Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Directed by Jérôme Korkikian
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The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.Read moreLess
The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.
The story
The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.
Cast & crew
Marcus HearnSelf - Hammer Historian
Mick GarrisSelf - Filmmaker
Dario ArgentoSelf - Filmmaker
Horst JansonSelf - Actor
Caroline MunroSelf - Actress / Various Roles
Joann SfarSelf - Comic Author
John CarpenterSelf - Filmmaker
Simon OakesSelf - Hammer CEO
Jonathan RigbySelf - Film Historian / Actor
Elizabeth II of the United KingdomSelf (archive footage)
Christopher LeeSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Peter CushingSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Director
- Jérôme Korkikian
- Editor
- Olivier Korkikian
- Original Music Composer
- Maximilien Mathevon
- Writer
- Jérôme Korkikian
- Producer
- Yvette Durrenberger
- Director of Photography
- Guillaume Tunzini
- Producer
- Heike Lettau
- Director of Photography
- Jean-Yves Charpin