Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

55 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Aug. 6, 2017

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.

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

55 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | Aug. 6, 2017

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
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.
Producers ARTE GEIE, ITV Studios France
Original title Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer
Directors Jérôme Korkikian
Writers Jérôme Korkikian

Cast

Marcus Hearn

as Self - Hammer Historian

Mick Garris

as Self - Filmmaker

Dario Argento

as Self - Filmmaker

Horst Janson

as Self - Actor

Caroline Munro

as Self - Actress / Various Roles

Joann Sfar

as Self - Comic Author

John Carpenter

as Self - Filmmaker

Simon Oakes

as Self - Hammer CEO

Jonathan Rigby

as Self - Film Historian / Actor

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

as Self (archive footage)

Christopher Lee

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Peter Cushing

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

John Lennon

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

George Harrison

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

James Carreras

as Self - Hammer Founder (archive footage)

Mick Jagger

as Self - Musician (archive footage)