Showing posts with label hammer films. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hammer films. Show all posts

Friday, December 10, 2010

"Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" Original International One Sheet. aka "The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula." "Deadly Horrors! Dragon Thrills! The First Kung Fu Horror Spectacular!" While lecturing in the Far East, Professor Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) tells his students of a doomed village in China that becomes cursed every year at the time of the 7th moon. Van Helsing is persuaded by a family of kung fu experts to rid the village of the 7 vampires that torment its citizens. He is joined by seven brothers and one sister, who help him fight Count Dracula (in the guise of a local warlord,) and his kung fu vampire minions. Whew! This movie's actually pretty good. Christopher Lee turned down the chance to play Dracula this time after the not-so-great "Dracula AD 1972," although it's obvious that they used a close up of his eyes when Dracula is brought back from the dead near the beginning. Good stuff. Also, be on the lookout for a "Wilhelm Scream" during the big fight scene at the village (at 1hr 12mns) when Van Helsing shoves a zombie into the fire pit. From 1974. Trailer here.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

"When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth" Original Insert. A prehistoric tribe believes they must sacrifice all blondes to the soon to be born moon, but when a freak storm arrives, Sanna (Victoria Vetri) escapes. Now she must navigate alone through a world filled with danger. Hammer Films' second Prehistoric epic due largely to the success of "One Million Years BC." Notice the poster says rated G. This was released on DVD as a double bill with "Moon Zero Two" as a Best Buy exclusive. The box shows a G rating, but Warner Brothers accidentally used the R rated print (with a nude scene intact,) and it has since been pulled from shelves. From 1970. Epic TV Spot and Trailer. I have some stills to post at a later date too.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

"This is the way it was." Well, not really. "One Million Years BC" Four 8x10 promotional stills. Raquel Welch as Loana, from the 1966 classic Hammer Film "One Million Years BC." I won't go into the silly plot, but this movie is mostly famous for Raquel in her fur bikini, and secondly for Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion visual effects. One famous scene has a cat fight between Raquel Welch and Martine Beswick. Always a fun watch. Here's the trailer.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

"Blood Beasts Battling over Female Flesh!" Hammer Films' "Lost Continent" Original Half Sheet. This movie has giant crabs, man (actually woman) eating kelp, people using weird helium balloons to walk on floating seaweed, and Spanish Conquistadors. Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it. It was banned in Finland. Here's the trailer. 1968.