The House Of Hammer – Details, episodes & analysis

We're back in Hammer horror territory, hurrah!

No vampires or stitched together monsters this time, though. No, it's the sheer terror of a domestic moggy.
Morell, Wheatley and Shelley all return, is this a winner or should it be confined to film history's litter tray?

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore

Artwork by Richard Wells

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April 10th, 1961 saw the release of "A Weekend With Lulu" in plenty of time to get the burgeoning Bank Holiday crowds in the mood for heading off to whichever windswept British beach they could get.
Adam, Cev & Smokey get all nostalgic for a time before their time as Hammer goes all Carry On Caravanning.
Do they all like to be beside the seaside?

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells

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Everlasting life - the dream of man and AA battery alike.

We have a look at Hammer's 1959 take on the perils of immortality, as Anton Diffring stars as Dr Georges Bonnet - a remarkably youthful-looking 104 year-old man with a terrible secret...

Ben overcomes oral complications to host the episode, Adam leads the discussions, Cev talks immortality (not at all borne from personal experience) and Smokey takes a good, long look at Hazel Court...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore

Artwork by Richard Wells

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We're un-safely back in Hammer comedy territory for now and making the sort of-most of it with a show that does what it can.

Surely Ben will be happier with this than The Ugly Duckling?
Is it possible this film mirrors any kind of true life situation?

Isn't it about time another Hammer Hero is announced?

All will be revealed. 

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore

Artwork by Richard Wells

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We're safely back in Hammer Horror territory for now and making the most of it with a bumper show that really does walk like an Egyptian...

Cev's your tour guide and this time with a very well known guest. Ben is up to his neck in bandages, Adam appears to be even more cursed than normal and Smokey's rocking out in his corner.

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells

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Adam leads us into the thick, sweaty Burmese jungle where things aren't going too well for nearly all concerned...

There are spoilers abound as the powerful piece goes under the House of Hammer microscope. Smokey looks at the staggering critical reaction that paved the way to four BAFTA nominations, Ben examines some ecclesiastical heroism and Cev welcomes another kind of hero to the hall of legends

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells

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Sound the Bernard Bresslaw klaxon! One of the most inexplicable leading men in British cinema is back as Hammer take their first stab at the Jekyll and Hyde formula in this 1959 comedy.“Square nothing” Henry Jekyll stumbles across his great great grandfather's recipe for transformation, and uses it to turn into the super-confident Teddy Hide - with hilarious results.

Well, results…

Ben is on hosting duties, Smokey looks into Robert Louis Stevenson’s inspiration for the original novella, Cev gets us ready for the future adaptations to come, and Adam leads the discussion on what we thought of the film…

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells

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Hammer explode onto the screen in their post-war, bomb disposal thriller.
Will anyone survive?
Is a main character deeply unlikable or just misunderstood?
Where does this sit among the classics from Hammer?

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells
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BOGS! DOGS! FOGS! The Hound of the Baskervilles has it all and that's without mentioning the telescopes, sherry and funny hands.

Is The Hound of the Baskervilles a highpoint in Hammer history?



“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore

Artwork by Richard Wells

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We're back for the first feature episode of 2024, and once more we're taking a look at a 1958 Hammer military comedy with 'I Only Arsked'

A small band of soldiers - including Bernard Breslaw (whom Cev takes a detailed look at), Michael Medwin and Charles Hawtrey - are shipped off to the Middle East to help prevent a coup. Naturally, not everything goes to plan...Also, Ben takes a look at polygyny and Smokey talks about The Army Game (the series on which I Only Arked is based).

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells

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