Great list, John. I love Hammer. I’m glad you mentioned Peter Cushing’s unscrupulous portrayal of Frankenstein, I always loved how he played the character that way. 7 Golden Vampires is tremendous fun. Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a great take on the story, Ralph Bates was underrated. Fantastic list but how could you leave off Devil Rides Out??? 😉😁👍 I would like to do a response video to this in the next couple of weeks if you don’t mind
Cheers Bryn mate 😁😁 Cushing's Frankenstein is one of the best portrayal of an iconic Horror character 👏 Ralph Bates turns up a few times in Hammer movies which is great!! I had to miss out quite a few classics unfortunately to get my Top Ten! Yeah please do a response video to this Bryn I would love to see it mate 🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍
I am so glad "The Witches" is on your list, here in the U.S. it plays as "The Devil's Own" w/Joan Fontaine. I think the film has a real mood and atmosphere to it and came out around the same time as "Rosemary's Baby", when witchcraft movies were in vogue. I think it's cool that a couple of Hollywood Golden Era heavyweights like Ms. Fontaine in this, and Bette Davis in "The Nanny" teamed up with Hammer.
Cheers for watching 😊😊👍👍 yeah The Witches never gets the credit it deserves for me! It's got the lot but kind of doesn't connect like it should do unfortunately 🤔🥴 I think the casting was such a great part of it and I imagine when it came out no one expected them to be in a "b movie" Horror 😲😊 cheers again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Yeah I totally agree, the movie isn't scary, but the atmosphere is where its at and the town has this strange air about it, which I really get a kick out of it 👌 thanks for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
As you know, I am a HUGE Hammer fan, John, and so it goes without saying that this video was right up my street! I absolutely loved it. Whenever I see the name "Hammer" in the title of a video, I am right in there watching before you can say "Jack Robinson"! Very pleased to see you included a few of the Frankenstein and Dracula films there. And I certainly echo your views on how villainous and ruthless Peter Cushing was in that first Frankenstein movie. And he was even worse in FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED, which would definitely be in my own all time top 10 Hammer films. I must admit, I was quite surprised to see you did not include the first Lee Dracula movie from 1958 in your list, as that, side by side with Curse of Frankenstein, really started the ball rolling for Hammer in terms of their awesome dominance of the British horror movie genre. Having said that, though, I am sure you love that first Hammer Dracula film, and I totally agree with your No. 1 choice: TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA. Wow, what a movie! That part where Lord Courtley tries to make the three decadent businessmen drink Dracula's foul blood is one of the most creepy moments in all Hammer history! That movie, together with DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, ranks right up there in my list of most watched Hammer horror movies. Great video, John, and you have certainly inspired me to do a video of my own Top 10 Hammer films (although, admittedly, I know just how much I have sung the praises of Hammer studios already in a lot of my previous videos, but such is the extent of my love for all those fantastic movies that I could talk about them till the cows come home). Great video, John. Thank you for sharing.
Yeah Alan, I know you love your Hammer movies Alan :-) Yeah Peter Cushing just gets worse and worse as the franchise goes on!!! wow what a piece of work he is mate!!! :-o Yeah I love all the Dracula and Frankenstein movies, was hard to leave some of them out!!!! I love to see Hammer videos too Alan, I would defiantly check out the video when you do it Alan!! Cheers mate!!!
Cheers John. Scream Factory are doing a fantastic job too with their Hammer horror Special Edition releases. The next one they are releasing (although not quite in time for me to treat myself for Christmas, unfortunately) is THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, which is another a huge Hammer favourite of mine. You might like to check out the preview of the slip cover too, as it looks awesome!
Well I’m not sure I agree with your listing but having said that, I applaud anybody who keeps these movies upfront and centre. Below is my top 10:- 1. Dracula 2. Quatermass and the pit 3. Quatermass 2 4 Quatermass 5 plague of the Zombies 6. Taste the blood of Dracula 7. X The unknown 8. The Devil rides out 9. Dracula prince of darkness 10. Dracula has risen from the grave Thanks for posting & keep your collection going mate
Good list Andrew 😁😁👍👍 I do think that any Hammer top ten I see I like all the films in there!! Its hard not to like these movies as they are definitely ones that we will never see again sadly but the Nostalgia factor is high with them for sure Andrew 😁👌👌 I need to pick up some more Hammer stuff as there are more around since I made my Hammer videos! Was quite a while back when I come to think of it and thanks for the positive vibes Andrew 😁😁 keep on Hammering 🤩🤩😁😁
Cheers Stephen, yeah we had a beaten up old TV we used upstairs and night and we would switch the lights out and get frightened to death!! Great memories mate 🤩🤩👍👍
It’s interesting how Hammer took the genre into another realm by mixing 1960s/70s issues and social changes into the classic stories. Thanks for posting.
Yeah Jonathan, good call, they can put things into their horror movies that seem really like social commentary, but still make it other worldly 🤔 great style I feel 😁😁thanks for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Interesting list. My top 10: 1. The Mummy 2. Quatermass and the Pit 3. Horror of Dracula 4. Vampire Circus 5. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 6. Taste the Blood of Dracula 7. Curse of the Mummy's Tomb 8. Quatermass 2 9. The Abominable Snowman of the Himilayas 10. The Curse of Frankenstein
Solid List Von Wenk 👏👏 haven't seen the Abominable Smowman, but I love stuff about the yeti etc 😊😊👍👍 have got Quatermass 2 on an old copy I'll have to dig it out soon! Imagine a Quatermass boxset!! 😁😁😁 cheers for sharing your list Von Wenk 🤩🤩👍👍
Dracula AD 1972 is just a total classic, absolutely love it!! Breathtakingly beautiful Stephanie Beecham (who still looks good now in her 70's) and yummy Caroline Munro at their very best!! WOW!! Don't know if you're a Geordie or from Sunderland, I must tread very carefully there as I know there's no love lost, but I think you might agree that the very best film from the early 70's without any doubt whatsoever is 'Get Carter!!' Just never gets boring!! I loved all the Amicus short story movies, just wish somebody would try that format of four short horror stories with the 'usual' wraparound which 'The Sixth Sense' totally ripped off as it's twist!! Honestly, why did anybody think that was unique?? They must never have seen 'Vault Of Horror,' 'Tales From The Crypt,' 'Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors' or 'Torture Garden!!' Anyway, loved the video and have subscribed as a result!! Keep up the great work my friend!! All the very best from a Scouser who absolutely loves the North East and the people from there!!
Hey Andre 😁😁👍👍 thanks very much for subscribing and yeah the Geordie/Makem rivalry is strong here 🤣🤣 I'm a Geordie Andrew (the best northerner 😉😆) I agree with those stars! Caroline Munro is top of my Hammer list mate 😁😁👌👌 it's mad that the Amicus portmanteau movies aren't more of a bigger thing! In these days of UA-cam shorts you would think they were fashionable Andrew 🤔😊👍 thanks again bud and I have to agree with you that the people are great up here.....not so much from Sunderland 🤔😉🤣🤣👍👍
Cheers for watching Alex, yeah me and the wife go through phases of watching loads of Hammers and always enjoy them 🤩🤩 I plan to do another follow up video about more recommendations for Hammer movies, got to watch a few more first mate 😊😊👍👍
Great selection of classic Hammer movies, I have also been a fan of the franchise for many years and horror movies in general. Sister Hyde was a great take on the Dr Jekyll films and worthy of being in your top ten. You just can not beat those early films with Lee and Cushing, not forgetting Bela Lugosi and Karloff as well years earlier.
Cheers bud 🤩🤩👍👍 yeah I think if you like the style of Hammer then you are hooked!! I always liked the Sister Hyde take on the story, obviously exploitational but such an interesting idea 🤩🤩 I think with Hammer Icons and also bringing in the old guard of Karloff, Lugosi and Chaney Jr you have probably the definitive Horror masterpieces covered 🤔🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍
It's good to find another fan of Dracula: AD 1972. I love that film. It was also my mum's favourite Hammer film. It was one of the last Dracula films i taped on VHS as a kid, i don't know why but it wasn't on English tv for most of the 80's, i think i was 9 before i taped it. (Halloween 2 was another that was never on when i was a kid, but different rant there lol). My current version of AD72 i bought on Amazon movies.
17 years old, and hammer horror is the only horror I watch. Because it feels real and of course you have Lee and Cushing. Both were exceptional actors.
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Yeah. And now I almost own every Hammer movie on Blu Ray. I have gone back to physical media as well. I just don’t feel satisfied by watching a file on a streaming platform which you are not guaranteed that the movie/series is there forever. And it makes nice decoration as well. Cheers mate.
Physical all the way, love seeing Hammer titles in people's collection and even if there was a dedicated Hammer movie streaming service chances are movies would drop in and out and it would probably fold, so yep keep getting those Blu Rays mate 😁😁👍👍
Nice one. Do you remember when back in the day they'd be horrors on TV on Fridays and Saturday nights? Usually Hammer, Amicus and the odd Tigon film. Great days.
