The Unofficial Hammer Films Site: House of Horror / House of Hammer

BEYOND THE RAVE
a HAMMER production

all 20 episodes available for a limited time
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This is the UNOFFICIAL Hammer Films Site.
To visit the Official Website of Hammer Films go to www.hammerfilms.com

last updated 25 June 2008...... HAMMER IS BACK... ICONS OF HORROR from SONY DVD... ROYAL MAIL ISSUE SPECIAL HAMMER STAMPS... NEW COMPETITION!...BEYOND THE RAVE AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW.... MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH TO DVD... BFI DRACULA RESTORATION UNLEASHED......... ...www.unofficialhammerfilms.com... Click here for the latest Hammer news.... ... the essential Hammer Films site..... last updated 25 June 2008

ROYAL MAIL ISSUE SPECIAL HAMMER STAMPS

The Royal Mail have issued a special set of commemorative stamps to celebrate 50 years of Hammer horror, featuring original cinema poster artwork for The Curse of Frankenstein, The Mummy and Dracula.
The stamps are available for the next year.

Win sets of the stamps here.

Beyond the Rave is here

The first Hammer production since 1983 is now available online for a limited time in its entirety.
A 20 episode serial, available from www.myspacetv.com/beyondtherave
Featuring vampires, and a guest appearance from Ingrid Pitt...

Read our first impressions of the serial here....

ICONS OF ADVENTURE
unleashed on DVD in the US
10 June 2008
4 classic Hammer adventures from the Columbia vaults, making their US dvd debut
The Terror of the Tongs
The Stranglers of Bombay
The Pirates of Blood River
The Devil-Ship Pirates

special features include commentaries with Marcus Hearn, Jimmy Sangster and Don Mingaye

order here for only $19.99

DRACULA - the original Hammer Horror film, now completely remastered and re-released by the BFI. Unleashed in cinemas from 2nd November 2007. Limited Previews on Halloween.
Unofficialhammerfilms.com editor Robert Simpson will introduce the screening at the Irish Film Institute on Sunday 28th October.
Screenwriter Jimmy Sangster will introduce the screening at the BFI IMAX in London on 31 October.
Click on the poster for more information. Or visit www.bfi.org.uk/dracula
Image courtesy of the BFI. Not to be reused without permission.

The iconic Oakley Court, Bray. Location for many classic Hammer Horrors, August 2007.
image © RJE Simpson 2007. all rights reserved

The Unofficial Hammer Films Site is unauthorised and unofficial! This site is not endorsed by Hammer (although Hammer are aware of us), and remains independent. Alongside Hammer's Official website, we'll be bringing you all the official news from around the globe, on all of Hammer's activities past and present. Whilst Hammer Film Productions Limited is synonymous with gothic horror, The House of Hammer includes information on everything produced by the company - from comedy to swashbucklers, war films to thrillers, Frankenstein, Dracula, vampires, werewolves, mummies, and everything in between....

MIRAGE - the superb Hammer horror inspired music video directed by Chris Stone, music written and produced by Hemstock and Jennings.
Click on the poster for more information and to watch the video.

The fabled Hammer House in Wardour Street, London, March 2006.
image © RJE Simpson 2006

30 August 2006

Welcome to The Unofficial Hammer Films Site, and our new domain. After seven years we thought it was about time we got ourselves a Hammer address. Over the next couple of months we'll be updating the entire site, resurrecting a large number of articles which had been lost during previous redesigns. Hopefully the new layout will make things easier to find, and if you have any comments please do email them to hammer@avalard.com.

Do please be patient as things settle down again - I'm fitting this in around my day job, and there's bound to be a few gremlins in the works at first!

On that note we've altered our initial plan to house the new site at hammerfilmproductions.com as the name was deemed to close to the official website address, and Hammer themselves voiced concern about the move. Thus the unofficial site is to be found at www.unofficialhammerfilms.com - absolutely our new permanant home.

Most of the main articles have been moved, and the current news items are now in place. The rest of the news archive will follow during the next few weeks, and the slow process of reformatting the reviews, and reposting them will take place too.

The old avalard.com address is still active, but I'm going to allow it to develop with my other projects, and non-Hammer writing.

RELEASE SCHEDULE

Beyond the Rave
online film/serial-
Hammer
FREE from
17 April 2008

Icons of Adventure boxset -
Terror of the Tongs | Devil Ship Pirates | Pirates of Blood River | Stranglers of Bombay
Region 1 DVD boxset- Sony Pictures
SRP: $24.96
10 June 2008

The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Region 1 DVD Legend Films
- available through selected BestBuy stores
July 2008
(general retail to follow)

Hammer Horror Calendar 2009
Book
£9.99
Slow Dazzle, August 2008
(preorder for £6.59)

Beyond the Rave
Region 2 DVD-
Hammer
£15.99
TBC. August 2008

Icons of Horror : Hammer Films -
The Gorgon | The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb | Scream of Fear | The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Region 1 DVD boxset- Sony Pictures
SRP: $24.96
14 October 2008
(pre-order for $16.99)

Hammer Horror - Reproduction Quads, series 2
12 reproduction cinema posters,
Posters and Stuff
RRP: £20 each
from October 2008

