Len Harris

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.

A young man arrives in London from India, but the job promised to him never materializes.

Dos atractivas señoritas viven con su bella tía viuda en una finca boscosa aislada. Las mujeres se han ganado una gran reputación en los pueblos de los alrededores y los hombres de toda la región visitan con frecuencia la pequeña casa rural, con la esperanza de encontrarse con una, o preferiblemente con ambas, de las sobrinas seductoras. Por supuesto, la tía tiene deseos igualmente fuertes y se niega a ser superada. ¡Pronto los tres están ofreciendo a los muchos mensajeros la oportunidad de venir a jugar conmigo!

Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.

A witness to a mob murder hides out in a nightclub dressed in drag.

A group of scientists are kidnapped and taken to an outer space outpost in order to save Earth from destruction.

When a ransom bid results in the death of a child, the police have only one lead – the old lady who witnessed the kidnapper using a public phone box. Though her recollection is vague, she volunteers to act as bait for the killer – telling the press that she had seen the kidnapper's face and she waits for him to attack.

Después de un largo viaje, un piloto espacial vuelve a la Tierra y la encuentra devastada. Con ayuda de algunos supervivientes, pondrá en marcha un plan para derrotar a los robots asesinos que dominan el planeta y restablecer en él la vida

El ex agente de OSS Alan Holiday, que ahora vive en Londres, es visitado en Nochevieja por Catherine Carrel, que dice que es amiga íntima de Jules Lemoine que sirvió con Holiday durante la guerra. Lemoine requiere a Holiday para que vaya urgentemente a París para una misión secreta. (FILMAFFINITY)

In this dark comedy, a Yankee goes to visit a family of British eccentrics to ask for the hand of one of their daughters in marriage. He soon finds himself in the midst of a really odd family. One of them talks like Bela Lugosi, another believes herself to be a vampire, while a third is locked away in a padded cell. Another family member is thrilled when he finally invents a horseless carriage (50 years after Ford), and the family grandfather is found reading Playboy just before he dies. Trouble begins when members of the family begin to be mysteriously murdered. The American suitor must then discover which member of the strange family is in line to inherit the family fortune.

Una familia de brujos del siglo XVII, fueron aniquilados en aquella época por cazadores de brujas, pero juraron volver para vengarse. 300 años después, en la era moderna, aprovechan una situación propicia para regresar de la tumba y utilizarán su poder para vengarse de los descendientes de sus verdugos.

A rich woman who uses meditation to deal with pain is visited by her niece who returns from Paris. The woman can be a handful and one of her employees suggests to her husband that he kill her freeing them both. When an affair starts between the husband and the niece murder becomes a real possibility. However some people won't stay dead.

El Capitan Collier llega a un pueblo costero inglés con la intención de investigar un caso de contrabando. Allí descubre que los lugareños viven asustados por los fantasmas del pantano. Pronto Collier empieza a sospechar que el contrabando, los fantasmas y el enigmático párroco del pueblo, el padre Blyss, forman parte de la misma conspiración...

An honest news agent realizes that his 2 sons are corrupt. When one criminal son is in jail, the other breaks him out to help with a job.

An honest news agent realizes that his 2 sons are corrupt. When one criminal son is in jail, the other breaks him out to help with a job.

Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.

Penny Appleby, una joven a la que un accidente ha dejado en silla de ruedas, decide irse a vivir con su padre, al que no ve desde hace diez años, y con su nueva esposa, pero a su llegada descubre que su padre no está. Con el paso de los días, Penny está cada vez más convencida de que ha muerto, pero nadie la cree, excepto el chófer, y juntos inician una investigación.

En el Hong Kong de 1910 es asesinada la hija de un capitán de un barco británico por miembros de la sociedad Tong del Dragón Rojo. Ante la incapacidad de la policía por dar con la solución, el capitán iniciará una investigación para descubrir a los asesinos de su hija.

Jean Carter, la hija de 11 años de una familia que recién se ha mudado a un pequeño pueblo de Canadá, dice haber sido corrompida por un hombre que le ofreció caramelos. El viejo del que hablaba la niña resulta ser el Sr. Olderberry, abuelo de la familia más antigua, arraigada y poderosa de la ciudad. Aunque los padres están convencidos en denunciar el caso a la policía, el proceso judicial no será tan sencillo como esperaban.