Certainly do!! It was the best part of the week setting down to a double bill of Horror, from Universal to Hammer to Amicus to Tigon!! Amazing times bud 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩
Some nice, less obvious and offbeat choices there, John. My personal favourite is Plague of the Zombies, which I'm surprised didn't make your list! I also really like Scars of Dracula and Prince of Darkness, but there's nothing wrong at all with the ones you picked yourself.
Cheers Grim, yeah I had to be quite ruthless with this list, I left out some real classics but I really do probably like all the Hammet movies I've seen 👌👌Plague of the Zombies is an awesome movie for sure, cheers fir watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Top list. So happy to see Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde in there. My favourite Hammer movie along with Twins of Evil. The ending of Dr Jekyll is gloriously mad!
Cheers Mike 🤩🤩👍👍 yeah I think it gets overlooked a lot and its such a great watch 🤩 Twins of Evil is one of Hammer's finest as well 👌you're right about the ending 😲😁 cheers Mike 👍👍
Ooof, you are putting your finger on something here. I am a huge Horror fan, enjoying hundreds and hundreds genre movies from all decades but I have never (never!) even accidentaly watched a Hammer movie! I recently tried to find a box with all the best known films from the company but the rights seem to lay all over the place. I guess I have to check the streaming services. Anyway, thanks for your video, enjoyable as always :-)
Cheers mate, honestly I'm sure you will love Hammer movies!! Like I said it seems like they have created a world of their own and I can't recommend them highly enough!! 🤩🤩 yeah as with most things, there is the inevitable rights issues 🥴🙄 but you can find some quite easily and the more you want to complete the movies, sure its around 50, that's when the headache starts!! I don't think there is a definitive box set unfortunately, there should be though 🤔😁 cheers mate hope you get yo see one soon 🤞🤞🤩🤩👍👍
Loved watching Hammer films growing up. 1 Dracula Prince of Darkness 2 Dracula 3 Dracula Has Risen From The Grave 4 Twins Of Evil 5 Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Hey John. GREAT video man :). It's funny because out of all the titles i only know Dracula AD1972 & The Curse Of Frankenstein !. I guess i have some catching up to do with Hammer huh ;p) ?. Keep up the great work. Cheers mate !.
Hey mate 🤩🤩👍👍 honestly go further into the Hammer universe and I'm sure you will be really pleased with what you can find in their back catalogue 🤔😁 cheers mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Hi John, I know exactly what you mean about the Hammer time period 🤔 I still need to grab some Studio Canal titles for my collection, very interesting video mate👍😀👍
Hi Alan, Cheers mate!! The "Hammer time period" seems to be a look that they invented themselves and if you see a movie out of the corner of your eye you kind of know it's a Hammer film! The music has a certain feel as well!! The Studio Canal ones are by far the best in the UK for me, Indicator Hammer movies are pretty good as well :-))))
🤩🤩 you viddied well my little brother 😁😁👌👌 yeah Clark I had a few titles for my band back in the day (a couple from A Clockwork Orange) other bands have taken names as well, Heaven 17 and Moloko, so I had to give a nod to my favourite book, got the name in 2004 and when I made my UA-cam movie channel I thought hmmmm just put my band name on there for a bit of exposure, but its kind of just morphed into pure movie stuff on the channel 🤔🤩 cheers Clark mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Any music you hear on the Channel in any way will be by Mondo Chelloveck, so keep an ear out, from time to time I chuck some in 🤩🤩 I can read A Clockwork Orange over and over again and it still feels fresh! Cheers Clark, have a good one too 🤩🤩👌👌
Hi John..i rewatched this again & was wondering if you can do a video showcasing all your Hammer movies or memorabillia. It will be a great one if you could..Ralph Bates is one of the few great male actor who sadly does not get to be in more Hammer or other movies..🤗cheers again.
Hi Salam, yeah I could do that mate 👍 I've got plenty more Hammer titles and I think I might have some old memorabilia to go with them 🤔 if I can find it.... yeah I'll do that Salam 🤩🤩👍👍
HI AGAIN JOHN ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AND HAMMER MOVIES AS WELL.I SAW A LOT OF THE HAMMER MOVIES AT THE CINEMA THE TYNESIDE CINEMA WHEN I WAS GOING THERE IT USED TO BE A MEMBERS ONLY CLUB AND HAD LATE NIGHT SHOWS AND ALLNIGHT SHOWN THOSE WERE THE DAYS.ONE LAST THING PEOPLE SAY TWINS OF EVIL WAS THE LAST OF THE KARLSTIEN HAMMER MOVIES IT WAS NOT THERE WAS ONE YEARS LATER IT WAS CALLED CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER ITS A VERY UNDER RATED MOVIE AND THE ONLY HORROR HAMMER MADE TO HAVE THE SHORT LIVED AA CERTIFICATE IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT TTRACK IT DOWN I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY IT ANYWAY KEEP THESE GREAT VIDEOS UP
Wow Mister..quite an eclectic choice of usual suspects & surprise gems..i love the 7 Golden Vampires and collected that and lots of other Hammer movies on Anchor Bay dvds but alas sadly the disc hv mostly deteriorated over time..manage to get my hands on few Scream Factory Bluray reissues like Vampire Lovers & Twins of Evil both with the late great Cushing b4 the last good physical media store closed for good where i am.
Cheers for watching Salam, yeah I really want to upgrade my Golden Vampires 👍 sad to hear about your discs deteriorating 🥴 not great when that happens 😔 great that you got some upgrades on blu ray yourself Salam, cheers again 🤩🤩👍👍
It's a shame that your country doesn't have the physical media outlets that it did Salam 😔 the UK is slowly loosing the shops that used to be on the High Street and hopefully we will keep HMV and CEX 🤞🤞👍👍
The more I think about it, the more I think Hammer were just astonishing in what they achieved. The were a one-compqny film industry. Imagine if a British production company was trotting out 2-3 horror movies a year now? Kudos to them. My fave has to be Dracula 1958, great gothic. Or Twins of Evil, Easy on the eye! Saw Satanic Rites last month from HMV Premium, well worth a look and nowhere near as bad as people say. Thanks for the video!
Yeah you're right about them just going for it and putting out a solid brand and many great looking movies in around 20 years!! Not many studios can brag to that much now! Both solid picks mate!! Although I did think Satanic Rites wasn't a great Dracula vehicle, but more of a good early seventies crime story weirdly enough 😲😁🤣cheers for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Another Hammer fan right here John, i only own The Witches on DVD but am i right in thinking your Blu has has that great Hammer Glamour doc on it?, Looking at picking up that Twins of evil for the extras, i know its locked but i have heard you can play it on Panasonics, i do own the UK Network release. I have Dracula 72 but have never seen it. Frankenstein created woman is one that has never had a UK release for some reason. i had Taste the blood on DVD but got rid as i do plan on getting the Blu release, Great great video mate.
I'm also British, bornin 1980, so loved Hammer horror since i was 6. My top 10 Hammer horrors might give you a clue which area i love most: 10 Dracula (1958) 9 The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) 8 Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) 7 The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) 6 Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966) 5 The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) 4 The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) 3 Scars of Dracula (1970) 2 Dracula: AD 1972 (1972) 1 Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Yes! I Agree Taste The Blood of Dracula is indeed Number 1 Dracula film of All Time how Frankenstein must be destroyed i thought was really good especially the way that Dr Frankenstein was a Villain which was so perfect clear into the end. I really enjoyed the count down on the rest of the other Hammer Films you talked about
I love Hammer. I am so glad you mentioned The Witches. So underrated. One of my favorites. I was hoping you would have included The Reptile which again was another Hammer film that was underrated. I love your list . You need to check out 1972 -Blacula. Kinda like Dracula A.D. 1972 but set in America. Another really good one to check out is Count Dracula's Great Love and you can't forget about, The Vampire Lovers with Ingrid Pitt. Christopher Lee is definitely the best Dracula!