Hammer Horror box set
R1 dvd box set - details unconfirmed
Anchor Bay Entertainment
SRP: $??
TBC - late 2007/8

8th FANTASTIC FILMS WEEKEND - BRADFORD
June 12-14 2009
National Museum of Photography Film and Television, Bradford UK

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AVAILABLE NOW

A New Heritage of Horror : The English Gothic Cinema
by David Pirie
Book, I B Tauris & Co
RRP: £14.99
14 December 2007

Vampire Terrortory
Interactive dvd Game
- Britannia Games
£14.99
12 November 2007

Count the Cash
UK Lottery Scratchcard
Camelot
£1 (16 years and over only)
13 September 2007

The Brides of Dracula
UK R2 dvd
Showbox Entertainment RRP: £12.99
15 October 2007

The Evil of Frankenstein
UK R2 dvd
Showbox Entertainment RRP: £12.99
22 October 2007

The Hammer Story : revised edition
by Marcus Hearn and Alan Barnes
Hardback Book, Titan Books
RRP: £24.99
26 October 2007

Dracula
cinemas, BFI re-release
previews: 28/31 October
national release: 2nd November 2007

Dracula und seine Bräute
(Brides of Dracula)
German R2 dvd
Koch Media
RRP: €13.95
24 August 2007

Der Fluch von Siniestro
(The Curse of the Werewolf)
German R2 dvd
Koch Media
RRP: €13.95
24 August 2007

Hammer Noir Vol 6:
Black Glove / Big Deadly Game
Kit Packer Films/ VCI Entertainment
SRP: $14.99
Summer 2007

Hammer Noir Vol 7:
Unholy Four / Race For Life
Kit Packer Films/ VCI Entertainment
SRP: $14.99
Summer 2007

Hammer Noir Vol 4:
Terror Street / Wings of Danger
Kit Packer Films/ VCI Entertainment
SRP: $14.99
28 November 2006

Hammer Noir Vol 5:
Paid to Kill / Glass Tomb
Kit Packer Films/ VCI Entertainment
SRP: $14.99
28 November 2006

Hammer Films: The Elstree Studios Years by Wayne Kinsey
Book, Tomahawk Press
RRP: £19.99
27 January 2007

Twins of Evil collectable chips
Poker Chip Set, Collectablesmania exclusive
RRP: £44.99
1 March 2007

Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires collectable chips
Poker Chip Set, Collectablesmania exclusive
RRP: £44.99
1 March 2007

Hands of the Ripper collectable chips
Poker Chip Set, Collectablesmania exclusive
RRP: £44.99
1 March 2007

Countess Dracula collectable chips
Poker Chip Set, Collectablesmania exclusive
RRP: £44.99
1 March 2007

A Think of Unspeakable Horror: The History of Hammer Films
by Sinclair McKay
Paperback book, Aurum Press
RRP: £14.99
25 May 2007

Countess Dracula (special edition)
UK R2 DVD, Network DVD
RRP: £14.99
11th September 2006
- read review -

Manchester Fantastic Films Festival
September 2006
Days Hotel, Sackville St, Manchester, UK

Forbidden Terrortory
Interactive DVD Board Game, Britannia Games
RRP: £34.99
14 September 2006
* possible delay with stock *

On The Buses Box Set:
ON THE BUSES | HOLIDAY ON THE BUSES | MUTINY ON THE BUSES
UK R2 DVD, Optimum Pictures DVD
RRP: £19.99
25th September 2006

Alma Cogan Story: includes
ERIC WINSTONE SHOW BAND &
ERIC WINSTONE'S STAGECOACH
UK R2 DVD, Odeon Entertainment
RRP: £14.99
25th September 2006

Twins of Evil
UK R2 DVD, Network DVD
RRP: £12.99
9th October 2006

Hands of the Ripper
(special edition)
UK R2 DVD, Network DVD
RRP: £12.99
9th October 2006

Dracula - Prince of Darkness
UK R2 DVD, Optimum Pictures DVD
RRP: £12.99
16th October 2006

Rasputin - The Mad Monk
UK R2 DVD, Optimum Pictures DVD
RRP: £12.99
16th October 2006

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
UK R2 DVD, Sony Pictures DVD
RRP: £12.99
23rd October 2006

Love Thy Neighbour
UK R2 DVD, Optimum Pictures DVD
RRP: £12.99
23rd October 2006

DATES TO BE CONFIRMED

The Forgotten Noir Series
VCI Entertainment / Kit Packer Films
R1 dvd
mid 2006

Race for Life

Future releases
(dates not yet confirmed)

The Camp on Blood Island (1958), Cash on Demand (1963), Creatures the World Forgot (1971), The Damned (1961), Don't Panic Chaps (1959), The Gorgon (1964), Maniac (1963), Never Take Sweets From A Stranger (1960), The Stranglers of Bombay (1959), Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960), Taste of Fear (1961), Terror of the Tongs (1960), and Watch It Sailor (1961).

The Quatermass Xperiment
R1 dvd, MGM

Phantom of the Opera
R2 dvd, Universal

Nineteen Eighty-Four (BBC 1954)
R2 dvd, DD Video

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