Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Terreur et glamour : montée et déclin du studio Hammer
Release: 2017-08-06
·Runtime: 55m
·★ 6.0
Documentary
History
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
France
Germany
Production Companies
ARTE GEIE
ITV Studios France
Cast
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
James Carreras
as Self - Hammer Founder (archive footage)
Jonathan Rigby
as Self - Film Historian / Actor
John Lennon
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
George Harrison
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Caroline Munro
as Self - Actress / Various Roles
Ringo Starr
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Alfred Hitchcock
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Mick Jagger
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Mick Garris
as Self - Filmmaker
Dario Argento
as Self - Filmmaker
Christopher Lee
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Peter Cushing
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Marcus Hearn
as Self - Hammer Historian
Horst Janson
as Self - Actor
Joann Sfar
as Self - Comic Author
John Carpenter
as Self - Filmmaker
Simon Oakes
as Self - Hammer CEO