Cheers mate thanks for watching 😊😊👍👍 yeah it's hard to select Hammer titles out of the amazing ones that they have put out 🤔🤩 I keep meaning to pick up Blacula, watched Blackenstein! Wow! So crazy!! 😵💫😵💫🤣 Ingrid Pitt was something else wasn't she!! 😊😊😊👍👍👍 thanks for the recommendations mate 🤩🤩👍👍
10. the witches (1966) 9. the curse of Frankenstein (1957) 8. the legend of the seven golden vampires (1974) 7. twins of evil (1971) 6. Dracula AD (1972) 5. Dr jeckle and sister hyde (1971) 4. vampire circus (1972) 3. Dracula has risen from the grave (1968) 2. Frankenstein created women (1967) 1. taste the blood of Dracula (1970) bonus for me: the phantom of the opera (1962), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Devil Rides Out (1968), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
That's a brilliant list Levi 🤩🤩👍👍 can't argue with any of these titles, also your bonus mentions are top drawer! The one I most want to get is the upcoming UK blu ray of 7 golden vampires 🤩🤩 love that movie Levi 😁😁 cheers for dropping your top ten mate 😊😊👍👍
Couldn't agree more with your list John, the thing with Hammer films is you could probably do a top 50 there's so many good films. Good to see Seven Golden Vampires on there it's one of my favourites, why we haven't got a uk bluray release of that is beyond me. 😀
Cheers Richard 🤩🤩 you're right about that Top 50!! I love all the Hammer movies to a certain degree and it was hard leaving classics behind I can tell you Richard! Yeah 7 Golden with no UK release is a total mystery to me also!! Cheers again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
evening John, hope you are well mate, I grew up with hammer also, brilliant stuff, Peter Cushing was a hero of mine growing up and Christopher Lee as Dracula :) Just ordered. the Evil Dead Groovy Collection with 1 and 2 (no 3 unfortunately) and ash v evil dead all 3 series
Hi Mark, yeah doing great mate, hope you are well bud! Hammer was definitely a big part of life growing up! Those double bills on TV 🤩🤩 Lee and Cushing were kind of the faces of Hammer 👌 that set looks great, shame about the 3rd one 🥴 Cheers Mark 🤩🤩👍👍
Great video, John. Twins of Evil was released by Network over here. Really good release too. Where’s The Devil Rides Out?! The very best (imho) Hammer Horror. 👹
Hi Mark, I remember that about Twins of Evil now you mention it, I might compare it to the Synapse and see if it's a better release 🤔🤩 Devil Rides Out is a solid movie and I had to be quite ruthless with this list, I think it's a great movie 👍I have a batch of Hammer movies to catch up on and I need to watch them and maybe do another video of 10 more Hammers I recommend 🤔 cheers Mark 🤩🤩👍👍
Hi Paul, I believe that he read the script for Dracula Prince of Darkness and said I'm not saying those lines!! But yeah on Scars he started talking again and it was a great performance by him!! Cheers mate 🤩🤩👍👍
I see you had to rewatch _Has Risen from the Grave_ to get into it, I have only seen it once but I absolutely hated it. So... maybe I need to see it again, I also didn't care for _Curse of Frankenstein_ the first time. I'll try it again someday. I haven't seen a few of your choices but the ones that did a number on me so far that aren't on your list are: _The Gorgon, Kiss of the Vampire, Brides of Dracula, Curse of the Werewolf, Satanic Rites of Dracula, Taste of Fear, Horror of Dracula,_ and the one few people liked- _Curse of the Mummy's Tomb._ I only have 2 of your selects on my list: _Frankenstein Created Woman_ and _Taste the Blood of Dracula._
Cheers for watching mate, yeah I wasn't that much of a fan on early watches but on a recent watch it really went up I'm my estimation 🤩👍 they are all great movies that you mentioned and I've got a few Hammers I need to rewatch and they might creep into my top ten, I probably should have done a top 20 🤔😊 personally i don't think there is a Hammer movie I've seen that I didn't like which is a great testament to Hammer! 👌👌 cheers again 🤩🤩👍👍
One I would say was essential; The Devil Rides Out, The Curse of the Werewolf with Oliver Reed should be included. Btw there's a Spanish Blu Ray of The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires Ebay has it under £20.
Cheers for the heads up Spectrum and I'll give that a look 🤔😊😊 Devil rides out and Curse of the Werewolf are great movies for sure, I'll have to do another video to mention more Hammer classics, cheers again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
As you were counting down I would have bet you would have picked the first Dracula. What a film and great transfer on Blu-ray! I also love hound of the Baskervilles but some might not class as Horror.
I had to leave some absolute classics out, it was a hard top ten to do mate, the first Dracula is amazing, I think it has the best Dracula v Helsing storyline!! 👌👌 Hound is great but I consider it more Crime based 🤔 I'll be doing more Hammer in the future for sure, thanks for watching 🤩🤩👍👍
Honestly Dan, I find that Taste has all the best ingredients that you usually find in Hammer movies, like I say, check it out and if you don't like the vibe you can give them a swerve, but if you do... then there are some GREAT movies for you to see!! Cheers for watching Dan 🤩🤩👍👍
I love Hammer but wasn't big on their Dracula or Frankenstein cycles. My list would be: 10) Twins of Evil 9) Quartermass 2 8) Curse of Frankenstein 7) Plague of the Zombies 6) One Million Years BC 5) The Mummy 4) Quatermass and the Pit 3) The Abominable Snowman 2) Hound of the Baskervilles 1) The Devil Rides Out
Excellent list mate!! Some solid movies there for sure! I think that Dracula and Frankenstein always resonated with me since the Universal Monsters days 😊😊 cheers for sharing this list mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Hi john, brilliant Hammer Horror video. Growing up in 70's and 80's always a Hammer film on tv on a Friday or Saturday night👍. Dracula AD 1972 brilliant film Caroline Munro 😍. Ralph Bates was a really underrated actor, I think Hammer would have put him in more films if they hadn't gone bust. Sorry John but I think I'm in the only person who liked To The Devil a Daughter 😂😂. Studio Canal prints do look the best for Hammer. All the best👍.
Cheers Gary, Yeah Friday/Saturday's were Hammer time!!!!:-))) Caroline Munro was amazing in Dracula AD 72!!!! :-)))) Ralph Bates always seemed to fly under the radar didn't he! To the Devil a Daughter is one I need to revisit Gary, Yeah Studio Canal are the best by far Gary :-)))))
Not my list, but respect it. Agree that I love Frankenstein Created Woman & Twins of Evil and the beauty of the filming of The Witches, though many other HORROR movies I feel are better, such as Devil Rides Out, Dracula, Prince of Darkness, Plague of the Zombies, Brides of Dracula, Quatermass & the Pit and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, not including their orininal Drac, Frankenstein and Mummy movie
Fair comment Dav, I think there is so much diversity in the Hammer catalogue that lists can differ from person to person, all the ones you have picked are great movies...I should rewatch all the Hammer ones I have and see if my top 10 changes....don't think I've got the time for that at the moment though mate 😵💫🤩🤩👍👍
great list!! taste the blood is my favorite dracula film as well, i love that that ones set in the 1800's. i still need to see alot of them, i mostly have just seen the dracula and frankenstein films and a handful of others... my top 10... 10. vampire circus 9. countess dracula 8. horror of dracula 7. dracula ad 1972 6. curse of frankenstein 5. scars of dracula 4. taste the blood of dracula 3. frankenstein must be destroyed 2. twins of evil 1. hands of the ripper
I do like their "period pieces" as well, they are just ultra Hammer 🤩🤩 I've got some distance to go to get the Horror titles but it's been fun collecting them 🤩🤩 solid top ten mate!! Everyone is very enjoyable 👌👌 I have Hands of the Ripper, but yet to watch it! My wife and myself usually do the Hammers together......shifts permitting 🤞🤞 cheers for sharing your top ten 😁😁👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies i have to get more of them myself, they can be kind of pricey! be sure to check out hands of the ripper next time, it is very underrated and great
We are interested in anything to do with the Ripper, so I'm really surprised to see we haven't watched yet mate 😲 but I feel its getting watched soon 🤞🤞🤩🤩
I like hammer horror & have seen most of the films on you're top 10. Their is a UK Blu Ray release of Twins Of Evil as I own it. I just watched Scars of Dracula last week as part of my Halloween viewing.
Cheers for watching Mark 😊😊 yeah I realise that now about Twins, network released it and I've seen it in HMV might pick it up if its better than the Synapse one 🤔 I thought Scars was an interesting movie, but unfortunately I thought the casting wasn't the best, although I thought Christopher Lee was REALLY good in that movie, as well as Patrick Troughton 🤩🤩👍👍
Hammer were the best. First time I saw them was on summer BBC horror seasons in the seventies. I fist collected them on DVD from Anchor Bay which produced brilliant dvd versions. Looking forward to them being released on 4K. I think your list is reasonable but I personally you missed out a number of even better Hammer Films - most notably Horror of Dracula, and Hammer’s best film which - Devil Rides Out. Do not forget more modern Hammer films such as Woman in Black, the resident and Wakewood. Have you checked out Indicator films Hammer box sets which are great and include many lesser known but great films Good to see another Hammer fan celebrating this great company.
I hope to see Hammer 4k in the future 🤞🤞🤞I think they would be improved vastly with the right transfer 😊 yeah I had to miss out a few true classics to fit in my Top Ten, should've done a top 20 in hindsight 🤔👍 I like the Woman I'm Black, haven't seen the second one though, the Indicator sets are really nice but ULTRA expensive so I'm going to get them on re release as stand alone movies 👌 cheers for watching Paul mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Great list John but if you can find The Nanny (1965) starring Bettie Davis get it. It's a decent suspense movie which gets better throughout the movie and it's a battle of wills between The Nanny and the boy who was blamed for the accidental death of his sister. It made a lot of money for Hammer and it was their last black and white movie.
