Hammer Heads

Filmmaker Miles Watts and horror ’enthusiast’ Marcus Wilson take a sideways look at the BFI’s list of top Hammer Horror films https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/news-opinion/news-bfi/lists/great-hammer-horror-film-every-year

Episode 4: The Psychopath (1966)

Miles and Marcus crack open the toy chest of terror as they dissect The Psychopath (1966), Amicus Productions’ creepy classic of killer dolls and buried secrets. Is this twisted tale […]

09-07
21:37

Episode 3: The Skull (1965)

Miles Watts and Marcus Wilson put their noggins together for a bone‑shaking deep‑dive into Amicus’s 1965 classic, proving that when it comes to “The Skull,” they’re literally head over heels for horror!

08-31
24:03

Episode 2: Dr Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)

Miles and Marcus examine Amicus Studio’s first portmanteau horror film, featuring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. #amicusanalysis

05-17
45:50

Episode 1: City of the Dead (1960)

In this new season of Hammer Heads, Miles and Marcus explore the horror movies of Amicus Productions. #amicusanalysis

04-17
39:28

Episode 18: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Marcus and Miles revisit the last Frankenstein movie from Hammer Studios in the Hammer Heads Season Finale.

10-31
32:48

Episode 17: The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are reunited for Hammer's genre-bending final outing for Dracula. Miles and Marcus investigate.

09-22
25:08

Episode 16: Vampire Circus (1972)

Miles and Marcus are joined by special guest, Andy Stanton, to discuss this gruesome, surreal and unsettling addition to Hammer’s vampire series. Send in the clowns!

08-24
42:21

Episode 15: Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Miles and Marcus venture into the great outdoors to review Hammer's gruesome tale of Jack the Ripper's daughter.

05-26
35:53

Episode 14: Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Drac's back! Miles and Marcus explore the fifth installment in Hammer's Dracula series.

04-22
32:38

Episode 13: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

Miles and Marcus explore one of Peter Cushing's darkest and most memorable outings as Baron Frankenstein.

02-28
30:09

Episode 12: The Devil Rides Out (1968)

Miles and Marcus revisit Hammer's 1968 horror classic, which pits Christopher Lee against a devilish Charles Gray.

12-13
34:31

Episode 11: Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Miles and Marcus take the Central Line to Hob’s End to explore this devilish 1967 Sci-Fi offering from Hammer Studios.

10-01
40:26

Episode 10 Special: The Plague of the Zombies (1966) / Zomblogalypse (2022)

In this double-Hammer-header episode, Marcus and Miles are joined by the co-creators of the Zomblogalypse movie, Hannah Bungard and Tony Hipwell, to discuss Hammer’s foray into the zombie genre and […]

08-26
01:03:57

Episode 9: Fanatic / Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

Hammer embraces the psychological and the psychedelic in this little known mid-sixties classic. Miles and Marcus are more that a little impressed.

03-10
39:15

Episode 8: The Gorgon (1964)

Or “Snakes on a Brain”. Miles and Marcus explore the legend of Hammer Studio’s first female monster, Megeara.

01-20
30:01

Episode 7: The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

Drac’s back – but not as we know him! Miles and Marcus unearth Hammer Studio’s little known 1963 vampire classic.

11-11
27:32

Episode 5: The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

Miles and Marcus get their teeth into the only werewolf movie from Hammer and dip their claws into werewolf movie lore.

09-01
40:24

Episode 4: The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Miles and Marcus rediscover this gem from the early years of Hammer Horror. The only things that are missing are Dracula and Christopher Lee.

08-11
34:08

Episode 3: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Miles and Marcus are joined by Ritchie Wilkinson to discuss Hammer’s adaptation of Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes tale and a chance encounter with Christopher Lee.

07-19
56:50

Episode 2: The Horror of Dracula (1958)

On what would have been Christopher Lee’s 100th birthday, Miles and Marcus are joined by Stephen Mosley, author of a new biography about Lee. https://stephenmosley.net/

05-27
01:00:42

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