Cheers folks - let us know your fave Hammer one n done (make it a one n done, not a list - same rules as us!) and we'll see you for Late Night With The Devil in 2 weeks!
@AlVal57-fs5ib Scream (Taste) Of Fear is THE pscyh-thriller from Hammer. Just perfect. I always watch The Reptile and Plague back to back as they used the same cast and sets, filmed back-to-back and I love picking out all the reused props etc. Geeky goodness and Jacqueline Pearce was amazing in both.
I got the 4 pack Hammer Collection of the Reptile, the Plague of the Zombies, Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (played brilliantly by Lee)! I agree with Davy, watch the Reptile and Plague back to back and pick out similarities. I’d like to switch my one and done vote to Rasputin - an impressive drinker!
@@glenfinston704 Well, Rasputin was...to Moscow chicks, such a lovely dear RA-RA-RASPUTIN, RUSSIA'S GREATEST LOVE MACHINE.. ;) That's a great 4 pack of some of the Studiocanal owned films.
Hound of the Baskervilles, for my money the best adaption of the story. Love the delivery of the line by Peter Cushing when he throws the dagger....."Like THIS, for instance"
It's my favourite too. I wish Jeremy Brett had filmed his before he was so clearly ill. But the Hammer version is terrific. Cushing and Morrell are SO underrated as a team - Hound, 1984 for the BBC and Cash On Demand...3 brilliant films, both wonderful in all 3 and their relationship different in each. They had fab chemistry.
@DavysFlicks agree with that Davy, Jeremy Brett is the definitive Holmes for me. The Hammer version has that creepy, unsettling atmosphere that the others miss.
Actually Davy, would a Sherlock Holmes Monsters Den be a possibility? I'm thinking Murder by Decree in particular, which has horror elements. And another great Holmes and Watson pairing with Christopher Plummer and James Mason.
@@MrUnmutual2014 I'd LOVE it but I've zero idea how much interest the other guys would have. I've got 3 shelves of Holmes from Brett to Basil to Vasily Livanov, Douglas Wilmer, Ian Richardson, Nicol Williamson and loads more. The Private Life Of, Murder By Decree, Seven Per Cent Solution....so many greats. And yep, Brett IS Holmes. From Scandal In Bohemia he got it right away. To see what makes Cushing's Hammer version so great, watching the BBC 1968 version he did lets us contrast. I love that show but Hound was a weaker ep (Blue Carbuncle a fave) - Hammer picked the best possible story for their sensibilites. Sequels were canned when it didn't do well in the US. Damn shame.
I really love ‘Quatermass and the Pit’, many superb films as runners up and thank you all for another excellent Monster’s Den. Hammer were such a wonderful production company with many classics. Cheers - cheers.
Quatermass And The Pit would be TOP Hammer for me along with Devil Ride's Out, Hound Of The Baskervilles, Captain Clegg...but since it was the 3rd in the series, wasn't eligible. The 4th Quatermass, with John Mills, is still one of the scariest things I've seen.
@@DavysFlicks Just testing! I know it doesn’t qualify really but it is top notch Hammer for me, along with most of the Quatermass (I really enjoyed the John Mills TV series( and Toyah ) and watched it at the time, 1979 i think). So to play fair The Devil Rides Out is my favourite, Hands of the Ripper is also excellent even though there aren’t the ‘big’ names in that one. Love when the Monster’s Den talk Hammer, cheers Davy.
Thanks to everyone appearing for some more great movie recommendations. Cannot recall seeing any of the movies mentioned so lots to see but have to admit that Davy's comes in as tops of the watching list.
Cheers my man. Devil, and I'm not just saying it as it was my pick, is essential Hammer. None of the rest are that level, The Gorgon is close. All worthy if diving deeper but Devil Rides Out is one of the masterworks.
The Abominable Snowman and Paranoiac are my two favs, they're rarely mentioned that much interestingly enough, also The Reptile, Captain Kronos and The Lost Continent are great. Hysteria, I used to dislike as this dull drama taking place largely in one apartment but have grown to appreciate it more.