Cheers Andrew 🤩🤩👍👍 ill keep an eye out for that, I've heard of it and it rings a bell for sure!! Great bit of info on it being their last B&W movie as well 🤩🤩 cheers again Andrew 🤩🤩👍👍
Hi John. Killer List, Caroline Munro is also in the underrated Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter which I’ve always liked. I adore Peter Cushing and The Brides of Dracula is also a winner. No Chris Lee but excellent Cushing as Van Helsing. I’ve always loved Drac AD72 I’ve never understood the dislike of it 🤷♂️ it has immense 70s Satanic charm 😜 I’m really surprised you didn’t include One Million Years BC!! The Fur Bikini of Raquel Welch - Va Va Voom 😂😂
Hey Wolf, yeah forgot the amazing Caroline Munro was in Kronos! It's one I need to pick up, as well as 1 million years bc, bit remember really liking Raquel Welch in it.... don't know why 🤔😉😁 Brides of Dracula has a great Cushing performance in it 👌 yeah putting Dracula in modern day was a touch of genius and it reaked 70s for me as well 👌👌 cheers for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Cheers Roy, I think that all the box sets are dvd releases, but I think all the movies in them are great movies and maybe some are only available in them 🤔 the prints are usually quite good as well... its definitely more expensive to get the individual ones... but I don't think the box set is full of duds as Hammer really didn't make that many!! Cheers again Roy 🤩🤩👍👍
Good question Rob 🤔👍👍 I think there is every possibility of them getting a 4K release, probably Studio Canal might test the water as they are putting 4k out a lot now! Here's hoping 🤞🤞 would love to see the COLOURS of a Hammer movie in HDR!!! 😲🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍
Hello John, new sub here. I first heard of your channel through Alan Scouser. I'm a huge Amicus and Hammer fan. Taste The Blood is my favourite Dracula movie. I love the Victorian atmosphere. One of my favourites is Hands of The Ripper. My love of these films I think stem from the double bills that used to be on on BBC 2. Loved them! Love the channel. Nice to hear and see a fellow geordie/Durham lad like myself! Take care.
Hi Tony, cheers for subscribing mate 🤩🤩👍👍 Alan is a great bloke 👌👌 I do like Amicus as well and need to get more of those movies 🤔 Taste the Blood is so watchable!! Never get tired of seeing it 👍Hammer's Victorian settings are the best for me 😁😁 I have to watch Ripper soon, got it on blu ray 👍 🤩 yeah me too those double bills were the best mate!! Hey a fellow Geordie from God's country 😁😁😁 cheers Tony, I think I'm doing more Hammer stuff next week 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies That's fantastic matey! Look forward to that. Yeah Alan's a smashing bloke. I've discovered a lot of great channels through him and great discussions of movies. I shall go through your past videos and viddy well brother!
Cheers Tony, yeah Alan's a great champion of channels on UA-cam and he's got a great love for nostalgic Horror for sure! Yeah please do Tony and yeah 😎 viddy well indeed brother 🍊 🤩🤩👍👍
good picks! my fav lady of hammer is domini blythe from the start of vampire circus, what a beaut!. i'm a lover of captain kronos, he smokes chinese herbs! lol
@@MondoChelloveckMovies the bit she's in is creepy, where she lets the vampire have the little girl, i really dislike her, kind of wish she'd got to be in more of their movies acting a little nicer lol no worries on the tee, i'll have to make a band t-shirt and send you one!😄
I agree with all of your choices except ...7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES - snooze fest. I just watched it on Blu ray last month along with the other versions 7 BROTHERS MEET DRACULA. I watched them all as a kid on a show called CREATURE FEATURES. It gave me my love of the Hammer series.
Cheers for watching Gialloradio, I didnt care for the Dracula part of 7 Golden Vampires but found the rest really entertaining 👍funnily enough i don't remember seeing it on TV back in the day 🤔 as most were shown many times on TV, I too got my love for them then as well 😊 cheers again 🤩🤩👍👍
Hi Stu, Witchfinder General is a brilliant movie, it's actually released by Tigon but I do think it comes across like a Hammer movie for sure! I wish Vincent Price should have done more Hammer movies..... I'd he even did any!! 🤩🤩👍👍
Dreadful list. No mention of 'Dracula', 'Brides of Dracula', 'Dracula Prince of Darkness', 'The Devil Rides Out', 'Quatermass and the Pit', 'The Damned', 'Kiss of the Vampire', 'Revenge of Frankenstein', 'The Mummy', 'Curse of the Werewolf', 'Plague of the Zombies', etc, etc, any of which easily outclass utter shite like 'Dracula AD 1972', 'Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde', 'Vampire Circus', etc, all films that typified Hammer's sorry decline in the 1970s. Yet another Hammer horror "fan" that hasn't a clue what made this studio so great. 🙄
My list, my choice, I've seen all of them and they are great, but these are my Top Ten and those are obviously yours, so you obviously know everything about Hammer 🤔👍
John, believe it or not "FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WO-GIRL" is one of just a few movies that i`ve actually seen over 1000 times (yes, thats right, i said thousand not hundred), it really did become such a cult classic for me, i think it was because of the astonishingly magical atmosphere in the film, it literally never failed to have a very calming and soothing effect on me whenever i watched it, in fact for a couple of years back in the late 90`s you could say i was using the film as a sort of 'visual anti-depressant' (so to speak), some movies do have an incredibly high rewatchability factor often without any rational explanation.
Great comment Barry, it stood out for me as well mate! I havent watched it that many times though 😲🤩 im glad it had such a great effect on you! Its funny how some movies can do this to someone for unknown reasons 😊😊 cheers for the great comment Barry 🤩🤩👍👍
So glad these Hammer classics are being preserved on dvd's and Blue Rays.A good presentation.
I'm glad as well Geoff, the Hammer catalogue is one that is so important mate, and to see them remastered is brilliant!!! Cheers again Geoff 😊😊👍👍
Great list, John. I love Hammer. I’m glad you mentioned Peter Cushing’s unscrupulous portrayal of Frankenstein, I always loved how he played the character that way. 7 Golden Vampires is tremendous fun. Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a great take on the story, Ralph Bates was underrated. Fantastic list but how could you leave off Devil Rides Out??? 😉😁👍 I would like to do a response video to this in the next couple of weeks if you don’t mind
Cheers Bryn mate 😁😁 Cushing's Frankenstein is one of the best portrayal of an iconic Horror character 👏 Ralph Bates turns up a few times in Hammer movies which is great!! I had to miss out quite a few classics unfortunately to get my Top Ten! Yeah please do a response video to this Bryn I would love to see it mate 🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍
I am so glad "The Witches" is on your list, here in the U.S. it plays as "The Devil's Own" w/Joan Fontaine. I think the film has a real mood and atmosphere to it and came out around the same time as "Rosemary's Baby", when witchcraft movies were in vogue. I think it's cool that a couple of Hollywood Golden Era heavyweights like Ms. Fontaine in this, and Bette Davis in "The Nanny" teamed up with Hammer.
Cheers for watching 😊😊👍👍 yeah The Witches never gets the credit it deserves for me! It's got the lot but kind of doesn't connect like it should do unfortunately 🤔🥴 I think the casting was such a great part of it and I imagine when it came out no one expected them to be in a "b movie" Horror 😲😊 cheers again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
The Witches is definitely one of my favourites : It has a certain creepiness and atmosphere that makes for compelling viewing !
Yeah I totally agree, the movie isn't scary, but the atmosphere is where its at and the town has this strange air about it, which I really get a kick out of it 👌 thanks for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
i love "the aniversary" with bette in, she is probably my fav hammer horror "monster"
@davidhatred7275 I keep meaning to get that as I've heard really great things about Bette Davis in it David 😱😱🤩🤩👍👍
As you know, I am a HUGE Hammer fan, John, and so it goes without saying that this video was right up my street! I absolutely loved it. Whenever I see the name "Hammer" in the title of a video, I am right in there watching before you can say "Jack Robinson"! Very pleased to see you included a few of the Frankenstein and Dracula films there. And I certainly echo your views on how villainous and ruthless Peter Cushing was in that first Frankenstein movie. And he was even worse in FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED, which would definitely be in my own all time top 10 Hammer films. I must admit, I was quite surprised to see you did not include the first Lee Dracula movie from 1958 in your list, as that, side by side with Curse of Frankenstein, really started the ball rolling for Hammer in terms of their awesome dominance of the British horror movie genre. Having said that, though, I am sure you love that first Hammer Dracula film, and I totally agree with your No. 1 choice: TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA. Wow, what a movie! That part where Lord Courtley tries to make the three decadent businessmen drink Dracula's foul blood is one of the most creepy moments in all Hammer history! That movie, together with DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE, ranks right up there in my list of most watched Hammer horror movies. Great video, John, and you have certainly inspired me to do a video of my own Top 10 Hammer films (although, admittedly, I know just how much I have sung the praises of Hammer studios already in a lot of my previous videos, but such is the extent of my love for all those fantastic movies that I could talk about them till the cows come home). Great video, John. Thank you for sharing.
