty unique Dracula experience. Though I'd say the only Hammer Dracula that wasn't all that great was Dracula AD 1972.

I really like the movie Vampire Circus, but also Curse of the Werewolf because it was the first one I saw.

Oh so many but my gut reaction says ............

Horror Of Dracula

The Curse Of Frankenstein

The Mummy

Quatermass And The Pit

Twins Of Evil

Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell

who am I kidding I could go on and on .

2 Legit to quit - The MC Hammer Story

My favourite has to be Quatermass and the pit, but I'm still undecided on whether the Hammer film or the BBC TV serial is the best adaption. Second to that it's probably The creeping flesh.

I also love Twins of evil purely on cotton nightie appreciation.
Which reminds me, I still haven't got Twins and it's out on DVD now...

Got to be ...........
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By far the best hammer horror.........

When I was a child in the 60's (yes, you read that correctly) we had a neighborhood theatre just a few blocks away (ah for the days of neighborhood theatres...). Every weekend I'd take my $1.25 down to the theatre for the weekend matinee. There would always be a double feature along with cartoons, newsreels, serials & prize giveaways.

The theatre owner knew what kids liked and often the double features would be Hammer horrors, or a Corman pair up, or even times a couple weird AIP releases. Getting to see those glorius movies on a big screen was a great education in film. My favorites were the Hammer films Cushing & Lee were dynamite together. As so many have said in this thread already- it's impossible to pick a favorite one. Like Universal & Corman they created their own world.

Great movies. Great entertainment. Great memories.

I heard a while back that they were going to start again, this was about two years ago, Hammer films was bought out by a group of businessmen, who as far as I know are connected to the film industry. Here's the website http://www.hammerfilms.com

The first horror film i saw was Dracula, Prince of Darkness.
Some of my faves are: The Mummy, Curse of Frankenstein and Twins of Evil.