Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)

6.0/10 55 min Documentary History TV Movie

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.

Cast

Marcus Hearn

Self - Hammer Historian

Mick Garris

Self - Filmmaker

Dario Argento

Self - Filmmaker

Horst Janson

Self - Actor

Caroline Munro

Self - Actress / Various Roles

Joann Sfar

Self - Comic Author

John Carpenter

Self - Filmmaker

Simon Oakes

Self - Hammer CEO

Jonathan Rigby

Self - Film Historian / Actor

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive footage)

Christopher Lee

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Peter Cushing

Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

Self - Musician (archive footage)

John Lennon

Self - Musician (archive footage)

George Harrison

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

James Carreras

Self - Hammer Founder (archive footage)

Mick Jagger

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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