Yeah Alan, I know you love your Hammer movies Alan :-) Yeah Peter Cushing just gets worse and worse as the franchise goes on!!! wow what a piece of work he is mate!!! :-o Yeah I love all the Dracula and Frankenstein movies, was hard to leave some of them out!!!! I love to see Hammer videos too Alan, I would defiantly check out the video when you do it Alan!! Cheers mate!!!
Cheers John. Scream Factory are doing a fantastic job too with their Hammer horror Special Edition releases. The next one they are releasing (although not quite in time for me to treat myself for Christmas, unfortunately) is THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, which is another a huge Hammer favourite of mine. You might like to check out the preview of the slip cover too, as it looks awesome!
I might start going for these as I'm a bit behind with some of the US releases mate, cheers for the info buddy 👌👌👌
Well I’m not sure I agree with your listing but having said that, I applaud anybody who keeps these movies upfront and centre. Below is my top 10:-
1. Dracula
2. Quatermass and the pit
3. Quatermass 2
4 Quatermass
5 plague of the Zombies
6. Taste the blood of Dracula
7. X The unknown
8. The Devil rides out
9. Dracula prince of darkness
10. Dracula has risen from the grave
Thanks for posting & keep your collection going mate
Good list Andrew 😁😁👍👍 I do think that any Hammer top ten I see I like all the films in there!! Its hard not to like these movies as they are definitely ones that we will never see again sadly but the Nostalgia factor is high with them for sure Andrew 😁👌👌 I need to pick up some more Hammer stuff as there are more around since I made my Hammer videos! Was quite a while back when I come to think of it and thanks for the positive vibes Andrew 😁😁 keep on Hammering 🤩🤩😁😁
Amazing collection of films, I remember watching these as a kid on my portable TV and have loved them ever since.
Cheers Stephen, yeah we had a beaten up old TV we used upstairs and night and we would switch the lights out and get frightened to death!! Great memories mate 🤩🤩👍👍
It’s interesting how Hammer took the genre into another realm by mixing 1960s/70s issues and social changes into the classic stories. Thanks for posting.
Yeah Jonathan, good call, they can put things into their horror movies that seem really like social commentary, but still make it other worldly 🤔 great style I feel 😁😁thanks for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Interesting list. My top 10:
1. The Mummy
2. Quatermass and the Pit
3. Horror of Dracula
4. Vampire Circus
5. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
6. Taste the Blood of Dracula
7. Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
8. Quatermass 2
9. The Abominable Snowman of the Himilayas
10. The Curse of Frankenstein
Solid List Von Wenk 👏👏 haven't seen the Abominable Smowman, but I love stuff about the yeti etc 😊😊👍👍 have got Quatermass 2 on an old copy I'll have to dig it out soon! Imagine a Quatermass boxset!! 😁😁😁 cheers for sharing your list Von Wenk 🤩🤩👍👍
Dracula AD 1972 is just a total classic, absolutely love it!!
Breathtakingly beautiful Stephanie Beecham (who still looks good now in her 70's) and yummy Caroline Munro at their very best!! WOW!!
Don't know if you're a Geordie or from Sunderland, I must tread very carefully there as I know there's no love lost,
but I think you might agree that the very best film from the early 70's without any doubt whatsoever is 'Get Carter!!'
Just never gets boring!!
I loved all the Amicus short story movies, just wish somebody would try that format of four short horror stories with the 'usual' wraparound
which 'The Sixth Sense' totally ripped off as it's twist!!
Honestly, why did anybody think that was unique??
They must never have seen 'Vault Of Horror,' 'Tales From The Crypt,' 'Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors' or 'Torture Garden!!'
Anyway, loved the video and have subscribed as a result!!
Keep up the great work my friend!!
All the very best from a Scouser who absolutely loves the North East and the people from there!!
Hey Andre 😁😁👍👍 thanks very much for subscribing and yeah the Geordie/Makem rivalry is strong here 🤣🤣 I'm a Geordie Andrew (the best northerner 😉😆) I agree with those stars! Caroline Munro is top of my Hammer list mate 😁😁👌👌 it's mad that the Amicus portmanteau movies aren't more of a bigger thing! In these days of UA-cam shorts you would think they were fashionable Andrew 🤔😊👍 thanks again bud and I have to agree with you that the people are great up here.....not so much from Sunderland 🤔😉🤣🤣👍👍
Been on a Hammer Horror kick for the last month, so this is a nice video to have for recs :)
Cheers for watching Alex, yeah me and the wife go through phases of watching loads of Hammers and always enjoy them 🤩🤩 I plan to do another follow up video about more recommendations for Hammer movies, got to watch a few more first mate 😊😊👍👍
Thanks big man - been into horror forever but just getting into Hammer Horror, will check alot of these out
Cheers mate 🤩🤩👍👍there are some amazing Hammer Horror movies out there!! A great world to visit for sure 🤩🤩👍👍
Great selection of classic Hammer movies, I have also been a fan of the franchise for many years and horror movies in general. Sister Hyde was a great take on the Dr Jekyll films and worthy of being in your top ten. You just can not beat those early films with Lee and Cushing, not forgetting Bela Lugosi and Karloff as well years earlier.
Cheers bud 🤩🤩👍👍 yeah I think if you like the style of Hammer then you are hooked!! I always liked the Sister Hyde take on the story, obviously exploitational but such an interesting idea 🤩🤩 I think with Hammer Icons and also bringing in the old guard of Karloff, Lugosi and Chaney Jr you have probably the definitive Horror masterpieces covered 🤔🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍
It's good to find another fan of Dracula: AD 1972. I love that film. It was also my mum's favourite Hammer film. It was one of the last Dracula films i taped on VHS as a kid, i don't know why but it wasn't on English tv for most of the 80's, i think i was 9 before i taped it. (Halloween 2 was another that was never on when i was a kid, but different rant there lol). My current version of AD72 i bought on Amazon movies.
Thanks so much for sharing. Brought back some great memories seeing these titles again. Hammer are hard to beat for atmosphere
Cheers Johny, you're right about the atmosphere!! 🤩🤩👌👌 Hammer movies have that certain feel don't they! Cheers again Johny 🤩🤩👍👍
17 years old, and hammer horror is the only horror I watch. Because it feels real and of course you have Lee and Cushing. Both were exceptional actors.
A very good choice for Horror 🤩🤩👍👍 Hammer are literally a world of its own and has 2 of the best actors in the buisness with Cushing and Lee 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies couldn’t Agree more!
@SondreSolvang I would recommend Hammer to any movie and horror viewer!! Just an amazing collection of movies mate 🤩🤩👏👏
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Yeah. And now I almost own every Hammer movie on Blu Ray. I have gone back to physical media as well. I just don’t feel satisfied by watching a file on a streaming platform which you are not guaranteed that the movie/series is there forever. And it makes nice decoration as well. Cheers mate.
Physical all the way, love seeing Hammer titles in people's collection and even if there was a dedicated Hammer movie streaming service chances are movies would drop in and out and it would probably fold, so yep keep getting those Blu Rays mate 😁😁👍👍
Nice one. Do you remember when back in the day they'd be horrors on TV on Fridays and Saturday nights? Usually Hammer, Amicus and the odd Tigon film. Great days.
Certainly do!! It was the best part of the week setting down to a double bill of Horror, from Universal to Hammer to Amicus to Tigon!! Amazing times bud 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩
Yeah it was like we grew up in the age of Horror.
Absolutely mate!! Wish I could go back to that time and revel in a little bit more mate 🤔😊😊
Just found your channel with your TCM 4K review love what I have seen so far looking forward to watching more. Great list by the way.
Thanks for these kind words mate, hope you enjoy what stuff I put out mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Some nice, less obvious and offbeat choices there, John. My personal favourite is Plague of the Zombies, which I'm surprised didn't make your list! I also really like Scars of Dracula and Prince of Darkness, but there's nothing wrong at all with the ones you picked yourself.
Cheers Grim, yeah I had to be quite ruthless with this list, I left out some real classics but I really do probably like all the Hammet movies I've seen 👌👌Plague of the Zombies is an awesome movie for sure, cheers fir watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Top list. So happy to see Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde in there. My favourite Hammer movie along with Twins of Evil. The ending of Dr Jekyll is gloriously mad!
Cheers Mike 🤩🤩👍👍 yeah I think it gets overlooked a lot and its such a great watch 🤩 Twins of Evil is one of Hammer's finest as well 👌you're right about the ending 😲😁 cheers Mike 👍👍
Great video, keep them Comming!