The Gorgon has always been my favourite Hammer, very atmospheric with a great ending where nobody wins. Always watch it together with my other favourite The Reptile ( Makes for a great Double/Feature)👌
The Devil Rides Out is one of my favourite horror films: brilliantly paced, styled and acted. Davy's appraisal of the restored blu-ray instantly made me order it. I may have seen the restored version on TV once; the film's only weakness is some of those optical/matte effects and the 'reverse' footage of Death (the Horseman), so I'll look forward to seeing some subtle improvements.
Fantastic! Let me know what you think of it. It's the small things like the spider not looking like a magazine clipping glued on, the Angel now having blue flame behind him instead of..nothing. A bolt of lightning at the climax. Purists moaned but....the old version is there too.
I think the UK sitcom The Good Life (1975-78) with Paul Eddington was known in the US too, I remember it had a home video release there many years ago likely from Acorn or a company like that but the two Minister series I'm not sure of.
@@kallknall4686 Cheers, none of the guys seemed to recognise either show but Yes Minister is amazing.Made Nigel Hawthorne a household name. I know a lot of BBC telly was picked up for PBS.
You can't go wrong with the first Dracula and Frankenstein. Depending on what type of horror you like - gothic, black comedy, supernatural, monster...there's loads of good starting points.
The Devil Rides Out and The Gorgon are great. I would add Cushing and Morell in Hound of the Baskervilles. Also, for a bit of late Hammer fun, Captain Kronos- Vampire Hunter, from the Clemens and Fennell TV stable that brought you The Avengers, The New Avengers (both of the John Steed, Patrick Macnee variety rather than Marvel) and The Professionals.
If we had another pick, Hound would be it for me. I'd done a video on my channel on it though and Devil Rides Out just pips it anyway. I'm a massive fan of Brian Clemens. Writing for classics like Danger Man, a top 10 show of mine in Adam Adamant Lives, The Persuaders.. Becoming Script Editor on The Avengers and casting the iconic Diana Rigg then Joanna Lumley for the New Avengers. Thriller the anthology show.he devised EVERY episode. I recommend it to ANYONE who loves Amicus. And what casts he got for it - just off the top of my head.. cast members like Robert Powell, John Le Mesurier, Jeremy Brett, Jenny Agguter, Hayley Mills, Windsor Davies, Richard Todd, Pamela Franklin, Patrick Troughton, Charles Gray, Ingrid Pitt, Pamela Franklin, Denholm Elliot, Julian Glover, Ian Bannen, Brian Blessed, Ralph Bates and Freddie Jones. On film..Clemens wrote one of my fave Hammers in Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde (which wasn't eligible here, being 4 Jekyll Hammers). Writing and directing the wonderful Captain Kronos and scripting the iconic Golden Voyage of Sinbad.. Then having a second career on US Network TV which may not have been classic but showed he was versatile enough to do the most mainstream stuff - Remington Steel, Diagnosis Murder, Highlander The Series... A fascinating career, which deserves more love. Glad to be able to gush about him a bit - he's not famous enough in the US to ever do a Den ep but a total icon of British TV and film. He's not on the level of Nigel Kneale as a writer for me but for a populist, who could bring genre to the masses? Not many better.
You guys caused me to binge on old Hammer films a few weeks ago, particularly the Peter Cushing Frankenstein movies. So many good ones, but "Curse of the Frankenstein" is clearly the G.O.A.T.
One of my top favorite Hammer one-offs is The Witches (aka The Devil's Own), a great "secret-cult-hidden-in-country-village" tale with pre-The Wicker Man vibes.
Pete WELL DONE so many horror reviewers on this platform talk through movie plots including the ending which is frustrating and baffling why the hell would you give away the ending so the fact you didn't sits very well with me now those that haven't seen the films can actually go and experience the endings for themselves.
My favourite Hammer one-off is probably The Scarlet Blade. Lionel Jeffries & Oliver Reed make for a highly entertaining, scenery-chewing pair of villainous leads. If that doesn't count because it's not a horror film, then I'd go with The Witches. Magnificently creepy.
Love Lionel Jeffries. His film version of Mr Blunden was one of my first TH-cam vids on my channel, maybe my first movie one. A terrifically underrated talent on screen and behind the lens. Love The Witches too, as I mentioned in the ep. Joan Fontaine at Hammer...so odd - but she gets it. 100%.
