Sarah Lawson

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.

Tony Blake, un joven guapo y sensual, sueña con conseguir su propia discoteca en la zona más elegante de Londres. Entonces conoce a una bella mujer, que le propone que dirija su propio club, a cambio de que él se convierta en su amante. Sin embargo, el persiste en su idea de regentar su negocio.

Cuando Simon no acude a la reunión anual con sus amigos, el Duque de Richleau y Rex Van Ryn comienzan a preocuparse. Pronto descubren que ha ingresado en una secta satánica, cuyo líder es el Duque Mocata, que utiliza a inocentes, a los que lavan el cerebro por medio de hipnosis, y luego sacrifican en honor al diablo. Aunque Richleau está dispuesto a evitar que mueran más inocentes, la tarea a la que tendrá que enfrentarse no será sencilla.

Algo misterioso está ocurriendo en la isla de Fara. Es noviembre y las temperaturas son tan elevadas que el calor ha calcinado campos y hombres. Todo es un caos: el sistema eléctrico está saturado y provoca la caída de las líneas de teléfono y la explosión de los aparatos eléctricos. Ante la aparición en la isla de extrañas criaturas que irradian grandes dosis de calor, la población huye aterrorizada.

Early 1960s realist drama following a day in the lives of two London flatmates. Sylvia Syms and June Ritchie star as Billa and Ginnie, two singletons sharing a London flat who both work as night club hostesses in the same Soho club. Tensions arise when Ginnie becomes romantically entangled with rich married businessman Bob Shelbourne (Edward Judd), causing Billa to become jealous of their relationship.

A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.

Three men arrive in a small town to pull the local bank heist.

When a sedate wife and mother decides her family takes her for granted, she pens a movie script -- and it becomes a hit film. Suddenly faced with instant celebrity, she must choose between being a highly paid author and a middle-class housewife.

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.

The best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays Lieutenant Green, a radar expert in the Royal Navy. One night, whilst under the influence of alcohol, he welds an old pram to the deck of a foreign destroyer for a joke. The next morning, British Intelligence is desperate to know what the enemy’s new weapon is. To cover his tracks, Green calls it the ‘998’. When he is posted to the destroyer to explain about radar techniques, Green soon realizes that his prank has gone too far.

Celebrated crime writer Colin Knowles finds himself at the centre of a baffling real-life mystery when his estranged wife Louie asks for his help. Her new boss has gone missing at his grand country home -- and when his body is found, the hunt is on for a devious and twisted murderer. Sinister letters from London refer to a 'double crime'. Who will be the killer's next victim?

A rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically that he intends to change his will before he dies. Before he can do this, he is murdered. His niece (Gynt), a detective story writer, has to put her theories into practice by solving a real-life murder mystery.

London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.

When a beautiful young artist's model is strangled in her bed, Scotland Yard find themselves with three suspects -- her sinister ex-husband (Elwyn Brook-Jones), a sexually disturbed artist (Ballard Berkeley) and her violent new boyfriend (John Bailey), who is prone to unexplained blackouts.To catch the killer, the police must set a dangerous trap with the aid of a famous sculptress (Hy Hazell).

Aquejado por una grave enfermedad, el profesor Andrew Crocker-Harris se ve obligado a anunciar su retiro de la docencia. Mientras esto sucede, el profesor de química Frank Hunter sigue manteniendo la oculta relación que sostiene con Millie la esposa del veterano profesor, la cual lo vulnera psicológicamente esperanzada en deshacerse de él definitivamente. Profundos sentimientos empezarán a salir a flote y un drama de alto relieve nos abrirá sus puertas.