Basada en una obra de Barré Lyndon, en la que previamente ya se inspiró "The Man in Half Moon Street" (1945). Un médico se mantiene joven y lozano gracias a periódicos trasplantes glandulares que ocultan su verdadera edad: 104 años. Pero, para ello, debe ser sacrificado algún que otro jovencito.

Adaptación de una novela del escritor inglés Arthur Conan Doyle. Sobre los Baskerville pesa una maldición que ha traído muerte y desgracias sin cuento a las sucesivas generaciones de la familia. Cuando Sir Charles Baskerville aparece muerto en los páramos, Sherlock Holmes sospecha que el único miembro de la familia que permanece vivo, Sir Henry, será la siguiente víctima, pero no a causa de la maldición, sino debido a la ambición de alguien que saldría muy beneficiado de su muerte. El famoso detective sabe que debe descubrir al asesino antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.

Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post, reporting on enemy movements before the imminent offensive to liberate Tunis. However German infantrymen discover their operations. The ensuing battle for control of this small piece of land will decide who controls Tunis but more critically, the victors in the battle of democracy versus fascism.

El científico John Rollason se une al implacable aventurero Tom Friend en la búsqueda del misterioso yeti. Cuando descubren que la criatura posee una gran inteligencia, la diferencia en la personalidad y la motivación de cada uno de los hombres, provoca un enfrentamiento entre ellos.

En una zona rural, se descubre una fuente de radiación potentísima, y el ejército junto con varios científicos acordonan la zona para investigar las causas de la radiación. Sin embargo, mientras están investigando, algo emerge del subsuelo y empieza a arrasar todo lo que encuentra a su paso, especialmente la energía eléctrica y radioactiva. El equipo de científicos debe ir contrarreloj para detener ese extraño y deforme fenómeno nunca antes visto por el hombre.

A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he's set foot on the path of corruption he is trapped by an ever more complex web of lies and intrigue. A lifetime of personal honour is at stake and we wonder if redemption is possible.

An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.

Inglaterra. 1194. El rey Ricardo Corazón de León está prisionero en Alemania después de luchar en las Cruzadas. Su hermano, el príncipe John, toma el trono en su ausencia. Un hombre aparece asesinado en el bosque de Sherwood y se culpa a Robin Hood. Robin no sólo es inocente sino que la víctima formaba parte de una misión para liberar al rey Ricardo y asegurar su vuelta a Inglaterra. Robin Hood tendrá que luchar por la liberación del rey Ricardo y por demostrar su inocencia.

A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.

When a beautiful girl offers Casey Morrow a lot of money for a mystery job, Morrow doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood perhaps a little more caution should have been exercised. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.

A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he narrows the suspects to four people, but only after surviving poison placed on the mouthpiece of his trumpet!

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.

El científico de cohetes americano Stephen Mitchell (Howard Duff) trabaja para conseguir su objetivo de enviar el primer satélite artificial al espacio. Mientras tanto, Vanessa Mitchell (Cecile Chevreau), su esposa, está manteniendo una aventura con el científico Crenshaw (Andrew Osborn). Poco después de que Mitchell descubra esa relación, el satélite es lanzado antes de lo previsto y a su vez, su esposa y el amante desaparecen. Mitchell es acusado de asesinato y de haber dejado los cadáveres en el satélite. Para probar su inocencia, se ofrece voluntario para ir en busca del satélite.

Un científico diseña una máquina que es capaz de duplicar a las personas, de manera que él y su amigo puedan amar sin ninguna complicación a la misma mujer.

Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan... .to murder her husband.

Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.

A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they must pretend that they're still married.

Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's husband, Christian (Noel Coward), whom she finds arrogant and off-putting ... at first. One evening alone together, romance is set ablaze, leaving Christian with a lot of explaining to do to Barbara.

An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.

A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.

En un país centroeuropeo, el tren Transcontinental Express sufre un gran retraso a causa del mal tiempo. Los pasajeros pernoctan en un pequeño hotel, donde Iris Henderson entabla conversación con una vieja institutriz inglesa, la señora Froy. Poco después de reanudar el viaje, Iris se da cuenta de la desaparición de la anciana, pero los demás pasajeros afirman que su amiga no existe y que ella ha sufrido una alucinación.

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.