In 1967 and with the landscape for horror cinema favouring the occult, Hammer adapted Wheatley’s To the Devil a Daughter – with Toby Jugg and The Satanist positioned as the intended follow ups.

For a film which sounds as ridiculous and ridiculously enjoyable as this, it’s a wonder that funding was so hard to come by; but the costly stop-motion animation scared investors off and the project was grounded indefinitely, while Hammer instead opted to produce the animation-lite Creatures the World Forgot. The Pirate movies are in my opinion the weakest whilst still being fun. Please try again.
This excellent 2-DVD set explores the lesser-known part of Hammer studios: the adventure movies. Although I vastly prefer the '50s and '60s Hammer monster movies, I have to admit that these old Hammer adventure films are delightful fun and full of surprises for the uninitiated (like me). The Vampire virgins. Another Hammer project briefly given momentum by the enthusiasm of Sir Christopher Lee, with the tagline “The Black Napolean” it’s perhaps a relief looking back that Chaka Zulu didn’t see the light of day. At 6 foot 5 inches tall Christopher Lee in his prime cuts a striking figure as a sword wielding pirate! The Pirates of Blood River (1962) Sword of Sherwood Forest (1964) The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Yesterday's Enemy (1959) Creatures the World Forgot (1971) Special Features: 12-Page Movie and Feature Guide Booklet ; Hammer Film Featurettes and Retrospectives; Hammer at Columbia Pictures ; The Actors of Hammer Film ; The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Retrospective Geoffrey Toone plays the captain of a British passenger ship whose daughter is murdered by the Red Dragon Tong during the latter's attempt to find incriminating papers smuggled (against her knowledge) within her possessions. Thank you, Sony! It eventually unfolded that the financial backing had fallen through and our would-be answer to Godzilla came to an official stand still, before being indefinitely banished to the murky depths of Hammer history. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. There's a problem loading this menu right now. However Wheatley loathed Hammer’s adaptation of To the Devil a Daughter, and any hopes of more adaptations were exorcised from Carreras. Unable to add item to List. Karnstein ‘turns’ each of the four daughters and commands them to exact his revenge on Johann and Kurt. Based on 1974 BBC Radio 4 play Lord Dracula, rumour has it Michael Carreras nabbed the film rights after receiving calls from Anthony Keys and his son James Carreras raving about the play the morning after it aired. Director: John Gilling | Stars: Kerwin Mathews , Glenn Corbett , Christopher Lee , Peter Arne Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, English (Dolby Digital 2.0), French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Unqualified, Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2015. Lee was also the star of three of the films in the Icons set, two of those colorful pirate adventures. The runaway prisoner (Kerwin Matthews) is actually the son of a colony founder, sentenced to hard labor for challenging the establishment's tight grip on personal freedom. Be the first to hear about Hammer news and events... Let Me In – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Plot: One of the few survivors from her ‘blood drought’-plagued planet Drakulon, fanged superhuman migrant Vampirella travels through space to Chelsea, where she works with the Space Operatives for Defence and Security (SODS) to help rid Earth of the many dangerous vampires living in our midst.

But alas, as with many of the productions on this list the financial problems of the 1970s forced Hammer to pull the plug, causing Mistress of the Seas to capsize. Plot: A recently paralysed WWII airman is taken to a Welsh castle to recuperate with an old family friend. As the captain seeks vengeance, he gets close to the dangerous heart of the tong, which exacts punishment over anyone who does not cooperate by hacking off his or her fingers. Enthusiasm from Carreras was short-lived however, and the project was eventually banished to the the Land of Unmades and Could-Have-Beens. --Tom Keogh. Plot: 19th century Austria. He has a couple of nice sword fights. Good quality prints in original letter box ratios. Christopher Lee gives a masterfully understated performance as Captain LaRoche, complete with French accent.

For example, I was blown away when, as my wife and I were watching "The Terror of the Tongs", suddenly Yvonne Monlaur appears, decked out in a nice, slinky 1950s-style Chinese dress! Lee turns up again as the imperious leader of a cutthroat tong--a secretive, organized criminal society--in the exotic 1961 Terror of the Tongs. Sir Christopher Lee lived a truly amazing life outside of the movie industry & has probably been in more on screen swordfights than any other actor!!! All in brilliant full scope and exce3llent prints.

Not to mention his Hammer Horror films & these rare but awesome Hammer Pirate movies! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2014. From untold Dracula prequels and swashbuckling pirate biopics to a scrap between a zeppelin and some pterodactyls, we take a look at 10 Hammer classics which could have been! Stationed in India for years, Lewis has conducted a thorough study of a rash of disappearances and anticipates a military assignment to solve the long-running mystery. Toone goes on a rampage when his daughter and servant are murdered by Lee's henchmen.

Brutal pirates take full advantage of this situation until a band of villagers rise up and destroy the evil pirates and their DEVIL-SHIP. Well done! Once there, Toby is haunted by visions of a terrifying arachnid creature, and begins fearing for his sanity. The Stranglers of Bombay - In the 1820's in India, followers of a religious cult, who worship Kali, goddess of destruction, murder hundreds of travelers. These films are all widescreen & the sound & picture quality is top notch!!! The Stranglers of Bombay (1960) stars Guy Rolfe as Captain Harry Lewis, a career soldier helping to protect the interests of exporters the British East India Company. With The Stepford Wives’ helmer Bryan Forbes attached to direct and Godzilla creature-creator Teruyoshi Nakano leading the special effects team, the project looked set to be a monster hit, and work was eagerly commenced on the creature design while a rumoured 250-page script did the rounds internally. The intended 4th instalment to the Karnstein series was set to star Peter Cushing as the Count himself for the first time, but the project was put on indefinite hold while Hammer turned their attention to launching a new franchise, cult classic Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter. If not all his history or horror is real, it's also never dull. See if you agree with our countdown through these embodiments of terror! Christopher Lee were all rumoured to have been attached at some point, but the project struggled to find funding and was eventually put on ice….
Marcus Hearn, Hammer’s official historian, pays tribute to an iconic actor. Sir Christopher Lee is in the Guinness World Book of records for being the tallest leading man, & being the most prolific actor ever & that's not just B- rate movies he is tied into such Mega franchises as "Star Wars", "James Bond" as well as "The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings & the 70's/80 trilogy of "Musketeer movies"! Richard Burton, Richard Harris and (who else??) While details are scarce about the plot specifics, it would be reasonable to assume that Shaka’s coup to take power from his younger brother, and his ongoing feud with Zwide- chief of the Ndwandwe nation- would feature. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. All four film's are worth watching & it's nice to see the old Hammer film's style in the Pirate genre!! Hammer had big plans for Dennis Wheatley’s occult novel The Haunting of Toby Jugg, but when the screen adaptation of The Devil Rides Out didn’t perform as well as hoped, further adaptations of Wheatley’s occult works were shelved (his offbeat fantasy The Lost Continent still made it to the screen thankfully). And several other members of the Hammer gang, including Oliver Reed, can be spotted here and there in the set.

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