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Film Doctor Jekyll is the First New Hammer Film! Hammer Films is thrilled to announce the theatrical release of B Good Picture Company’s Doctor Jekyll on 27 October 2023 in UK cinemas. Directed by Joe Stephenson and featuring an impressive cast including Eddie Izzard, Scott Chambers, Lindsay Duncan and Simon Callow, Doctor Jekyll’s UK-wide release marks the first release for the recently resurrected Hammer, […]
News Hammer Films Acquired by Renowned British Theatre Mogul John Gore Hammer Films and Studios has been acquired by renowned British theatre producer John Gore. Gore, a 20-time Tony, Emmy and Olivier-winning entertainment producer, is known for his live theatre company the John Gore Organization, which owns Broadway.com and Broadway Across America – a leading presenter, distributor and marketer of Broadway theatre worldwide. The company was […]
Film The Lodge US release date announced! We’re thrilled to announce The Lodge will be released in the US on February 07, 2020. Watch the creepy new trailer above to get your blood suitably curdled in advance of launch…
Film First look – The Lodge trailer… IT'S HERE! We've just released the trailer for The Lodge...
Film Poster reveal for “The Lodge” We can exclusively reveal the poster for "The Lodge" with our friends at Bloody Disgusting
Film “The next great horror movie is here” Another fantastic review for The Lodge
News The Lodge – reviews and release date news Great reception at Sundance...
Film Interview with Riley Keough Kevin Smith chats with Riley Keough at Sundance 2019
News The Lodge – “most anticipated” at Sundance One of TheFilmStage.com's most anticipated movies of Sundance
News New movie to premiere at Sundance Our latest movie, The Lodge, will be premiering at the 2019 Sundance Festival...
News Hammer teams up with TopShop We are very proud to announce a new range of clothing with TopShop and TopMan.
Features To Quatermass and Beyond The Impact of Sci-Fi's Unlikely Hero
Features Yeti Persisted The Cinematic Legacy of the Abominable Snowman
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Features The Many Lives of Dracula The ongoing legacy of the Prince of Darkness
Features Halloween: It’s not just for kids! Tricks and treats...
Features Hammer and Skype partnership Hammer brings its characters and iconic imagery to Skype's messaging platform
Features Unmade Dracula script sees light of day… Mark Gatiss has directed an unmade Hammer script set in '30s India...
News Meet the voices in the walls… A brand new trailer for Hammer House of Horror Live: The Soulless Ones...
Features Behind the scenes of The Soulless Ones Some background from the creators
Features Countess of Blood: The Cinematic Impact of Carmilla Sisters are doing it for themselves.
News New Hammer Movie! – The Lodge The first English language film from Goodnight Mommy directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
Features Crazy about Cults The Fright Film Fascination with Fanaticism
Comics The Mummy: Palimpsest collection is in bookstores/online… Pick up signed copies at Forbidden Planet
News Hammer House of Horror – Live: The Soulless Ones Something ancient and evil has taken residence in Hoxton Hall in the heart of East London. And you’re invited to pay it a visit. Book now.
News Studiocanal celebrates 60 years of Hammer ...with The Hammer Horror Collection
Features Father of the Dead: A Tribute to George Romero Romero issued a pop culture proclamation... and the world responded
Features Feud of Fear: The Horror Legacy of Crawford and Davis Two Hollywood icons. One intense rivalry.
Comics Hammer comics: Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter is back Captain Kronos, and his two assistants, Grost and Carla, are called upon to help rid a town of its vampire plague...
Features The Hellfire club Ghosts, debauchery and devils… What was the Hellfire club?
Coffee surprise
Features Coffee Shop Telekinesis Certainly a way to get attention at your local coffee place...
Features Jessica Harrison’s creepy ceramics Not really something for your gran's sideboard...
Features How To Make a Realistic Horror Skull Prop! A project for the British Bank Holiday...
Features The Creepiest Internet Urban Legends As internet culture has evolved, so have online urban legends. Look at our pick of the creepiest...
Features Greatest Vampire Hunters of All Time The stakes are high as we take a look at the Vampire's most fearsome foes!
Features The Science of Suspense Guest post by Keith Bound, owner of Receptive Cinema.
