Any fans of British Horror 1950's - 1970's

Curse of the Demon !!

 

A great film.

If you haven't seen it, this is a decent book on the subject

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beating-Dev...90162&sr=8-1&keywords=night+of+the+demon+book

 

There was a book about Amicus in the pipeline through Tomahawk Press http://tomahawkpress.com/ for months, but I see on their facebook that the author Phillip Nutman passed away.

"We are so sad to hear of the passing of Phil Nutman. As his publisher, we had exchanged many emails, and spoken on the phone a few times. - but never met. He was working on the definitive book on Amicus films for us. I know it saddened him to be so far from home, as he was thoroughly English. He'll be missed. RIP."

 

Here's some good news for M. R. James lovers (like myself) and it should appeal to the Dr Who and Sherlock fans on the board too:

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mark-gatiss-adapts-m-r-james-tractate.html

 

A few years back, I stumbled across this cool documentary at a local used DVD store: "Flesh And Blood: The Hammer Heritage Of Horror".
It's hosted by Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and is a great resource for the history of Hammer Studios. Lot's of great interviews as well.

 

I hope this reintroduces the tradition of the BBC adapting a ghost story for Christmas.

 

It is a good documentary but it seems to lift a lot of it's footage from an earlier one called Hammer The Studio That Dripped Blood.
Not sure why.

 

Awesome list. I am surprised "The Innocents" is missing.

 

Love this stuff! Just picked this up, haven't watched it yet, though :

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I never saw that documentary, so I can't comment on any comparisons. IMDb says this DVD is made from a two-part British TV special from 1994. I found it enjoyable and informative. After seeing this, I realized that I hadn't watched many of the Hammer films since I was a kid. It inspired me to purchase quite a few Hammer (and other European) horror DVDs - so it inspired me.

 

Haven't heard of that one.

 

That's awesome !
I didn't see Masque Of The Red Death ?

" The time of unmasking. They begin to show their naked faces. "

 

Love them, especially with Christopher Lee.

 

Yep. When I first saw it, that Quint 'reflection scene' scared me outta my skin! 'Course, that's not the only scary part.

Yes, I know it's not visual but those BBC Audio/Derek Jacobi/MR James readings are exceptional. Every Christmas I listen to 'The Story Of A Disappearance and An Appearance'.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_(1961_film)

 

Here's one that I haven't seen in ages, didn't realize it had been released on DVD, will have to seek it out.

Eye Of The Devil (1966)

 

TCM will be airing many classic British horror films for Halloween.

 

I've whittled it down to a top ...12 British Horror Films

(no order)

Vampire Circus
The vault of horror
Blood from the mummy's tomb
Dracula, prince of darkness
Dracula/horror of dracula
Quatermass & the pit
The devil rides out
The house that dripped blood
Dr. terrors house of horrors
The hound of the baskervilles
The satanic rites of dracula
From beyond the grave

 

Since this is related to several posts here - not least my own - here's a review of a new edition of collected M. R. James stories - and plenty of other Halloween/horror stuff too!

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/happy-halloween.html

 

Just watched the trailer. Wow. It's so bad. I didn't know Cushing was ever that desperate.

 

Yorkshire TV-Appointment With Fear. Good memories. I remember the day we got our first colour TV, must have been 1974. It was a Friday and, at 10.30pm, Dracula Has Risen From The Grave. It looked great, with all that blood and the red lining to his cape..just terrifying for a youngster. I still have the occasional dream trying to kill that son of a ..

 

After watching the entire series, one thing I appreciated is how most of the entries kept a fairly decent level of continuity, i.e. picking up where the previous film left off. If I remember correctly, the only ones that were sort of "stand-alone" entries that didn't follow continuity were Brides of Dracula, Dracula A.D. 1972, and The Satanic Rites of Dracula. The other 5 films form a chain that links up fairly well.

(Movie series that ignore previous entries or have serious gaps in continuity really grind my gears...)

 

Some new additions to the collection:

The Norman Warren Collection (Satan's Slave/Prey/Terror/Inseminoid)
Cult Horror Collection (The Skull/The man who could cheat death/The killer bees)

 

add these DVDs:

Curse of the crimson altar
The living dead at manchester morgue
And soon the darkness
Nothing but the night

 

That's an Italian/Spanish production, not British.