Cheers Pete 🤩🤩👍👍 thanks for watching mate😁😁
Ooof, you are putting your finger on something here. I am a huge Horror fan, enjoying hundreds and hundreds genre movies from all decades but I have never (never!) even accidentaly watched a Hammer movie! I recently tried to find a box with all the best known films from the company but the rights seem to lay all over the place. I guess I have to check the streaming services. Anyway, thanks for your video, enjoyable as always :-)
Cheers mate, honestly I'm sure you will love Hammer movies!! Like I said it seems like they have created a world of their own and I can't recommend them highly enough!! 🤩🤩 yeah as with most things, there is the inevitable rights issues 🥴🙄 but you can find some quite easily and the more you want to complete the movies, sure its around 50, that's when the headache starts!! I don't think there is a definitive box set unfortunately, there should be though 🤔😁 cheers mate hope you get yo see one soon 🤞🤞🤩🤩👍👍
Loved watching Hammer films growing up.
1 Dracula Prince of Darkness
2 Dracula
3 Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
4 Twins Of Evil
5 Satanic Rites Of Dracula
All great choices, personally I think it's hard to find a bad Hammer movie 🤔 cheers for watching 🤩🤩👍👍
Hey John.
GREAT video man :).
It's funny because out of all the titles i only know Dracula AD1972 & The Curse Of Frankenstein !.
I guess i have some catching up to do with Hammer huh ;p) ?.
Keep up the great work.
Cheers mate !.
Hey mate 🤩🤩👍👍 honestly go further into the Hammer universe and I'm sure you will be really pleased with what you can find in their back catalogue 🤔😁 cheers mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Hi John, I know exactly what you mean about the Hammer time period 🤔 I still need to grab some Studio Canal titles for my collection, very interesting video mate👍😀👍
Hi Alan, Cheers mate!! The "Hammer time period" seems to be a look that they invented themselves and if you see a movie out of the corner of your eye you kind of know it's a Hammer film! The music has a certain feel as well!! The Studio Canal ones are by far the best in the UK for me, Indicator Hammer movies are pretty good as well :-))))
And the Scream Factory Hammer Special Editions are very good too.
Which Scream Factory ones do you have Alan? 👍👍
I was just reading the clockwork orange book and saw the word "chelloveck". I instantly connected the dots, what a clever and great name!
🤩🤩 you viddied well my little brother 😁😁👌👌 yeah Clark I had a few titles for my band back in the day (a couple from A Clockwork Orange) other bands have taken names as well, Heaven 17 and Moloko, so I had to give a nod to my favourite book, got the name in 2004 and when I made my UA-cam movie channel I thought hmmmm just put my band name on there for a bit of exposure, but its kind of just morphed into pure movie stuff on the channel 🤔🤩 cheers Clark mate 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Fantastic story! I read about 6 pages of it today, very good so far. have a great day, John!
Any music you hear on the Channel in any way will be by Mondo Chelloveck, so keep an ear out, from time to time I chuck some in 🤩🤩 I can read A Clockwork Orange over and over again and it still feels fresh! Cheers Clark, have a good one too 🤩🤩👌👌
Hi John..i rewatched this again & was wondering if you can do a video showcasing all your Hammer movies or memorabillia. It will be a great one if you could..Ralph Bates is one of the few great male actor who sadly does not get to be in more Hammer or other movies..🤗cheers again.
Hi Salam, yeah I could do that mate 👍 I've got plenty more Hammer titles and I think I might have some old memorabilia to go with them 🤔 if I can find it.... yeah I'll do that Salam 🤩🤩👍👍
Great list and I have been a big fan of Hammer ever since I have been watching films. I be would probably have to choose Dracula 1958 as my top film.
Cheers for watching Roy 👍👍 yeah solid pick, it was hard to leave it out of the Top Ten, definitely Christopher Lee's best Dracula performance 👌👌👌🤩🤩🤩
HI AGAIN JOHN ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO AND HAMMER MOVIES AS WELL.I SAW A LOT OF THE HAMMER MOVIES AT THE CINEMA THE TYNESIDE CINEMA WHEN I WAS GOING THERE IT USED TO BE A MEMBERS ONLY CLUB AND HAD LATE NIGHT SHOWS AND ALLNIGHT SHOWN THOSE WERE THE DAYS.ONE LAST THING PEOPLE SAY TWINS OF EVIL WAS THE LAST OF THE KARLSTIEN HAMMER MOVIES IT WAS NOT THERE WAS ONE YEARS LATER IT WAS CALLED CAPTAIN KRONOS VAMPIRE HUNTER ITS A VERY UNDER RATED MOVIE AND THE ONLY HORROR HAMMER MADE TO HAVE THE SHORT LIVED AA CERTIFICATE IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT TTRACK IT DOWN I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY IT ANYWAY KEEP THESE GREAT VIDEOS UP
Wow Mister..quite an eclectic choice of usual suspects & surprise gems..i love the 7 Golden Vampires and collected that and lots of other Hammer movies on Anchor Bay dvds but alas sadly the disc hv mostly deteriorated over time..manage to get my hands on few Scream Factory Bluray reissues like Vampire Lovers & Twins of Evil both with the late great Cushing b4 the last good physical media store closed for good where i am.
Cheers for watching Salam, yeah I really want to upgrade my Golden Vampires 👍 sad to hear about your discs deteriorating 🥴 not great when that happens 😔 great that you got some upgrades on blu ray yourself Salam, cheers again 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies i envy folks in the UK or US..still lots of physical media chains or stores.
It's a shame that your country doesn't have the physical media outlets that it did Salam 😔 the UK is slowly loosing the shops that used to be on the High Street and hopefully we will keep HMV and CEX 🤞🤞👍👍
The more I think about it, the more I think Hammer were just astonishing in what they achieved. The were a one-compqny film industry. Imagine if a British production company was trotting out 2-3 horror movies a year now? Kudos to them. My fave has to be Dracula 1958, great gothic. Or Twins of Evil, Easy on the eye! Saw Satanic Rites last month from HMV Premium, well worth a look and nowhere near as bad as people say. Thanks for the video!
Yeah you're right about them just going for it and putting out a solid brand and many great looking movies in around 20 years!! Not many studios can brag to that much now! Both solid picks mate!! Although I did think Satanic Rites wasn't a great Dracula vehicle, but more of a good early seventies crime story weirdly enough 😲😁🤣cheers for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Another Hammer fan right here John, i only own The Witches on DVD but am i right in thinking your Blu has has that great Hammer Glamour doc on it?, Looking at picking up that Twins of evil for the extras, i know its locked but i have heard you can play it on Panasonics, i do own the UK Network release. I have Dracula 72 but have never seen it. Frankenstein created woman is one that has never had a UK release for some reason. i had Taste the blood on DVD but got rid as i do plan on getting the Blu release, Great great video mate.
I'm also British, bornin 1980, so loved Hammer horror since i was 6. My top 10 Hammer horrors might give you a clue which area i love most:
10 Dracula (1958)
9 The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
8 Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
7 The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
6 Dracula Prince of Darkness (1966)
5 The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
4 The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
3 Scars of Dracula (1970)
2 Dracula: AD 1972 (1972)
1 Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Yes! I Agree Taste The Blood of Dracula is indeed Number 1 Dracula film of All Time how Frankenstein must be destroyed i thought was really good especially the way that Dr Frankenstein was a Villain which was so perfect clear into the end. I really enjoyed the count down on the rest of the other Hammer Films you talked about
I love Hammer. I am so glad you mentioned The Witches. So underrated. One of my favorites. I was hoping you would have included The Reptile which again was another Hammer film that was underrated. I love your list . You need to check out 1972 -Blacula. Kinda like Dracula A.D. 1972 but set in America. Another really good one to check out is Count Dracula's Great Love and you can't forget about, The Vampire Lovers with Ingrid Pitt. Christopher Lee is definitely the best Dracula!
Cheers mate thanks for watching 😊😊👍👍 yeah it's hard to select Hammer titles out of the amazing ones that they have put out 🤔🤩 I keep meaning to pick up Blacula, watched Blackenstein! Wow! So crazy!! 😵💫😵💫🤣 Ingrid Pitt was something else wasn't she!! 😊😊😊👍👍👍 thanks for the recommendations mate 🤩🤩👍👍
As a fellow collector, if you want anything from across the pond ( Canada), let me know. I'm happy to oblige.