@@creech54 4! Sister Hyde, Two Faces Of.....and the parody The Ugly Duckling (the characters are called Jekyll and Hyde!) and the most recent revival Hammer film Doctor Jekyll with Eddie Izzard.
@@DavysFlicks Forgot about the Duck, probably 'cause I've never seen it. I don't even consider those new films to be Hammer, just because they own the name. No Lee, no Cushing, no Fisher, no Sangster, now Ripper, no Bernard, no Tilly Day, no Hammer.
Full disclosure: I haven't watched the whole video yet, so I'm not sure if it was mentioned. But have any of you see The Lodge? It's a 2019 film starring Riley Keough, co-distributed by Neon and Hammer.
Yes, MUCH better than it had any right to be. I've liked the Hammer revival films quite a bit. None would be on an ep like this for favourites but I really dug the second Woman In Black film, The Quiet Ones, Wake Wood...
If I have to pick only one, definitely Hound of the Baskerville, this was my introduction to the world of Sherlock Holmes, still the best adaptation. If only they could have made a serie with Cushing as Holmes...
We got his BBC series in the 60s but obviously not as heavy as Hammer. Fun to see Cushing do Baskervulles again a decade later. Tben he did the much older Holmes in Masks Of Death. Hammer is the best Hound, Andre Morrell is the best Watson though Brett is my defininitve Holmes.
Not even seen it but going on David's description and quotes, The Devil Ride sounds like it's terrific. Gorgon sounds like a blast. Not sure about the others but will see what's on streams
It is but if you're looking for it - it's The Devil Rides Out. "Devil Ride" will either give you a theme park ride or a hell of a porno if you google it!
Hound is a fave, I've done a vid on that before - it's maybe my favourite one-off Holmes performance. I talked about Captain Clegg a while back on one of our "What we've been watchings.."-it's been a fave for a long time. If we weren't just picking one? Woulda been next on my list. Cushing is having a blast - especially that scene where he's taunting Patrick Allen, who thinks he's the vicar at that point, for never catching Clegg. Magic - and Michael Ripper gets a decent sized role for one.
The Lost Continent was awesome!! Great pic - those goofy creatures they made and the totally nuts plot and the hip lounge act jazzy soundtrack - it did scream 1968! The definition of a movie category my buddies and I use - it is killer-choke!
Yeah, Hammer employed quite a lot of jazz and modern avant garde composers when not using James Bernard. Lost Continent is really cool. Wouldn't be a fave for me but I dig it. And just like Devil Rides Out, from a Dennis Wheatley novel.
Love Hammer one-offs! "The Devil Rides Out" is probably my favorite, but there are so many good ones. I like "The Hounds of the Baskervilles" a lot, and "The Gorgon", "Kiss of the Vampires", "Vampire Circus", "The Reptile" and "Plague of the Zombies". And "The Lost Continent" for its weirdness. 😁 Many good thrillers, too. "Cash on Demand", "Tast of Fear" and others.
Vampire Circus is one I struggled with for years...felt off. Then when I read English Gothic and found out that the cash ran out and production just stopped with quite a bit unfilmed - it made sense why it felt disjointed! Hound is stunning , I'd done that on a previous vid but could easily have it here.
Plague Of the Zombies is a favourite, but for a non-horror recommendation, I’d go with Cash on Demand. Really fun bank robbery thriller starring Peter Cushing.
CoD is majestic - that, Hound Of The Baskervilles and the BBC Nineteen Eighty Four are why I'd rank Cushing and Morrell as highly as Cushing and Lee when it comes to pairings. I always watch it at Christmas.
Benedict Wong, so his first name is the same of his co-star and his last name is the same of his character; that guy was predestined for the role 😜. As always, great show, thanks! 🍺
Didn't he actually survive in this film, I seem to recall that but maybe remembering that wrong. Anyway, I thought for sure that Pete would've picked The Curse of the Werewolf.
10) Captain Kronos 9) Vampire Circus 8) The Gorgon 7) The Reptile 6) Twins of Evil 5) Plague of the Zombies 4) One Million Years BC 3) The Abominable Snowman 2) The Devil Rides Out 1) Hound of the Baskervilles
One I'd put a shout out for: Stranglers of Bombay. It's Black and White and apparently that's given reason why the British Censors let a lot go that would of normally got cut??!!!