Features Scariest Pages on the internet The internet is a scary place- we all know it. Here are a few of the most disturbing things we've come across while traversing the weird and worrying web...
Features The Biggest Threats to Mankind’s Existence Mankind's days are numbered...
Features Our 10 Favourite Movie Jump Scares At their best jump scares can be the most terrifying, memorable moments in film. We rundown our 10 favourites (Hammer films excluded) below!
Features Creepiest Moments in History How many of these lesser known grisly moments from history do YOU know?
Features The Most Hellish Places on Earth Who needs eternal damnation when you can visit these hellish places right now?
Features Disturbing Things to Keep You Awake at Night Trying to stay awake this evening...
Features The 10 Scariest Video Games ever Do you agree with our pick of the 10 most terrifying pixelated experiences?
Features “We Are All Alone” Enjoy this collection of romantic Valentine's Day quotes selected by Hammer, and remember to share with a loved one!
Features Creepy Historical Figures Who Could’ve Been Hammer Characters How many of these creepy historical figures do you know?
Features The Most Disturbing Wikipedia Pages These disturbingly informative Wikipedia articles will help remind you that, sometimes, ignorance is bliss...
Features 9 Creepy Facts About Sleep Get night terrors with this week's Hammer feature!
Features The Scariest Television Episodes Ever! From Black Mirror to The X Files, we rundown the scariest episodes on the small screen!
Features Broken GIFS – the stuff of nightmares! Happy mistake or a strange digital art form
Features The Real Horror of Evacuee Britain With The Woman in Black: Angel of Death only weeks away from release, we delve into the dark, true history of evacuee Britain!
Features Hammer’s Christmas List Dear Santa, please could Hammer have these creepy gifts for Chrimbo??
Features The Creepiest Santas Ever Abandon Ho-Ho-Hope all ye who sit on his lap...
Features 5 Bizarre Possessed Objects The Haunting of Hill House's opening night is only weeks away! In honour, we take a look at 5 bizarre possessed objects to give you the creeps. Enjoy!
Features Ghosts: A Hammer Spirit Guide Here is Hammer's handy ghost guide, to help you tell your apparitions from your vortex!
Features The 10 Greatest Horror Novels of the 20th Century How many of these 10 celebrated tales of terror do you know?!
Features Terrifying Halloween Movie Marathons Bolt the door and don't dare go outside - we've created some terrifying Halloween movie marathons to suit every horror fan's tastes!
Features 13 Signs There’s a Ghost in Your House I ain't afraid of no... oh, wait, hang on...
Features Scientific Theories Which Threaten Human Existence Right, cards on the table - Man's days are numbered.
Features 11 Greatest Horror Graphic Novels Horror is a famously difficult genre to pull off successfully in comic book form, but these 11 terrifying masterworks manage it with aplomb!
Features 10 Scariest People Who Ever Lived Meet history's 10 most murderous real-life monsters in this week's feature!
Features 5 Ghoulish Accessories for LFW With London Fashion Week underway, we look at 5 ghoulish accessories with a fashionable twist!
Features Legendary Lost Cities Get swept away to these legendary locales on your next city break!
Features Our 10 Favourite Horror Masters In honour of horror hero Wes Craven who sadly passed away recently, we've compiled a list of our favourite non-Hammer horror masters. Who would you add?
Features 8 Scariest Monsters from Folklore Watch out for these 8 blood-curdling beasts on your next trip around the British Isles!
Features 15 Creepiest Ghost Towns Where'd everybody go?! We take a look at the 15 creepiest ghost towns from around the world...
Features 10 Terrifying Facts About Space In this week's feature, no one can hear you scream. Here are 10 terrifying facts about space!
Features 13 Haunting Cemeteries Haunted? Probably. Haunting? Undoubtedly. Take a look at these 13 beautiful cemeteries from around the world!
Features 16 Eerie Abandoned Theme Parks Take a look at these 16 dream worlds which became crumbling nightmares!
Features 10 chilling facts about the ocean Try taking a saltwater dip after hearing these chilling facts!
Features 15 of the most evil lines in literature Take a masterclass in talking evil from this list of wicked prose!