@zerodarkone1 that's really kind of you mate 🤩🤩👍👍ill certainly bear that in mind Zerodark 😊😊😊👍👍👍
10. the witches (1966)
9. the curse of Frankenstein (1957)
8. the legend of the seven golden vampires (1974)
7. twins of evil (1971)
6. Dracula AD (1972)
5. Dr jeckle and sister hyde (1971)
4. vampire circus (1972)
3. Dracula has risen from the grave (1968)
2. Frankenstein created women (1967)
1. taste the blood of Dracula (1970)
bonus for me: the phantom of the opera (1962), Horror of Dracula (1958), The Devil Rides Out (1968), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
That's a brilliant list Levi 🤩🤩👍👍 can't argue with any of these titles, also your bonus mentions are top drawer! The one I most want to get is the upcoming UK blu ray of 7 golden vampires 🤩🤩 love that movie Levi 😁😁 cheers for dropping your top ten mate 😊😊👍👍
Couldn't agree more with your list John, the thing with Hammer films is you could probably do a top 50 there's so many good films. Good to see Seven Golden Vampires on there it's one of my favourites, why we haven't got a uk bluray release of that is beyond me. 😀
Cheers Richard 🤩🤩 you're right about that Top 50!! I love all the Hammer movies to a certain degree and it was hard leaving classics behind I can tell you Richard! Yeah 7 Golden with no UK release is a total mystery to me also!! Cheers again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
evening John, hope you are well mate, I grew up with hammer also, brilliant stuff, Peter Cushing was a hero of mine growing up and Christopher Lee as Dracula :) Just ordered. the Evil Dead Groovy Collection with 1 and 2 (no 3 unfortunately) and ash v evil dead all 3 series
Hi Mark, yeah doing great mate, hope you are well bud! Hammer was definitely a big part of life growing up! Those double bills on TV 🤩🤩 Lee and Cushing were kind of the faces of Hammer 👌 that set looks great, shame about the 3rd one 🥴 Cheers Mark 🤩🤩👍👍
Great video, John. Twins of Evil was released by Network over here. Really good release too.
Where’s The Devil Rides Out?! The very best (imho) Hammer Horror. 👹
Hi Mark, I remember that about Twins of Evil now you mention it, I might compare it to the Synapse and see if it's a better release 🤔🤩 Devil Rides Out is a solid movie and I had to be quite ruthless with this list, I think it's a great movie 👍I have a batch of Hammer movies to catch up on and I need to watch them and maybe do another video of 10 more Hammers I recommend 🤔 cheers Mark 🤩🤩👍👍
I wish Christopher Lee had got more lines in the Dracula films. At least he got a few in Scars. 😂
Hi Paul, I believe that he read the script for Dracula Prince of Darkness and said I'm not saying those lines!! But yeah on Scars he started talking again and it was a great performance by him!! Cheers mate 🤩🤩👍👍
I see you had to rewatch _Has Risen from the Grave_ to get into it, I have only seen it once but I absolutely hated it. So... maybe I need to see it again, I also didn't care for _Curse of Frankenstein_ the first time. I'll try it again someday. I haven't seen a few of your choices but the ones that did a number on me so far that aren't on your list are: _The Gorgon, Kiss of the Vampire, Brides of Dracula, Curse of the Werewolf, Satanic Rites of Dracula, Taste of Fear, Horror of Dracula,_ and the one few people liked- _Curse of the Mummy's Tomb._ I only have 2 of your selects on my list: _Frankenstein Created Woman_ and _Taste the Blood of Dracula._
Cheers for watching mate, yeah I wasn't that much of a fan on early watches but on a recent watch it really went up I'm my estimation 🤩👍 they are all great movies that you mentioned and I've got a few Hammers I need to rewatch and they might creep into my top ten, I probably should have done a top 20 🤔😊 personally i don't think there is a Hammer movie I've seen that I didn't like which is a great testament to Hammer! 👌👌 cheers again 🤩🤩👍👍
One I would say was essential; The Devil Rides Out, The Curse of the Werewolf with Oliver Reed should be included. Btw there's a Spanish Blu Ray of The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires Ebay has it under £20.
Cheers for the heads up Spectrum and I'll give that a look 🤔😊😊 Devil rides out and Curse of the Werewolf are great movies for sure, I'll have to do another video to mention more Hammer classics, cheers again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
As you were counting down I would have bet you would have picked the first Dracula. What a film and great transfer on Blu-ray! I also love hound of the Baskervilles but some might not class as Horror.
I had to leave some absolute classics out, it was a hard top ten to do mate, the first Dracula is amazing, I think it has the best Dracula v Helsing storyline!! 👌👌 Hound is great but I consider it more Crime based 🤔 I'll be doing more Hammer in the future for sure, thanks for watching 🤩🤩👍👍
I’ve never given hammer a real chance, I’ve been meaning to check some out but never have. Welcome list!
Taste the blood of Dracula, it is. Thanks.
Honestly Dan, I find that Taste has all the best ingredients that you usually find in Hammer movies, like I say, check it out and if you don't like the vibe you can give them a swerve, but if you do... then there are some GREAT movies for you to see!! Cheers for watching Dan 🤩🤩👍👍
I love Hammer but wasn't big on their Dracula or Frankenstein cycles. My list would be:
10) Twins of Evil
9) Quartermass 2
8) Curse of Frankenstein
7) Plague of the Zombies
6) One Million Years BC
5) The Mummy
4) Quatermass and the Pit
3) The Abominable Snowman
2) Hound of the Baskervilles
1) The Devil Rides Out
Excellent list mate!! Some solid movies there for sure! I think that Dracula and Frankenstein always resonated with me since the Universal Monsters days 😊😊 cheers for sharing this list mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Hi john, brilliant Hammer Horror video. Growing up in 70's and 80's always a Hammer film on tv on a Friday or Saturday night👍. Dracula AD 1972 brilliant film Caroline Munro 😍. Ralph Bates was a really underrated actor, I think Hammer would have put him in more films if they hadn't gone bust. Sorry John but I think I'm in the only person who liked To The Devil a Daughter 😂😂. Studio Canal prints do look the best for Hammer. All the best👍.
Cheers Gary, Yeah Friday/Saturday's were Hammer time!!!!:-))) Caroline Munro was amazing in Dracula AD 72!!!! :-)))) Ralph Bates always seemed to fly under the radar didn't he! To the Devil a Daughter is one I need to revisit Gary, Yeah Studio Canal are the best by far Gary :-)))))
i love the rival amicus films. from beyond the grave- asylum- the house that dripped blood- tales from the crypt- and the vault of horror i have them.
Yeah Gary, they released some amazing movies as well 👌 🤩🤩
Not my list, but respect it. Agree that I love Frankenstein Created Woman & Twins of Evil and the beauty of the filming of The Witches, though many other HORROR movies I feel are better, such as Devil Rides Out, Dracula, Prince of Darkness, Plague of the Zombies, Brides of Dracula, Quatermass & the Pit and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, not including their orininal Drac, Frankenstein and Mummy movie
Fair comment Dav, I think there is so much diversity in the Hammer catalogue that lists can differ from person to person, all the ones you have picked are great movies...I should rewatch all the Hammer ones I have and see if my top 10 changes....don't think I've got the time for that at the moment though mate 😵💫🤩🤩👍👍
great list!! taste the blood is my favorite dracula film as well, i love that that ones set in the 1800's. i still need to see alot of them, i mostly have just seen the dracula and frankenstein films and a handful of others... my top 10...
10. vampire circus
9. countess dracula
8. horror of dracula
7. dracula ad 1972
6. curse of frankenstein
5. scars of dracula
4. taste the blood of dracula
3. frankenstein must be destroyed
2. twins of evil
1. hands of the ripper
I do like their "period pieces" as well, they are just ultra Hammer 🤩🤩 I've got some distance to go to get the Horror titles but it's been fun collecting them 🤩🤩 solid top ten mate!! Everyone is very enjoyable 👌👌 I have Hands of the Ripper, but yet to watch it! My wife and myself usually do the Hammers together......shifts permitting 🤞🤞 cheers for sharing your top ten 😁😁👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies i have to get more of them myself, they can be kind of pricey! be sure to check out hands of the ripper next time, it is very underrated and great
We are interested in anything to do with the Ripper, so I'm really surprised to see we haven't watched yet mate 😲 but I feel its getting watched soon 🤞🤞🤩🤩
I like hammer horror & have seen most of the films on you're top 10. Their is a UK Blu Ray release of Twins Of Evil as I own it. I just watched Scars of Dracula last week as part of my Halloween viewing.
Cheers for watching Mark 😊😊 yeah I realise that now about Twins, network released it and I've seen it in HMV might pick it up if its better than the Synapse one 🤔 I thought Scars was an interesting movie, but unfortunately I thought the casting wasn't the best, although I thought Christopher Lee was REALLY good in that movie, as well as Patrick Troughton 🤩🤩👍👍
Hammer were the best. First time I saw them was on summer BBC horror seasons in the seventies. I fist collected them on DVD from Anchor Bay which produced brilliant dvd versions. Looking forward to them being released on 4K.
I think your list is reasonable but I personally you missed out a number of even better Hammer Films - most notably Horror of Dracula, and Hammer’s best film which - Devil Rides Out. Do not forget more modern Hammer films such as Woman in Black, the resident and Wakewood.
