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Originally Posted by Platapus
Hammer Productions. Some of the bestest horror movies came from there. And some pretty bad ones too.  |
Probably the first film versions of Frankenstein, Drac and the Mummy I ever saw when I was growing up, since they were much more likely to be shown on the teevee than the classic Universal flicks at the time. I remember how funny it was when the first SW film came out, I couldn't believe none of my friends knew who Peter Cushing was. He was as familiar to me as Fred Flintstone.
Back in October TCM ran a whole bunch of Hammer flicks leading up to Halloween. I swore I wouldn't watch 'em but don't you know I got sucked into spending more than one evening doing just that. Even the really cheesy ones still had a certain style. And if you've got either Cushing or Lee (or, ideally, both) along for the ride, it's always going to be entertaining.