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	Hammer Film Productions - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Production designer Bernard Robinson and cinematographer Jack Asher were instrumental in creating the lavish look of the early Hammer films, usually on a very restricted budget.
		Hammer began looking for alternatives, and with the success of The Curse of Frankenstein signed a deal with Columbia Pictures to distribute the sequel The Revenge of Frankenstein and two films from the defaulted AAP deal The Camp on Blood Island and The Snorkel.
		Hammer broke continuity with Scars of Dracula in an attempt to re-imagine the character to appeal to a younger audience.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hammer_Studios (4734 words)

	Tigon British Film Productions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tigon British Film Productions was a film production and distribution company founded by Tony Tenser in 1966.
		Tigon was based in Wardour Street, London, and released a wide range of films from semi-pornographic sexploitation films through to an acclaimed 1971 adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie, starring Helen Mirren.
		The largest part of their output, however, was made up by low-budget horror films in a similar style to those made by Hammer Film Productions or Amicus Productions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tigon_British_Film_Productions (198 words)

	Hammer Film Productions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was Lippert's insistence on an American star in the Hammer films he was to distribute that led to the prevalence of American leads in so many of the company's 1950s productions.
		It was for The Last Page that Hammer made one of its most significant appointments when it hired film director Terence Fisher, who went on to play a critical role in the forthcoming horror boom of the 1950s.
		The film was an unexpectedly big hit, and led to an almost equally popular 1957 sequel Quatermass 2 — again adapted from one of Kneale's television scripts, this time by Kneale himself and with a budget double that of the original: £92,000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hammer_horror (4751 words)

	Documentary film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional.
		An important early film to move beyond the concept of the scenic was In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914), which embraced primitivisim and exoticism in a staged story presented as truthful re-enactments of the life of Native Americans.
		The newsreel tradition is an important tradition in documentary film; newsreels were also sometimes staged but were usually re-enactments of events that had already happened, not attempts to steer events as they were in the process of happening.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Documentary_film (2128 words)

	Welcome to the Official Hammer Films Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Spectre Films are hosting a major Hammer retrospective in Strasbourg, France, from 20-24 September.
		PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES is the subject of a special screening and talk on 13 October as a prelude to the Cornish Film Festival, in the unique setting of Carnglaze Cave...
		Hammer Film Productions Limited, the world famous independent studio, was registered for business in January 1949.
	www.hammerfilms.com (239 words)

	HH : the UNofficial Hammer Films Site - Archive :TO THE DEVIL ...A DAUGHTER
		Natassia Kinski, daughter of horror film veteran Klaus Kinski, was a mere fifteen years old, yet gives a frightening performance as the young Catherine, even stripping down for a full frontal at the film's climax, despite being under age!.
		The film is wondrously sick and macabre, with Les Bowie's terrible demon child and plenty of blood.
		The film is worth watching simply for the concluding scenes as Lee and Widmark confront each other in the circle, with glorious surreal colours.
	www.btinternet.com /~kultuk/hammer/archivetothedevil.html (880 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES (1974)
		The seventies: disco fever was raging, ice-cream suits were in, martial arts was still hot in the motion picture theatre and Hammer Films was pushing the boundaries of their horror catalog.
		Hammer Films was trying to break new ground in the mid seventies by taking some chances with their horror output.
		In the long run, this is a film whose reputation is probably as much built on the views of those who have not seen it as it is on the views of those who have.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/legendgoldenvampires.html (2284 words)

	Reel Streets: Hammer Film Productions
		I edited and published Dark Terrors, a magazine dedicated to Hammer Film Productions, for ten years and have extensive knowledge of the companies films and the locations they used.
		Filming took place on the set on 7 July 1967 under the direction of Roy Ward Baker.
		Hammer gave me the complete run of Daily Progress Sheets for this film which details all locations etc. I have such material on numerous other films and will be in touch when I've got more info for you.
	www.reelstreets.com /2006/04/hammer-film-productions.html (181 words)

	Hammer Film Productions, Camera
		Hammer Film Productions were founded in 1948, and quickly aquired a following with such films as The Quartermass Experiment (Val Guest 1954), the follow-up, Quartermass II (Val Guest 1956) and X the Unknown (Leslie Norman 1955).
		Hammer mainly used it for reverse, stop frame, high speed or wild (non sync) exterior shots (see The Damned 1961), where they couldn't use the 3-phase mains Arri.
		Hammer used the Newall for model and effects work right up to the early 70s, then with the demise of Hammer as a production company the camera, like most of their assets, went under the hammer at an auction held at Bray Studios.
	www.filmcentre.co.uk /Hammer.htm (535 words)

