Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing as Van Helsing in The Horror of Dracula (1958)
Peter Cushing as Van Helsing in Dracula/The Horror of Dracula (1958)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 6, 2000Hammer Frankenstein Adaptation
This and The Horror of Dracula the following year set Hammer Films on the map. A remake of Frankenstein very different to the 1931 version that comes in vibrant colour and places Peter Cushing's ruthlessly amoral Baron at the centre of the show
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Dracula (1958)

Dracula (1958)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 1, 2001Hammer Dracula Adaptation
The point where the legend of Hammer Films and the careers of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing began. A vivid colour remake of the Bram Stoker book that put a stake through the heart of the staid Universal horrors and created a new English horror industry
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 25, 2009Hammer Sherlock Holmes Film/Ghostly Dog Mystery
Hammer Films' one and only Sherlock Holmes adaptation. It is beautiful to see the opulence of early Hammer productions brought to bear giving the story unusually effective life
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The Skull (1965)

The Skull (1965)
Rating: ★★
Aug 14, 2004The Marquis de Sade's Possessed Skull
Peter Cushing-Christopher Lee vehicle from Amicus with Cushing as a collector who obtains the Marquis de Sade's possessed skull. One of the more over-rated Anglo-horror films, this feels more like an episode from one of their anthologies than a full film
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Island of Terror (1966)

Island of Terror (1966)
Rating: ★★
Jun 28, 2002Giant Virus Invasion
Director Terence Fisher made his name at Hammer Films but in the 1960s broke away from the company to make a trilogy of SF films, which are regarded as his least effective work. This features the novelty of a giant virus creature but Fisher fails to generate much suspense
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Night of the Big Heat (1967)

Night of the Big Heat (1967)
Rating: ★★
Feb 6, 2000Alien Invasion
One of a trilogy of SF films made by Hammer director Terence Fisher during the mid-1960s, none of which have a very good reputation. This is an alien invasion film but Fisher fails to create the paranoid atmosphere of the better US counterparts of this period
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Incense for the Damned (1969)

Incense for the Damned (1969)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 5, 1999Psychological Vampirism
A striking variant on the vampire film full of rich metaphor. Set against the backdrop of Oxford university, this explains vampirism as a psychological condition brought on by sexual impotence and academic pressure
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Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Rating: ★★★★
Jul 19, 2002Hammer Frankenstein Film
The fifth of Hammer’s Frankenstein films and the absolute pinnacle of the series. Terence Fisher is on the peak of his form and turns in a series of directorial set pieces that are quite masterful
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I, Monster (1971)

I, Monster (1971)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 5, 2002Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation
The title and names are changed, otherwise this is an extremely faithful adaptation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde starring Christopher Lee. Not very successful at the time, this interestingly opens the story out with Freudian psychology
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Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)
Rating: ★★
Jan 5, 2015Hammer Contemporary Dracula
For their seventh Dracula films, Hammer introduced Dracula to the present-day. The result was a wild mishmash where Christopher Lee plays second fiddle to Hammer's belated attempts to jump aboard the Swinging 60s youth scene
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)
Rating: ★
Mar 14, 2003Contemporary Hammer Dracula Sequel
The eight of Hammer's Dracula, the second-to-last they would make and the last featuring Christopher Lee. This follows on from the previous film Dracula A.D. 1972 in featuring Dracula in the present day and at least does more with the idea than that film did
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… And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)

… And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)
Rating: ★★
Jan 6, 2005Haunted House/Supernatural Retribution
Amicus Films venture into the haunted house genre with a newlywed Stephanie Beacham haunted by a disembodied hand but atmosphere is weakened by the constant reaching for crude shock effect
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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Rating: ★★
Jan 3, 2005Hammer Dracula/Kung Fu Vampires
The last of Hammer’s Dracula films, a co-production with Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers, which shows Hammer trying to jump aboard the kung fu fad of the era. Christopher Lee has departed and peter Cushing’s Van Helsing is the only holdover. Not one of Hammer’s more inspired offerings
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Rating: ★★★½
Dec 1, 2014Hammer Frankenstein Film
Hammer's seventh and final Frankenstein film and the last great film that the studio would make. Everyone is back on top form – Peter Cushing at his icily arrogant best and director Terence Fisher delivering a stirring show
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At the Earth’s Core (1976)

At the Earth’s Core (1976)
Rating: ★★
Nov 7, 2001Lost World at the Centre of the Earth/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation
Second in the trilogy of Edgar Rice Burroughs adaptations starring Doug McClure. This opens with the fabulous invention of the drilling mole but the arrival at the earth's core look cheap and tatty
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Monster Island (1981)

Monster Island (1981)
Rating: ★
Mar 9, 2001Desert Island Adventures
Supposedly an adaptation of Jules Verns’s Mysterious Island from low-budget Spanish director Juan Piquer Simon, one that gives the impression nobody actually read the book. Out goes Captain Nemo, in comes some incredibly tatty effects and much slapstick
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House of the Long Shadows (1983)

House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Rating: ★★
Apr 12, 2003Old Dark House Thriller
Cannon Films make an Old Dark House film that brings together an aging Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and John Carradine. This denoted the end of the Anglo-horror era but is not nearly as worthy as you feel it should have been
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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)

Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
Rating: ★★
Nov 1, 2002Sword and Sorcery
Cannon Films make an adaptation of the Mediaeval legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Routine 1980s fantasy cinema with Sean Connery looking embarrassed as the Green Knight
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Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)

Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994)
Rating: ★★★½
Mar 11, 2025Hammer Films Documentary
The most exhaustive of the various documentaries about Hammer Films. This covers the history of the studio and crucially was made when most of the principals from Hammer’s heyday were still alive and able to be interviewed
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