And certainly set the stage for Terror Of The Tongs. The BBFC always gave Hammer a hard time but yeah, on that just a few things like the arm being slit open for blood were trimmed. The US version added the intro crawl and removed some violence. The Indicator bluray of it has the US, UK and "ultimate" cut which adds all the footage in. George Pastell was certainly their favourite actor for "exotic" part- he was Chinese, Indian and Egyptian! Roger Delgado too.
@@DavysFlicks Stranglers imo is one of the forgotten films imo...Terror of the Tongs despite being colour isn't anywhere near as good (OK censors cuts didn't help - like Capt Jackson's daughter's murder scene - but even without those I just think it would of been such a good film)
@@stuartyoung4083 Indicator releasing the bluray helped get it better known at least. Thousands of copies of things like Visa To Canton and The Full Treatment are out there now - so we're getting some awareness for the slightly more obscure Hammers.
@@DavysFlicks indeed, I think the only Hammer titles I'm missing (and they actually aren't horrors) are 'Secret of Blood Island' and 'The Lady Vanishes' I've mostly (thanks in no small part to Indicator and Studio Canal) got most on Blu-ray, few glaring omitions though their, at least in UK market like 'She' & 'Frankenstein created Woman'
I really like it too. It was nearly part of the Dracula series. Well, more in the mould of Brides Of Dracula - it was conceived for Peter Cushing to be Van Helsing for a third film but he refused as he didn't like the lack of science and focus on the supernatural.
@@DavysFlicks I remember reading somewhere a while back they were hoping Lee would do it to. If you look closely Noel Willman has a passing resemblance to Lee. Not exactly but you can see some of Lee in his facial features.
@@0KT0BER Yes, the ranking the She films would be a short vid! ;) Love that first one too Bernard Cribbins plays off Cushing so well and Ursulla Andress never looked better. It's the biggest Hammer film not on bluray by far, too.
It's a shame that so few of Denis Wheatley's novels were adapted by Hammer or otherwise. Possibly a little dated/racist (the novel), even in the sixties, but The Devil Rides Out showed what could have been done and To the Devil a Daughter was fifteen minutes and a decent ending away from being brilliant. I guess that Christopher Lee could kick the Devil and the Angel of Death's arse but couldn't defeat Mammon.
Still amazes me that To The Devil is uncut given Kinkski was underage - by quite a bit - when filming the nude scenes. Some wonderful performances in it, a lot against type. Honor Blackman - THE Avengers girl and Pussy Galore - especially. But falls to bits at the climax.
Cheers folks - let us know your fave Hammer one n done (make it a one n done, not a list - same rules as us!) and we'll see you for Late Night With The Devil in 2 weeks!
@AlVal57-fs5ib Scream (Taste) Of Fear is THE pscyh-thriller from Hammer. Just perfect. I always watch The Reptile and Plague back to back as they used the same cast and sets, filmed back-to-back and I love picking out all the reused props etc. Geeky goodness and Jacqueline Pearce was amazing in both.
I got the 4 pack Hammer Collection of the Reptile, the Plague of the Zombies, Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (played brilliantly by Lee)! I agree with Davy, watch the Reptile and Plague back to back and pick out similarities. I’d like to switch my one and done vote to Rasputin - an impressive drinker!
@@glenfinston704 Well, Rasputin was...to Moscow chicks, such a lovely dear RA-RA-RASPUTIN, RUSSIA'S GREATEST LOVE MACHINE.. ;)
That's a great 4 pack of some of the Studiocanal owned films.
Aye Davy!
Hell yeah, can't wait, loves that film!
Hound of the Baskervilles, for my money the best adaption of the story. Love the delivery of the line by Peter Cushing when he throws the dagger....."Like THIS, for instance"
It's my favourite too. I wish Jeremy Brett had filmed his before he was so clearly ill. But the Hammer version is terrific. Cushing and Morrell are SO underrated as a team - Hound, 1984 for the BBC and Cash On Demand...3 brilliant films, both wonderful in all 3 and their relationship different in each. They had fab chemistry.
