HAMMER Horror films were British-made between the 1950s and the early ’70s.
They featured, blood, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Gothic settings, vampires, monsters and lots and lots of cleavage.
As Tom Fallows writes:
The release of The Curse of Frankenstein in 1957 was met with repulsion from serious critics appalled by its explicitness. The Tribune called it, “a peepshow of freaks,” The Times recommended it for, “sadists only.” Frankenstein may seem tame by today’s standards but in that instant, the modern horror movie was born.
Cue the babes in peril (and various stages of undress):
Hazel Court
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1959)
Eunice Gayson –
Revenge of Frankenstein
Janette Scott
PARANOIAC (1963)
Caron Gardner
THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (1964)
Caron Gardner as the Burgomaster’s Wife. The Evil of Frankenstein. Hammer Films, 1964.
Jacqueline Pierce
THE REPTILE (1966)
CARITA
THE VIKING QUEEN (1967)
Madeleine Smith
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970)
(top) Kate O’Mara, Kristen Lindholm
(bottom) Madeline Smith, Ingid Pitt, Pippa Steel
THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970)
Kristen Lindholm
Publicity photo for: THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970)
PETER CUSHING IN ‘THE VAMPIRE LOVERS’ HAMMER FILMS 1970 STARRING INGRID PITT PETER CUSHING GEORGE COLE KATE O’MARA FERDY MAYNE DOUGLAS WILMER MADELINE SMITH JON FINCH DAWN ADAMMS PIPA STELL Dir ROY WARD BAKER
TWINS OF EVIL (1971)
Madeleine and Mary Collinson
TWINS OF EVIL (1971)
Madeleine and Mary Collinson
Yvonne Furneaux
THE MUMMY (1959)
Marie Devereux
THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY (1959)
Barbara Shelly & Christopher Lee
DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1965)
Barbara Shelley (left) and Susan Farmer (Diana Kent) hDRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS (1966)
Peter Cushing and Veronica Carlson
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (1969)
Barbara Ewing
DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE (1968)
enny Hanley – SCARS OF DRACULA (1970)
Linda Hayden –
TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA (1970)
Christopher Lee as Count Dracula and Joanna Lumley as Jessica Van Helsing in THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA
Ursula Andress in SHE (1965)
Yvonne Romain
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THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961)
Kate O’Mara
HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (1970)
Victoria Vetri
WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH (1970)
Raquel Welch
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ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (1966)
Yutte Stensgaard
LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971)
Valerie Leon
BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY’S TOMB (1971)
Vera Day
Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (1957)
Caroline Munro –
DRACULA A.D. 1972
Caroline Munro –
DRACULA A.D. 1972
Scream Queen Stephanie Beecham who starred in the Hammer film “Dracula A.D. 1972” (1972) as Jessica Van Helsing and in Amicus Productions’ “And Now the Screaming Starts!” (1973) as Catherine Fengriffen
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