Have you checked out Indicator films Hammer box sets which are great and include many lesser known but great films
Good to see another Hammer fan celebrating this great company.
I hope to see Hammer 4k in the future 🤞🤞🤞I think they would be improved vastly with the right transfer 😊 yeah I had to miss out a few true classics to fit in my Top Ten, should've done a top 20 in hindsight 🤔👍 I like the Woman I'm Black, haven't seen the second one though, the Indicator sets are really nice but ULTRA expensive so I'm going to get them on re release as stand alone movies 👌 cheers for watching Paul mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Love the hammer movies
Me too Steve!! Horror movies like no other mate 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies absolute classics bud
Too right Steve!! And I don't think there will ever be a company like them again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
@MondoChelloveckMovies nope totally agree m8
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Great list John but if you can find The Nanny (1965) starring Bettie Davis get it. It's a decent suspense movie which gets better throughout the movie and it's a battle of wills between The Nanny and the boy who was blamed for the accidental death of his sister. It made a lot of money for Hammer and it was their last black and white movie.
Cheers Andrew 🤩🤩👍👍 ill keep an eye out for that, I've heard of it and it rings a bell for sure!! Great bit of info on it being their last B&W movie as well 🤩🤩 cheers again Andrew 🤩🤩👍👍
also have and love the vampire lovers. countess dracula. dracula has risen from the grave and the devil rides out se
Me too Gary all solid movies mate 🤩🤩👌👌
Hi John. Killer List, Caroline Munro is also in the underrated Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter which I’ve always liked. I adore Peter Cushing and The Brides of Dracula is also a winner. No Chris Lee but excellent Cushing as Van Helsing. I’ve always loved Drac AD72 I’ve never understood the dislike of it 🤷♂️ it has immense 70s Satanic charm 😜 I’m really surprised you didn’t include One Million Years BC!! The Fur Bikini of Raquel Welch - Va Va Voom 😂😂
Hey Wolf, yeah forgot the amazing Caroline Munro was in Kronos! It's one I need to pick up, as well as 1 million years bc, bit remember really liking Raquel Welch in it.... don't know why 🤔😉😁 Brides of Dracula has a great Cushing performance in it 👌 yeah putting Dracula in modern day was a touch of genius and it reaked 70s for me as well 👌👌 cheers for watching mate 🤩🤩👍👍
saw 7 golden vamps when it was released in cinema , just because david chan was supposed to be taken bruce lees crown when he died
Wow, I bet that was something else Tom 😳🤩👍David Chan was good in the movie but he wasn't exactly a new Bruce Lee 🤔🤩 cheers mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Great video 👍, Are those hammer box sets worth collecting? Or better with the stand alone titles?
Cheers Roy, I think that all the box sets are dvd releases, but I think all the movies in them are great movies and maybe some are only available in them 🤔 the prints are usually quite good as well... its definitely more expensive to get the individual ones... but I don't think the box set is full of duds as Hammer really didn't make that many!! Cheers again Roy 🤩🤩👍👍
Do you think they’ll ever release Hammer titles on 4K? A lot of them already have had 4k scans, just need to be put on native discs
Good question Rob 🤔👍👍 I think there is every possibility of them getting a 4K release, probably Studio Canal might test the water as they are putting 4k out a lot now! Here's hoping 🤞🤞 would love to see the COLOURS of a Hammer movie in HDR!!! 😲🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍
Hello John, new sub here. I first heard of your channel through Alan Scouser. I'm a huge Amicus and Hammer fan. Taste The Blood is my favourite Dracula movie. I love the Victorian atmosphere. One of my favourites is Hands of The Ripper. My love of these films I think stem from the double bills that used to be on on BBC 2. Loved them! Love the channel. Nice to hear and see a fellow geordie/Durham lad like myself! Take care.
Hi Tony, cheers for subscribing mate 🤩🤩👍👍 Alan is a great bloke 👌👌 I do like Amicus as well and need to get more of those movies 🤔 Taste the Blood is so watchable!! Never get tired of seeing it 👍Hammer's Victorian settings are the best for me 😁😁 I have to watch Ripper soon, got it on blu ray 👍 🤩 yeah me too those double bills were the best mate!! Hey a fellow Geordie from God's country 😁😁😁 cheers Tony, I think I'm doing more Hammer stuff next week 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies That's fantastic matey! Look forward to that. Yeah Alan's a smashing bloke. I've discovered a lot of great channels through him and great discussions of movies. I shall go through your past videos and viddy well brother!
Cheers Tony, yeah Alan's a great champion of channels on UA-cam and he's got a great love for nostalgic Horror for sure! Yeah please do Tony and yeah 😎 viddy well indeed brother 🍊 🤩🤩👍👍
Sorry John you missed the best hammer films ever ,then on the buses films lol
🤩🤩🤩 actually you have a point there mate!!! Love the On The Buses movies 😊😊👍👍👍👍
good picks! my fav lady of hammer is domini blythe from the start of vampire circus, what a beaut!. i'm a lover of captain kronos, he smokes chinese herbs! lol
I'll have to revisit Vampire Circus! Haven't seen it for yonks David 🤔🤔👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies she's really evil in it but v pretty.
@davidhatred7275 best type for me David, I didn't have a t-shirt handy for my video tonight so ill do it properly on my next one mate 🤩🤩👍👍
no worries, good show as always, got you on notifications so i can catch them as they come out! @@MondoChelloveckMovies
@@MondoChelloveckMovies the bit she's in is creepy, where she lets the vampire have the little girl, i really dislike her, kind of wish she'd got to be in more of their movies acting a little nicer lol no worries on the tee, i'll have to make a band t-shirt and send you one!😄
want the imprint box sets of harry plamer and the brits classic movie but all over 80 pound ????
I'm liking the imprint British movies coming out, but WOW!!! the prices are unreal mate!!! 🤯🤯🤯
I enjoyed Kiss of the Vampire and hands of the Ripper
I agree with all of your choices except ...7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES - snooze fest. I just watched it on Blu ray last month along with the other versions 7 BROTHERS MEET DRACULA. I watched them all as a kid on a show called CREATURE FEATURES. It gave me my love of the Hammer series.
Cheers for watching Gialloradio, I didnt care for the Dracula part of 7 Golden Vampires but found the rest really entertaining 👍funnily enough i don't remember seeing it on TV back in the day 🤔 as most were shown many times on TV, I too got my love for them then as well 😊 cheers again 🤩🤩👍👍
Have you seen The Love Witch ( 2016)? I liked it a lot.
Yeah Jeffery, got that movie, great way to make a new film seem like a 60s giallo 😊😊👍👍
@MondoChelloveckMovies I'm not too familiar with giallo films, but I enjoyed The Red Queen kills seven times by Emilio Miraglia.
@jeffreykaufmann2867 that's a great movie Jeffrey 😊😊👍👍 there are so many Giallo movies its unreal mate! I really find them interesting 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies I don't like the background music of giallo films.
@jeffreykaufmann2867 do you mean the soundtracks Jeffery? Or the incidental music mate 👍
Surprised witchfinder didn’t make it into the 10
Unless that isn’t hammer, love that movie and Price is brilliant
Hi Stu, Witchfinder General is a brilliant movie, it's actually released by Tigon but I do think it comes across like a Hammer movie for sure! I wish Vincent Price should have done more Hammer movies..... I'd he even did any!! 🤩🤩👍👍
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Cheers John I should do a bit research before I make a comment 😁
Great channel 👍
Dreadful list. No mention of 'Dracula', 'Brides of Dracula', 'Dracula Prince of Darkness', 'The Devil Rides Out', 'Quatermass and the Pit', 'The Damned', 'Kiss of the Vampire', 'Revenge of Frankenstein', 'The Mummy', 'Curse of the Werewolf', 'Plague of the Zombies', etc, etc, any of which easily outclass utter shite like 'Dracula AD 1972', 'Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde', 'Vampire Circus', etc, all films that typified Hammer's sorry decline in the 1970s. Yet another Hammer horror "fan" that hasn't a clue what made this studio so great. 🙄
My list, my choice, I've seen all of them and they are great, but these are my Top Ten and those are obviously yours, so you obviously know everything about Hammer 🤔👍
John, believe it or not "FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WO-GIRL" is one of just a few movies that i`ve actually seen over 1000 times (yes, thats right, i said thousand not hundred), it really did become such a cult classic for me, i think it was because of the astonishingly magical atmosphere in the film, it literally never failed to have a very calming and soothing effect on me whenever i watched it, in fact for a couple of years back in the late 90`s you could say i was using the film as a sort of 'visual anti-depressant' (so to speak), some movies do have an incredibly high rewatchability factor often without any rational explanation.
Great comment Barry, it stood out for me as well mate! I havent watched it that many times though 😲🤩 im glad it had such a great effect on you! Its funny how some movies can do this to someone for unknown reasons 😊😊 cheers for the great comment Barry 🤩🤩👍👍