@DavysFlicks agree with that Davy, Jeremy Brett is the definitive Holmes for me. The Hammer version has that creepy, unsettling atmosphere that the others miss.
Actually Davy, would a Sherlock Holmes Monsters Den be a possibility? I'm thinking Murder by Decree in particular, which has horror elements. And another great Holmes and Watson pairing with Christopher Plummer and James Mason.
@@MrUnmutual2014 I'd LOVE it but I've zero idea how much interest the other guys would have. I've got 3 shelves of Holmes from Brett to Basil to Vasily Livanov, Douglas Wilmer, Ian Richardson, Nicol Williamson and loads more. The Private Life Of, Murder By Decree, Seven Per Cent Solution....so many greats.
And yep, Brett IS Holmes. From Scandal In Bohemia he got it right away. To see what makes Cushing's Hammer version so great, watching the BBC 1968 version he did lets us contrast. I love that show but Hound was a weaker ep (Blue Carbuncle a fave) - Hammer picked the best possible story for their sensibilites. Sequels were canned when it didn't do well in the US. Damn shame.
@@DavysFlicks Ian Richardson was a brilliant Holmes as well.
I really love ‘Quatermass and the Pit’, many superb films as runners up and thank you all for another excellent Monster’s Den. Hammer were such a wonderful production company with many classics. Cheers - cheers.
Quatermass And The Pit would be TOP Hammer for me along with Devil Ride's Out, Hound Of The Baskervilles, Captain Clegg...but since it was the 3rd in the series, wasn't eligible. The 4th Quatermass, with John Mills, is still one of the scariest things I've seen.
@@DavysFlicks Just testing! I know it doesn’t qualify really but it is top notch Hammer for me, along with most of the Quatermass (I really enjoyed the John Mills TV series( and Toyah ) and watched it at the time, 1979 i think). So to play fair The Devil Rides Out is my favourite, Hands of the Ripper is also excellent even though there aren’t the ‘big’ names in that one. Love when the Monster’s Den talk Hammer, cheers Davy.
Thanks to everyone appearing for some more great movie recommendations. Cannot recall seeing any of the movies mentioned so lots to see but have to admit that Davy's comes in as tops of the watching list.
Cheers my man. Devil, and I'm not just saying it as it was my pick, is essential Hammer. None of the rest are that level, The Gorgon is close. All worthy if diving deeper but Devil Rides Out is one of the masterworks.
The Abominable Snowman and Paranoiac are my two favs, they're rarely mentioned that much interestingly enough, also The Reptile, Captain Kronos and The Lost Continent are great. Hysteria, I used to dislike as this dull drama taking place largely in one apartment but have grown to appreciate it more.
The Gorgon has always been my favourite Hammer, very atmospheric with a great ending where nobody wins. Always watch it together with my other favourite The Reptile ( Makes for a great Double/Feature)👌
Love these vids, Pete! I look up the films suggested in this series (The Monster's Den) and always discover some gems. Cheers!
Magic! That's part of what's so fun, turning people onto something they may love.
The Devil Rides Out is one of my favourite horror films: brilliantly paced, styled and acted. Davy's appraisal of the restored blu-ray instantly made me order it. I may have seen the restored version on TV once; the film's only weakness is some of those optical/matte effects and the 'reverse' footage of Death (the Horseman), so I'll look forward to seeing some subtle improvements.
Fantastic! Let me know what you think of it. It's the small things like the spider not looking like a magazine clipping glued on, the Angel now having blue flame behind him instead of..nothing. A bolt of lightning at the climax. Purists moaned but....the old version is there too.
I think the UK sitcom The Good Life (1975-78) with Paul Eddington was known in the US too, I remember it had a home video release there many years ago likely from Acorn or a company like that but the two Minister series I'm not sure of.
@@kallknall4686 Cheers, none of the guys seemed to recognise either show but Yes Minister is amazing.Made Nigel Hawthorne a household name. I know a lot of BBC telly was picked up for PBS.
I watch every Fri …600 am. I know some 🎥 movies, but learn a ton of knowledge from you guys. Always crush it. Thanks again fellas 👍💯
Careful Gary - don't listen to the others, you'll learn bad habits! Stick with me! ;) Cheers to SOT Superfan #1!