	Hammer Film Productions - British Horror Films and Psycho Thrillers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The history of the British horror film was largely influenced by one big studio, which began producing films in the 1940s - Hammer Film Productions Limited.
		Hammer Films were responsible for the much-loved DRACULA, MUMMY and FRANKENSTEIN film series, produced throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
		Central figures behind the success of Hammer Films were Terence Fisher (the most prolific director - and one of the best), Roy Ward Baker (joined the studio rather late but was an excellent filmmaker), Freddie Francis (originally a first-rate cinematographer) and Jimmy Sangster (a very productive writer and occasional director).
	www.cultmovies.info /directors/hammer/hammer.html (789 words)

	Hammer Film Productions Limited [gb] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		"Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense: The Corvini Inheritance (#1.10)" (1986)...
		"Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense: The Sweet Scent of Death (#1.8)" (1986)...
		"Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense: The Late Nancy Irving (#1.5)" (1986)...
	www.imdb.com /company/co0103101 (268 words)

	HH : The UNofficial Hammer Films Site - The Hound of the Baskervilles
		Hammer in the late 1950's was making good use of the pairing of Lee and Cushing along with director Terence Fisher, and Hound was no exception.
		The film at present is unavailable in the UK on VHS, though has been transmitted by the BBC on several occasions.
		The colours are rich and the film, everything one associates with a true Hammer horror.
	www.btinternet.com /~kultuk/hammer/archivehound.html (325 words)

	screenonline: Hammer Film Productions Biography
		was one of the few film companies to thrive during the 1950s and '60s.
		It was the only British company with a guarantee of US distribution and in 1968 it picked up the Queen's Award for Industry for its success in bringing in American dollars.
		's style was considered vulgar and sensationalist in its day, its films were immensely popular with audiences, not least because of the way they brought out the previously disguised sexual subtexts of Gothic horror.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/455323/index.html (195 words)

	Dr Geoff's Horror House - Hammer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		After the war the company was encouraged by the ABC cinema chain to produce cheap British films, as a result of this Hammer became a subsidiary of Exclusive, and in 1949 a new company called Hammer Film Productions Ltd was born.
		Hammer's chief rival was Amicus who specialized in horror anthologies mimicking the 1950's pulp comics from EC.
		Apart from Amicus and Hammer, the British flag was carried by Pete Walker and Norman J Warren, Satan's Slaves (1976), Prey (1977) and Terror (1979).
	www.dune12.demon.co.uk /hammer.html (1164 words)

	Sixties City - Bringing on back the good times
		Exclusive continued to distribute films and, because of the tie-in between the two companies, many films around this era are incorrectly believed to be Hammer films.
		With a growing demand for British-produced supporting movies after the war, Hammer was re-formed in 1947 as a production subsidiary of Exclusive, finally being registered as a separate company, Hammer Film Productions Limited, in February 1949.
		During the Sixties Hammer started to work with major American distributors like 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures and Warner Brothers and, by the end of the decade, were fast approaching their period of maximum production.
	www.sixtiescity.com /Hammer/Hammer.shtm (616 words)

	Documentary film - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		They were single shots, moments captured on film, whether of a train entering a station, a boat docking, or a factory of people getting off work.
		The newsreel tradition is an important tradition in documentary film; newsreels were also sometimes staged but were usually reenactments of events that had already happened, not attempts to steer events as they were in the process of happening.
		In the 1960s and 1970s documentary film was often conceived as a political weapon against neocolonialism and capitalism in general, especially in Latin America, but also in the then turbulent Quebec society.
	www.voyager.in /Documentary_film (1621 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (1966)
		Hammer (or "The Hammer House of Horror" or "The Studio That Dripped Blood" or the tag-line of your choice) has become a byword for stylish though resolutely low-budget horror movies.
		Actually registered as "Hammer Film Productions Limited" in November 1934, the studio was named after company Chairman William Hinds' stage-name (he poked a toe into the world of amateur variety theatre)—Will Hammer—one half of a comedy duo "Hammer and Smith".
		The late 19th century in deepest, darkest Cornwall (a county on the extreme south-west coast of England—Cornwall has a Celtic heritage steeped in myths and legends and in fact has its own language, and a small but vociferous independence movement) is the setting for a series of strange, unexplained deaths in a remote village.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews3/plaguezombies.html (868 words)

	Bloody Theater
		Back in the late 1950's, Hammer Film Productions Ltd. of England decided to re-interpret the Universal Classic horror movies, but this time to film them in color, adding blood and eroticism.
		Established in London in 1934, this world-famous studio is responsible for classic films such as "Dracula." Read interviews with its actors.
		Celebration of British horror films features a large collection of photos, articles and interviews related to the films of Hammer Studios.
	groups.msn.com /BloodyTheater/hammer.msnw (159 words)

