Nowt wrong wi'Hammer, lad
For the three reasons given. Plus Cushing & Lee...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:07, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Agreed

However, I'm not sure that they are *technically* good films...
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:13, Reply)

The Wicker Man is Hammer, isn't it?
If it is, it was remarkably better than any of their other ones, I grant you.

Ever see any of those Hammer House of Horror TV specials, with about 4 short films? I saw one where a bloke kept waking up into another dream and then waking up into yet another one etc - it was fucking nuts.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:18, Reply)

Nah, it was British Lion.
Christopher Lee did it because he wanted to expand his acting roles away from Hammer.

EDIT: The Wicker Man is fucking ace though. However, Nicolas Cage should be punched in the face, repeatedly (as should anyone else involved) for that god-awful remake that took the original story, bent it over, and fucked it to death.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:21, Reply)

It was that very remake
that catapulted the balding, horse-faced 'action hero' to the very top end of my face punching list. What a fucking cunt.

And Raising Arizona was in no way as good as people seem to think either.

The cunt.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:27, Reply)

I used love these

late at night after a couple of spliffs they were perfect viewing!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:23, Reply)

Yes,
I've seen that one...they were pretty creepy. the one with Donald Pleasance, selling the matches and taking the guy back to the house where is blind daughter is. Then the one with the demon thing in the mirror, that compels the guy to kill so it can escape, then the guy ends up inside the mirror.

They don't make them like that anymore, that's a fact.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:25, Reply)

Proper creepy.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:28, Reply)

Tales of the Unexpected
A lot of shite in there, but now and again a proper gem would appear. This example, is perhaps the creepiest, most chilling piece of television i have ever had the misfortune of seeing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-M3G2aITbs

They wouldn't get away with making that these days, that's a fact. Seriously, give this a whirl.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:42, Reply)

*forwards to home*
cheers old boy
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 16:58, Reply)

nice one,
let me know how you get on with it!
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 3 Dec 2009, 17:04, Reply)