@@DavysFlicks / you are the man. Have great night 👍💯
I need to figure out where to start with Hammer films. Great show as always!
You can't go wrong with the first Dracula and Frankenstein. Depending on what type of horror you like - gothic, black comedy, supernatural, monster...there's loads of good starting points.
The Devil Rides Out and The Gorgon are great. I would add Cushing and Morell in Hound of the Baskervilles. Also, for a bit of late Hammer fun, Captain Kronos- Vampire Hunter, from the Clemens and Fennell TV stable that brought you The Avengers, The New Avengers (both of the John Steed, Patrick Macnee variety rather than Marvel) and The Professionals.
If we had another pick, Hound would be it for me. I'd done a video on my channel on it though and Devil Rides Out just pips it anyway.
I'm a massive fan of Brian Clemens. Writing for classics like Danger Man, a top 10 show of mine in Adam Adamant Lives, The Persuaders.. Becoming Script Editor on The Avengers and casting the iconic Diana Rigg then Joanna Lumley for the New Avengers.
Thriller the anthology show.he devised EVERY episode. I recommend it to ANYONE who loves Amicus. And what casts he got for it - just off the top of my head.. cast members like Robert Powell, John Le Mesurier, Jeremy Brett, Jenny Agguter, Hayley Mills, Windsor Davies, Richard Todd, Pamela Franklin, Patrick Troughton, Charles Gray, Ingrid Pitt, Pamela Franklin, Denholm Elliot, Julian Glover, Ian Bannen, Brian Blessed, Ralph Bates and Freddie Jones.
On film..Clemens wrote one of my fave Hammers in Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde (which wasn't eligible here, being 4 Jekyll Hammers). Writing and directing the wonderful Captain Kronos and scripting the iconic Golden Voyage of Sinbad.. Then having a second career on US Network TV which may not have been classic but showed he was versatile enough to do the most mainstream stuff - Remington Steel, Diagnosis Murder, Highlander The Series...
A fascinating career, which deserves more love. Glad to be able to gush about him a bit - he's not famous enough in the US to ever do a Den ep but a total icon of British TV and film. He's not on the level of Nigel Kneale as a writer for me but for a populist, who could bring genre to the masses? Not many better.
You guys caused me to binge on old Hammer films a few weeks ago, particularly the Peter Cushing Frankenstein movies. So many good ones, but "Curse of the Frankenstein" is clearly the G.O.A.T.
Yeah - love Revenge to death but Curse is seminal horror in general, not just Hammer or Brit horror, or 50s.
One of my top favorite Hammer one-offs is The Witches (aka The Devil's Own), a great "secret-cult-hidden-in-country-village" tale with pre-The Wicker Man vibes.
Pete WELL DONE so many horror reviewers on this platform talk through movie plots including the ending which is frustrating and baffling why the hell would you give away the ending so the fact you didn't sits very well with me now those that haven't seen the films can actually go and experience the endings for themselves.
My favourite Hammer one-off is probably The Scarlet Blade. Lionel Jeffries & Oliver Reed make for a highly entertaining, scenery-chewing pair of villainous leads.
If that doesn't count because it's not a horror film, then I'd go with The Witches. Magnificently creepy.
Love Lionel Jeffries. His film version of Mr Blunden was one of my first TH-cam vids on my channel, maybe my first movie one. A terrifically underrated talent on screen and behind the lens.
Love The Witches too, as I mentioned in the ep. Joan Fontaine at Hammer...so odd - but she gets it. 100%.
Curse of the Werewolf, Vampire Circus and Plague of the Zombies are three great ones!
My fav by far is Dr Jekyl and Sister Hyde. Great show thanks guys! I agree Craig, Terror of the Tongs a fine Lee performance and movie!
I guess that's a one-off, though they did another J&H movie.
I always thought of it as unique but great point it could be disqualified
@@creech54 4! Sister Hyde, Two Faces Of.....and the parody The Ugly Duckling (the characters are called Jekyll and Hyde!) and the most recent revival Hammer film Doctor Jekyll with Eddie Izzard.
