NEWS

5 Sep 2006

This year's Amiens Film Festival in France includes a major Hammer retrospective, including a number of rarely seen Hammer classics.

Former Hammer star Martine Beswicke, and legendary screenwriter Jimmy Sangster will be on hand. Fans will be delighted to learn that prints are in the original English language, and mostly from 35mm. The retrospective will also include an exhibition of Hammer posters.

The complete list of films being screened is:
Stolen Face ( (1955, court métrage) (1951) • The Curse of Frankenstein (Frankenstein s'est échappé) (1957) • Dracula (Le Cauchemar de Dracula) (1957) • The Curse of the Werewolf (La Nuit du loup-garou) (1960) • Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (Le Retour de Frankenstein) (1969) • The Mummy (La Malédiction des pharaons) (1959) • Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (Frankenstein et le monstre de l’enfer) (1973) • The Quatermass Xperiment (Le Monstre) (1955) • Yesterday's Enemy (Section d'assaut sur le Sittang) (1959) • Quatermass and the Pit (Les Monstres de l'espace) (1967) • The Vampire Lovers (1970) • Docteur Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Docteur Jekyll et Sister Hyde) (1971) • Nightmare (Meurtre par procuration) (1964)  • A Man on the Beach • The Damned (Les Damnés) (1963) • Reptile (La Femme reptile) (1966) • One Million Years B.C. (Un million d’années avant J.C.) (1966) • Hands of the Ripper (La Fille de Jack l’éventreur) (1971) • Taste of Fear (Hurler de peur) (1961) • The Nanny (Confession à un cadavre) (1965) • Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

The festival takes place from 10-19 November 2006. Further information is available at www.filmfestamiens.org