An edition of A history of horrors (1996)

A history of horrors

the rise and fall of the house of Hammer

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An edition of A history of horrors (1996)

A history of horrors

the rise and fall of the house of Hammer

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The story begins in the late 1940s when the little-known British film studio was struggling to survive. That all changed in 1957 with the overwhelming success of The Curse of Frankenstein and continued through the 1960s and well into the 1970s. During those years, Hammer Film Productions produced more than sixty films that transported cinema-goers from a world facing the threat of nuclear war and the demise of the planet to a dark, Gothic fantasyland peopled with vampires and virgins, madmen and mummies.

While film critics might not always have responded favorably, audiences loved them. A History of Horrors traces the history of the House of Hammer in rich and highly readable detail, providing a unique perspective on the creative spirit that built the studio into one of the most successful British film companies of its time and on the changing world that brought about the studio's downfall.

With the aid of many of Hammer's key players - including actors Peter Cushing, Oliver Reed, and Christopher Lee; producers Anthony Hinds and Kenneth Hyman; and studio head Michael Carreras - Denis Meikle paints a compelling picture of a bygone era in filmmaking.

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Scarecrow Press
Language
English
Pages
295

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A history of horrors: the rise and fall of the house of Hammer
2009, Scarecrow Press
in English - Rev. ed.
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A history of horrors: the rise and fall of the house of Hammer
1996, Scarecrow Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lanham, Md

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/6164
Library of Congress
PN1999.H3 M45 2009, PN1999.H3M45 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
295

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17010504M
Internet Archive
historyhorrorsri00meik_261
ISBN 10
0810863537, 0810863545, 0810863812
ISBN 13
9780810863538, 9780810863545, 9780810863811
LCCN
2008032794
OCLC/WorldCat
236117422
Library Thing
7927161
Goodreads
7051411
6494902

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