@@DavysFlicks Forgot about the Duck, probably 'cause I've never seen it. I don't even consider those new films to be Hammer, just because they own the name. No Lee, no Cushing, no Fisher, no Sangster, now Ripper, no Bernard, no Tilly Day, no Hammer.
@@creech54 They did get Lee, he was in The Resident. :)
Full disclosure: I haven't watched the whole video yet, so I'm not sure if it was mentioned.
But have any of you see The Lodge? It's a 2019 film starring Riley Keough, co-distributed by Neon and Hammer.
Yes, MUCH better than it had any right to be. I've liked the Hammer revival films quite a bit. None would be on an ep like this for favourites but I really dug the second Woman In Black film, The Quiet Ones, Wake Wood...
If I have to pick only one, definitely Hound of the Baskerville, this was my introduction to the world of Sherlock Holmes, still the best adaptation. If only they could have made a serie with Cushing as Holmes...
We got his BBC series in the 60s but obviously not as heavy as Hammer. Fun to see Cushing do Baskervulles again a decade later. Tben he did the much older Holmes in Masks Of Death.
Hammer is the best Hound, Andre Morrell is the best Watson though Brett is my defininitve Holmes.
Not even seen it but going on David's description and quotes, The Devil Ride sounds like it's terrific. Gorgon sounds like a blast. Not sure about the others but will see what's on streams
It is but if you're looking for it - it's The Devil Rides Out. "Devil Ride" will either give you a theme park ride or a hell of a porno if you google it!
The Devil rides out is pretty cool. Some of the other titles I've never seen.
Hound of the Baskervilles, the Gorgon, Plague of the zombies and the very very underrated Captain Clegg.
And the Pink Floyd Sid track Corporal Clegg also great !
Hound is a fave, I've done a vid on that before - it's maybe my favourite one-off Holmes performance. I talked about Captain Clegg a while back on one of our "What we've been watchings.."-it's been a fave for a long time. If we weren't just picking one? Woulda been next on my list. Cushing is having a blast - especially that scene where he's taunting Patrick Allen, who thinks he's the vicar at that point, for never catching Clegg. Magic - and Michael Ripper gets a decent sized role for one.
Most of the cast in The Gorgon plays it straight, except Lee who seems to think he's in a comedy. 🥸
The Lost Continent was awesome!! Great pic - those goofy creatures they made and the totally nuts plot and the hip lounge act jazzy soundtrack - it did scream 1968! The definition of a movie category my buddies and I use - it is killer-choke!
Yeah, Hammer employed quite a lot of jazz and modern avant garde composers when not using James Bernard.
Lost Continent is really cool. Wouldn't be a fave for me but I dig it. And just like Devil Rides Out, from a Dennis Wheatley novel.
The 70s had some incredible one offf hammer films
Love Hammer one-offs! "The Devil Rides Out" is probably my favorite, but there are so many good ones. I like "The Hounds of the Baskervilles" a lot, and "The Gorgon", "Kiss of the Vampires", "Vampire Circus", "The Reptile" and "Plague of the Zombies". And "The Lost Continent" for its weirdness. 😁 Many good thrillers, too. "Cash on Demand", "Tast of Fear" and others.
Loved the Lost Continent too!
Vampire Circus is one I struggled with for years...felt off. Then when I read English Gothic and found out that the cash ran out and production just stopped with quite a bit unfilmed - it made sense why it felt disjointed!
Hound is stunning , I'd done that on a previous vid but could easily have it here.
Plague Of the Zombies is a favourite, but for a non-horror recommendation, I’d go with Cash on Demand. Really fun bank robbery thriller starring Peter Cushing.
CoD is majestic - that, Hound Of The Baskervilles and the BBC Nineteen Eighty Four are why I'd rank Cushing and Morrell as highly as Cushing and Lee when it comes to pairings. I always watch it at Christmas.
Love that Truck Fighters tee
Rasputin the Mad Monk was a cool movie.
Benedict Wong, so his first name is the same of his co-star and his last name is the same of his character; that guy was predestined for the role 😜. As always, great show, thanks! 🍺
Maybe as a one-off, I'll pick The reptile: excellent Michael Ripper 'foaming at the mouth' death scene.