Features 18 Disturbing Works of Art We dare you to try sleeping after seeing these 18 disturbing artworks!
Features The Scariest GIFs on the Internet Take a look at 21 of Hammer's favourite creepy GIFs from the darkest corners of the internet!
Features 10 Haunted Holiday Destinations All packed up and nowhere to go this summer? Why not visit one of these haunted holiday destinations!
News Christopher Lee 1922-2015 Marcus Hearn, Hammer’s official historian, pays tribute to an iconic actor.
Features 10 Unmade Hammer Films From untold Dracula prequels and swashbuckling pirate biopics to a scrap between a zeppelin and some pterodactyls, we take a look at 10 Hammer classics which could have been!
Features Google Maps’ Creepiest Images Behold these blood-curdling images from the bird's eye of Google Maps!
Features 13 Bizarre Superstitions Check out this list of strange superstitions to beware of today!
Features London Underground’s Ghost Stations Did YOU know about this abandoned labyrinth beneath London's feet?
Features The Scariest Literary Haunted Houses With only days until the release of THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH, Hammer runs down a list of the most hair-raising haunted houses in literature!
Features The Nightmares Before Christmas Think Christmas is about joy and merriment? Think again! Just look at this list of Christmas terrors for proof...
Features The Haunted Airfields of WWII Britain In the run up to release of THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH we're taking a look at the haunted history of Britain's abandoned WWII airfields...
Features 10 Horror Film Clichés You Didn’t Know You Knew How many of these horror tropes do you know?
News Hammer 80th Anniversary Hammer became a collector for the day at our unofficial 80th Anniversary celebration in Westminster's Central Hall!
News Hammer @ Necropolis- London’s Journey of the Dead Hammer heads underground for a slice of immersive horror!
Features 4 Historic Murder Plot Fails In honour of Guy Fawkes Day, Hammer looks at 4 chilling murder plots which went wrong.
News Hammer Halloween film competition – The Finalists The overall quality of entries was staggering!
Features What You’re Really Celebrating at Halloween The terrifying true roots of Halloween...
News Hammer @ British Library Gothic season Hammer Leads Exhibition's Film Presence
Features Hammer Films for Dummies Have you ever posed the question 'What is a Hammer film'?
Features Peter Cushing – A Top Trump We love fan art, we love Peter Cushing, and we especially love when someone combines the two.
Features 10 ways to kill a creature of the night When the eternal battle between Good and Evil comes down to a humble scrap between you and a fiend, use these ten trusty tools to help ensure you give that denizen of the dark its just desserts!
Dracula
Features What makes the ultimate horror villain? How to be bad?
Features The World According to Hammer Through its 295 films and TV episodes Hammer has created monsters, cavemen, castles and crypts. But what if the world was actually like a Hammer film?
Features 10 surprising references to Hammer All the rage...
Features Hammer – The James Bond Connection Brands famed for iconic villains and striking actresses...
Features DBC Pierre’s top 3 Hammer films DBC's relationship with Hammer stretches back to earliest childhood.
Features Watching Horror Movies Makes you lose weight! As the pulse quickens, the body experiences a surge in adrenaline.
Features The 5 Grisliest Hammer Death Scenes Murder (and spoilers) Ahead!!!
Features Joanna Briscoe on her experience writing a Hammer novella My life as a fan of horror can be neatly divided into two parts.
PEOPLES TEMPLE
Features 4 terrifying Cults that actually existed Tinfoil hats won't save you now...
Features Why do we like to be scared? When we feel threatened, our senses and intuition become heightened...
Features The 10 scariest Hammer villains See if you agree with our countdown through these embodiments of terror!
Features 10 Hoaxes people actually believed Would you have been fooled?
Features 8 pubs with a seriously creepy history We set out to chronicle the pubs with the darkest histories. You may need a stiff drink...
Features 6 True facts about Voodoo That Voodoo that you do so well..
Features 15 Famous Hammer fans Where Hammer mets Hello magazine...
Features 8 Foods you didn’t know were poisonous Some (deadly) food for thought!
Features The 13 Creepiest Mummies on Earth Look if you dare at these 13 scary mothers!
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