Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions (2017)

Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions

2017

Documentary History TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Jérôme Korkikian

Cast

Caroline Munro as Self - Actress / Various Roles

Dario Argento as Self - Filmmaker

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as Self (archive footage)

Horst Janson as Self - Actor

Joann Sfar as Self - Comic Author

John Carpenter as Self - Filmmaker

Jonathan Rigby as Self - Film Historian / Actor

Marcus Hearn as Self - Hammer Historian