Didn't he actually survive in this film, I seem to recall that but maybe remembering that wrong. Anyway, I thought for sure that Pete would've picked The Curse of the Werewolf.
@@kallknall4686 I think you may be right. Ripper gets bitten and poisoned, but survives.
10) Captain Kronos
9) Vampire Circus
8) The Gorgon
7) The Reptile
6) Twins of Evil
5) Plague of the Zombies
4) One Million Years BC
3) The Abominable Snowman
2) The Devil Rides Out
1) Hound of the Baskervilles
One I'd put a shout out for: Stranglers of Bombay.
It's Black and White and apparently that's given reason why the British Censors let a lot go that would of normally got cut??!!!
And certainly set the stage for Terror Of The Tongs. The BBFC always gave Hammer a hard time but yeah, on that just a few things like the arm being slit open for blood were trimmed. The US version added the intro crawl and removed some violence. The Indicator bluray of it has the US, UK and "ultimate" cut which adds all the footage in.
George Pastell was certainly their favourite actor for "exotic" part- he was Chinese, Indian and Egyptian! Roger Delgado too.
@@DavysFlicks Stranglers imo is one of the forgotten films imo...Terror of the Tongs despite being colour isn't anywhere near as good (OK censors cuts didn't help - like Capt Jackson's daughter's murder scene - but even without those I just think it would of been such a good film)
@@stuartyoung4083 Indicator releasing the bluray helped get it better known at least. Thousands of copies of things like Visa To Canton and The Full Treatment are out there now - so we're getting some awareness for the slightly more obscure Hammers.
@@DavysFlicks indeed, I think the only Hammer titles I'm missing (and they actually aren't horrors) are 'Secret of Blood Island' and 'The Lady Vanishes'
I've mostly (thanks in no small part to Indicator and Studio Canal) got most on Blu-ray, few glaring omitions though their, at least in UK market like 'She' & 'Frankenstein created Woman'
Captain Clegg is a killer film!
It is - I did that on an alternate Halloween vid on my channel last year with Hound Of The Baskervilles .
Dan Brown's cat making an entrance and demands attention. I bet she has a strong opinion on 'The Devil Rides Out'.
A beautiful creature.
Is Dan's cat: A. vying for his attention, B. trying to hypnotize him, or C. stealing his breath?
My favorite one off is Kiss of the Vampire.
I really like it too. It was nearly part of the Dracula series. Well, more in the mould of Brides Of Dracula - it was conceived for Peter Cushing to be Van Helsing for a third film but he refused as he didn't like the lack of science and focus on the supernatural.
@@DavysFlicks I remember reading somewhere a while back they were hoping Lee would do it to. If you look closely Noel Willman has a passing resemblance to Lee. Not exactly but you can see some of Lee in his facial features.
The phantom of the Opera it was great to see herbert lom it something that's not the Pink panther
"Waythithm" haha.
She (1965) is the first standalone Hammer I think of and underated I feel.
Not a standalone tho - Vengeance Of She came out in 68, with Jon Richardson returning. :)
@@DavysFlicks I pre-emptively refused it's inclusion on account of it being a pale imitation ;)
@@0KT0BER Yes, the ranking the She films would be a short vid! ;) Love that first one too Bernard Cribbins plays off Cushing so well and Ursulla Andress never looked better. It's the biggest Hammer film not on bluray by far, too.
@@DavysFlicks I hadn't even considered that it wouldn't be on bluray. Bloody hellfire!
@@0KT0BER Yet the sequel is. No justice!
Moon Zero Two
I keep waiting for Warner Archive to upgrade that and Crescendo from their DVDs.
It's a shame that so few of Denis Wheatley's novels were adapted by Hammer or otherwise. Possibly a little dated/racist (the novel), even in the sixties, but The Devil Rides Out showed what could have been done and To the Devil a Daughter was fifteen minutes and a decent ending away from being brilliant. I guess that Christopher Lee could kick the Devil and the Angel of Death's arse but couldn't defeat Mammon.
Still amazes me that To The Devil is uncut given Kinkski was underage - by quite a bit - when filming the nude scenes. Some wonderful performances in it, a lot against type. Honor Blackman - THE Avengers girl and Pussy Galore - especially. But falls to bits at the climax.