The Bloke Down The Pub's Top 5 Hammer Horror Films
To celebrate the launch of his book - A Bloke Down the Pub Bangs on About Hammer Horror - We asked The Bloke Down The Pub, our resident Hammer Horror expert, what his Top 5 Hammer Films are.
Die! Die! My Darling! AKA Fanatic
Our Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is back and hypothesising just what goes into the development process of a Hammer Film and wishing that Hammer had signed Tallulah Bankhead to a 10 picture deal because of her excellent presence in 1965’s Die! Die! My Darling! AKA Fanatic.
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, is back and continuing his desire to talk at you about every single one of the horror titles from Hammer Films. This time round it’s the talky boudoirs of the play based The Man Who Could Cheat Death featuring a cool Christopher Lee.
The Horror of Frankenstein
Can you truly enjoy a movie that you objectively know is terrible and can anyone ever really step into Cushing and Lee’s shoes? That’s what our Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is wondering when it comes to 1970’s The Horror of Frankenstein starring Ralph Bates, Kate O’Mara and David Prouse.
Stop Me Before I Kill!
The English and the French - boy is there a complicated relationship! It’s one that our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, discusses in his latest review for the 1960 relationship horror, Stop Me Before I Kill!
The Old Dark House
The Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is embracing the goofy and offering a hand across the ocean to cinematic huckster William Castle and his 1963 collaboration with Hammer, The Old Dark House.
The Snorkel
The Bloke Down The Pub, our Hammer Horror fanatic, ruminates on how casting can prove so vitally important to presenting a strong idea well, especially where The Snorkel, from 1958, is concerned.
Four Sided Triangle
When we need him most, the Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down The Pub, is back and this time he’s gone back to the beginning, to when Hammer Films took their first tentative steps in to the realm genre film with the 1953’s Sci-Fi effort Four Sided Triangle. What did they learn, what mistakes were made? read on…
The Reptile
Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, is back and discussing both the upsides and downsides of the years in which Hammer movies were made versus the present time, especially with how it relates to the lighting in 1966’s The Reptile.
These are the Damned
The Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is fascinated by what people had to worry about in the sixties while relishing in the apocalypse, thanks to 1962 film They Are The Damned featuring Oliver Reed.
Interview with J.E.A. Wallace AKA the Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub
Jon Cross sits down with his After Movie Diner Podcast co-host, published poet, friend and recently revealed The Bloke Down The Pub, our Hammer Horror reviewer, J.E.A. Wallace to talk Hammer films, sci-fi poetry, storytelling and creativity.
Dracula AKA The Horror of Dracula
For his 50th Hammer Horror review, The Bloke Down The Pub talks about why 1958’s Dracula AKA Horror of Dracula remains the quintessential Hammer film and the benchmark by which all others are measured.
Also we reveal The Bloke Down The Pub’s true identity!!!
The Vampire Lovers
The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, sometimes does things a bit backward, like reviewing the first part of “The Karnstein Trilogy “, 1970's The Vampire Lovers, last. Delight as he struggles not to go on and on about bleedin’ Tudor Gates!
Quatermass and the Pit
Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, wrestles with bonkers plot biscuits and the looming spectre of the BBC in his review of 1967’s Quatermass and the Pit AKA Five Million Years to Earth.
The Shadow of the Cat
Our Hammer loving Bloke Down The Pub is done with debating whether or not it’s strictly a Hammer film and instead wants to talk about what kind of film 1961’s The Shadow of the Cat is!
The Devil Rides Out
The Bloke Down The Pub, our Hammer Horror fanatic, can’t believe anyone, let alone the producer, doesn’t love the Christopher Lee starring The Devil Rides Out from 1968.
Episode 261 - Hammer Horror Month - Vampire Circus
Jon Cross and Jim Wallace, dastardly denizens of the New York City diner, are back discussing one last Hammer Horror film - Vampire Circus from 1972.
When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth
The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, is asking the big life questions about the J.G. Ballard story and gobble-de-gook, caveman picture When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth from 1970.
Episode 260 - Hammer Horror Month - Scars of Dracula
Hosts Jim Wallace and Jon Cross discuss bad bat puppets, ill-advised sex comedy, Christopher Lee's mad face and so much more while reviewing Hammer Horror's Scars of Dracula