John Carson

The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British company's finest films.

A definitive documentary charting the rise and fall of Amicus film productions.

Gran Bretaña, 2007. Una plaga mortal, conocida como el virus "Reaper", ha aniquilado a cientos de miles. Desesperado, el gobierno británico evacua tantos supervivientes como puede del área infectada, para posteriormente levantar muros con el fin de prevenir el escape de los infectados. Treinta años después, el virus reaparece. El gobierno decide entonces enviar a un equipo de especialistas de élite, liderado por el Mayor Eden Sinclair, a la zona infectada para obtener una vacuna a cualquier precio. Apartados del resto del mundo, el equipo deberá luchar a través de un paisaje convertido en la peor pesadilla.

Kuki Gallmann, una hermosa mujer de carácter indomable, vive en Italia con su hijo Emanuel. Un día decide dejar atrás la monotonía y se va con su hijo y con su nuevo marido a la salvaje África, donde experimentarán nuevas sensaciones y sentimientos.

Period drama Black Velvet Band takes us back to Victorian times when a gang of petty crooks find themselves sentenced to transportation to Australia, their ship, however, docks in South Africa and the gang manage to make their escape. The film starred Nick Berry, Chris McHallem and Todd Carty, who had all previously appeared in EastEnders together. The initial idea came from McHallem, whilst Nick Berry, thanks to being the darling of ITV at the time because of his hit show Heartbeat, had the clout to get it made.

En 1964, en Pretoria (Sudáfrica), Nelson Mandela fue encarcelado debido a su valiente lucha contra la segregación racial (apartheid). Su esposa Winnie buscó entonces el apoyo de la población negra para liberar a su marido, objetivo que alcanzó 18 años después, gracias a la colaboración del líder De Klerk.

Explore Hammer's greatest legacy with clips from such classic films as The Horror of Dracula, Brides of Dracula, Dracula - Prince of Darkness, Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires, Scars of Dracula, Kiss of the Vampire and more.

En 1935, dos geólogos alemanes, Henno Martin y Hermann Korn, abandonan la Alemania nazi para ir Namibia con el objeto de llevar a cabo sus investigaciones de campo. Con el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, muchos alemanes que vivían en Namibia eran internados en los campos locales. Como pacifistas, los dos científicos alemanes se niegan a ser detenidos, y huyen al desierto de Namib, donde viven durante más de dos años... (FILMAFFINITY)

The story of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, his adventurous life and trials in the jungles of Africa.

It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.

Un astronauta vuelve a la tierra y la encuentra devastada. Todo son desiertos y se tardan meses en encontrar a otra persona. El agua es el bien más preciado. Ya nadie habla con nadie. Hace un tiempo "El turco" le comentó sobre un lugar paradisíaco, una ciudad bajo tierra. Su único sueño: encontrarla!

An Englishwoman travels to South Africa in 1906.

Tegan falls once more under the influence of the Mara and directs the TARDIS to the planet Manussa. There, the Federator's son Lon and his mother Tanha are preparing for a ceremony to celebrate the banishment of the Mara five hundred years earlier. The Mara takes control of Lon and uses him and Tegan to obtain from Ambril, the Director of Historical Research, the 'Great Crystal' - the large blue stone that originally brought it into being by focusing energy from the minds of the planet's one-time inhabitants. The Mara now plans to use the crystal during the ceremony to bring about its return to corporeal existence.

A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.

A scrying glass puts an antiques exporter in the path of a woman fleeing from devil worshipers and the evil hypnotist who leads them. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.

Two American girls go on a vacation to England and mysterious things begin happening when one of them falls to her death from atop a monument.

Glen, a complete stranger, appears at the door of Elizabeth Carter, a middle-aged woman, and claims to be the illegitimate son she gave away at birth.

Cuando varias jóvenes aparecen muertas, extrañamente envejecidas y sin una gota de sangre en el cuerpo, el Dr. Marcus sospecha que se trata de vampirismo, por lo que recluta a Kronos, el Cazador de Vampiros, el cual ha destinado su vida a luchar contra el mal. Una vez víctima él mismo del vampirismo, conoce la fuerza y la debilidad de los vampiros, así como los grandes peligros que conlleva el enfrentamiento a las fuerzas del mal.

With the exception of the poor central heating system, Ray and Penny Burns' newly-purchased country house seems ideal. While repairing the pipes, a handyman digs up the cellar and uncovers the body of the home's previous owner who was murdered twenty years earlier. A séance held in the home reveals something very disturbing.

