Discover the story and the movies which launched screen legends Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and featured actors who are today household names, films which have thrilled and earned cult status. Famous for its blood-curdling creations which brought Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Zombies and The Mummy to the silver screen, the Hammer production company was responsible for a massive variety of movies including One Million Years BC featuring Raquel Welch in that iconic fur-lined bikini! This fascinating 51 minute film features black and white archive footage and colour film exploring the turbulent history and counts down ten of the most famous, most popular and most terrifying of its creations. It includes legendary directors, producers and writers Roy Ward Baker, Brian Clemens and Jimmy Sangster, key members of the Hammer story who reveal the truth behind the on-screen myth. Learn about the rows over the daring content of The Vampire Lovers and see original storyboard sketches for Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter, and find out why the famous Whitby shipwreck of Bram Stoker's Dracula novel didn't make it to the film adaptation. We are joined by Alan Barnes and Marcus Heam, horror expert and English Gothic author Jonathan Rigby, and Hammer webmaster Robert Simpson whose contributions are complemented by a wealth of rare behind-the-scenes photos and stills from some of the most famous films.
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