Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

Aug 6, 2017

0h 55m

★ 6.0

Overview

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

ARTE GEIE

ITV Studios France

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Cast

Self - Hammer Historian

Marcus Hearn

Self - Filmmaker

Mick Garris

Self - Filmmaker

Dario Argento

Self - Actor

Horst Janson

Self - Actress / Various Roles

Caroline Munro

Self - Comic Author

Joann Sfar

Self - Filmmaker

John Carpenter

Self - Hammer CEO

Simon Oakes

Self - Film Historian / Actor

Jonathan Rigby

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Christopher Lee

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Peter Cushing

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