A robbery is prevented by an undercover art dealer pretending to be a criminal. Edited from TV series, The Baron.

Apparently a British answer to the Boys in the Band

Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than go quietly to tend roses in a garden, Hubbard begins a series of violent actions not unlike those described in tabloids, and this is heightened by inter cutting tabloid headlines between scenes. Throughout, there are occasional shots of a television critic who watches this very play as it unfolds, and he writes a negative review filled with cleverly phrased but bitter invective.

Allen Meredith is a brilliant scientist but too mild-mannered to make an impact or fight for the money he needs. He has invented a process to exchange minds between bodies. His ambitious wife Ann persuades him to invite his boss, the domineering Jack Gregory, to their house for dinner. Once there, they drug him and Allen swaps bodies with Jack, then goes back to work to transfer millions into his account. But meanwhile Ann is finding the combination of Jack's masculine personality in Allen's body rather attractive and they begin making their own plans.

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal

El ejecutivo Harold Pelham sufre un grave accidente tras el cual se enfrenta a la sombra de la muerte. Cuando, contra todo pronóstico, se recupera milagrosamente, descubre que su vida ya no le pertenece.

Un depravado satanista, obsesionado con la idea de resucitar a Drácula, convence a tres caballeros para comprar unas reliquias pertenecientes al mismísimo Príncipe de las Tinieblas: su capa, un anillo y un frasco de sangre pulverizada. Reunidos en una vieja iglesia desconsagrada, practican un ritual en el que tienen que beber la sangre de Drácula. Los caballeros se niegan y acaban matando al joven satanista. Cuando Drácula vuelve a la vida, se venga de los tres hombres, utilizando para ello a sus propios hijos

En una pequeña ciudad de Gran Bretaña, varios trabajadores mueren a causa de una misteriosa epidemia. Desesperado, el doctor Peter Tompson pide ayuda a su amigo Sir James Forbes, que llega dispuesto a buscar el origen de la horrible plaga. Los dos doctores se embarcan en una peligrosa investigación que encubre un horrible secreto y que les llevará hasta la asombrosa verdad: alguien está utilizando la magia negra para devolver la vida a los muertos.

Un alienígena secuestra seres humanos de raza femenina para poder llevarlas a Ganímedes y que su raza no se vea condenada a la extinción.

A dangerous psychological game plays out between a man and the husband of the lover who spurned him.

Boris Turganev (Murray) is a Russian scientist who has absconded from a Communist prison in an attempt to achieve a better life working for the British. As Boris struggles to make his superiors believe he is there to work and not to spy for the Russians, an office romance blossoms that could put his mission in jeopardy.

A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.

A man is confronted by a man in his house who declares that he is here to kill him, because he collaborated with the Nazis and caused the death of the intruder's fiancée.

Arthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger, Theo Gaunt, on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a curious proposition. Arthur should participate in a fake robbery and remove some imitation jewellery from the stranger's own safe.

Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife to the edge of despair. It turns them into outlaws and fugitives, hunted by a vicious regime; yet it could also bring them together in a way they have never been before.

Alan Dobie plays a convict who is bequeathed a set of seven keys by a fellow prisoner. After discovering that the deceased was an embezzler who stole £20,000 that was never recovered; he sets out to find the cash after finishing the last three months of his sentence. However he must first solve the mystery of which locks the keys fit, and run the gauntlet of the police and a number of gangsters who are after him and the money.

Neagle stars a Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by a young Janette Scott.

Bajo el marco del siglo XV, el joven escocés Quentin Durward actua como emisario de su tío para enviar sus respetos a la joven Isabel, Condesa de Macroy, con la cual se casará próximamente. Pero la opinón de la muchacha es distinta, reacia a contraer matrimonio, decide huir a Borgoña para dirigirse a la ciudad de Tours.

"Tenth of a Second" is the account of one man's desperate attempt to fight the oppressive apartheid regime of South Africa. This political thriller centres around Michael Wilder (James Whyle), a schoolteacher and political activist, with a failing marriage. Wilder is a member of the "Organisation" which is involved in subversive activities against the state. One day, Raymond (Nicky Rebelo), a fellow member, visits Wilder and leaves him with a suitcase containing a bomb. Wilder is expected to place in a busy shopping centre. But things do not go according to plan and the consequences of his actions result in devastating effects for Wilder and his grip on reality.