	The Hammer Zone @ EOFFTV
		Hammer's first real success was another precursor of things to come - a series of films adapted from the hugely popular BBC radio show Dick Barton - Special Agent.
		It was the beginning of a new era in British film production - The Curse of Frankenstein [1957] was even bigger than the Quatermass films and marked the start of a two decade period that saw the company become synonymous with screen horror.
		Hammer was at its peak in 1968 when it won the Queen's Award for Industry in recognition of its astonishing success in the middle of the decade.
	www.eofftv.com /h/ham/hammer_zone.htm (1502 words)

	Hammer Films, Triggerstreet.com Join New Orleans Media Experience
		Hammer Film Productions and actor Kevin Spacey’s TriggerStreet.com have announced plans to participate in the New Orleans Media Experience.
		Among those films scheduled are Dracula Prince of Darkness, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, The Abominable Snowman, The Devil Rides Out, The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires and Quatermass and the Pit.
		TriggerStreet.com short films to be screened at the historic Orpheum Theatre represent a selection of finalists and winning films from its Online Short Film Festival Series, held three times a year since its launch in 2002.
	www.digitalcinemareport.com /news/hammerfilms.html (162 words)

	Coolabi plc announces Hammer Film Productions Deal
		Agreement for Coolabi to administer operations for Hammer Films Coolabi plc (“Coolabi” or “the Company”; ticker: COO), the AIM quoted media company, today announces completion of an agreement to administer and support certain of the operations and activities of Hammer Film Productions Limited (“Hammer”).
		Accordingly, the Directors, with the exception of Mr Larry Chrisfield, having consulted with the Company’s nominated adviser, Grant Thornton, consider that the terms of the transaction are fair and reasonable insofar as the Company’s shareholders are concerned.
		Roger Holmes, Coolabi’s CEO said; “Hammer is an iconic British institution and we shall use all our experience and skill to seize opportunities to enhance and develop the Hammer brand”.
	www.fillyaboots.com /_fybArc1/000004fc.htm (313 words)

	Shatter
		This film suffers badly from the fact that there is not one pleasant character in it, therefore leaving the audience with no one at all with whom to sympathise.
		Anyway, for whatever reason, the film was deemed so dire that it received no cinema release at all and would have remained unseen had it not been for the occasional airing on television.
		One person deserves a special mention here, this being the last Hammer film to be worked on by continuity lady Renee Glynne, whose credits for the Company go back to the late 1940's.
	www.hammergraveyard.org.uk /Filmography/123s.htm (258 words)

	Hammer Film Yahoo!Group WebRing
		Hammer Films are still the #1 source of quality horror movies.
		Specializing on the film, stage and TV career of the British actor.
		The most glamourous ladies of the 60's and 70's were in Britain's Hammer Films.
	c.webring.com /hub?ring=hammerfilm (851 words)

	HammerWeb: Copyright Information and Credits
		No material found on the Hammer Film Productions Limited Website may be reproduced in any form without prior permission.
		Hammer Film Productions Limited and the site authors will accept no responsibility for loss or damage incurred from use of the materials contained herein.
		This site is respectfully dedicated to all those, past and present, who have contributed to Hammer films.
	www.hammerfilms.com /copyright/hammer_site_info.html (387 words)

	Dracula
		Fortunately for us, however, Hammer could not help but notice the continuous sound of cash registers taking large amounts of money from cinemagoers round the world.
		Hammer's reaction to their critics was, therefore, quite wisely to stick two fangs up to them and redouble their efforts to produce films of this style!
		He can also be seen in Hammer's "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1958), "The Brides of Dracula" (1960) and "The Phantom of the Opera" (1962).
	www.hammergraveyard.org.uk /Filmography/047d.htm (387 words)

	HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR: DOORWAY
		Mention the name HAMMER FILMS and immediately images of gothic horror leap into your mind.
		Hammer Studios is also known for their bevy of beauties.
		Hammer may have stopped making films in the late 70's but their impact on veiwers has never died.
	www.fortunecity.com /lavendar/judidench/339 (606 words)

	British Horror Film 1965-1970
		Hammer not only gave British horror a brand name with which it could be identified around the world, they also changd the face of horror.
		Below is a selected list of the films, along with the Director, Studio and links to Amazon.com and the IMDb.
		All films are listed alphabetically within their year of production and/or release.
	www.horrordirectors.com /bhf65-70.html (175 words)

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