James Needs

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.

When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, Kronos has dedicated his life to destroying the evil pestilence. Once a victim of its diabolical depravity, he knows the vampire's strengths and weaknesses as well as the extreme dangers attached to confronting the potent forces of darkness.

Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

Professor Popper develops a shrinking formula which he and a group of school kids take by accident, ending up trapped in his laboratory. But that's not the only problem that faces the professor and his friends.

Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...

Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.

Hyde Park, Londres, 1872. Uma luta sem tréguas acontece entre Lawrence Van Helsing e seu arquiinimigo, o Conde Drácula. Van Helsing consegue destruir seu inimigo, que vira pó, mas em razão dos ferimentos sofridos acaba morrendo. Alguém pega o anel de Drácula e recolhe um pouco de suas cinzas em uma ampola. Exatamente 100 anos depois alguns jovens, comandados por Johnny Alucard, fazem uma missa negra, sendo que uma das participantes era Jessica Van Helsing, descendente do caçador de vampiros. Como ela quase todos estavam ali de brincadeira, mas quando a cerimônia toma um rumo inesperado a maioria foge e não vê que Johnny ressuscitou Drácula, que imediatamente suga todo o sangue de Laura Bellows, a única do grupo além de Johnny que não partira. Johnny, com prazer, vê o mestre se saciar com sangue de Laura. Drácula agora quer se vingar dos descendentes de Van Helsing, sendo que o único que pode enfrentá-lo é o professor Van Helsing, o avô de Laura, que é um estudioso do assunto

In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, innocent, female victims, ensuring continuation of the bloodstained research. With each transformation Sister Hyde becomes the more dominant personality, determined to eventually suppress the frail, ineffectual Dr Jekyll forever.

O Conde Drácula, o mais cruel vampiro da história, renasce das cinzas, para atormentar os moradores de um pequeno vilarejo da Inglaterra. Um jovem fugitivo da polícia esconde-se no castelo da vampiro sem saber o que o espera. O povo revoltado invade o castelo e tenta destruir o antro de perversão do monstro. Porém, o Príncipe das Trevas está de volta mais terrível do que nunca e dará início a um ritual sádico e perverso em busca de vingança.

In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.

Após gerar pavor na província de Caynemberg, Drácula foi aparentemente eliminado. Um ano após sua "morte" Ernst Muller, um Monsenhor, visita a região e vê que ninguém vai à missa, pois a sombra do castelo cai sobre a igreja e todos sentem a presença do mal, inclusive o padre local. Com isso o Monsenhor, acompanhado pelo padre, parte para exorcizar o castelo. Porém o padre está tão apavorado que não consegue ir até ao castelo, então o Monsenhor continua sozinho e pede que o padre o espere. O pavor do padre era tão grande que ele se assusta com um temporal e cai num pequeno precipício, onde estava o túmulo de Drácula. O padre se feriu na queda e um pouco do sangue vai até os lábios de Drácula, que ressuscita. Paralelamente o Monsenhor lacrou o castelo com uma cruz na porta e foi embora. Ao ver a cruz na porta, Drácula fica cheio de ódio e pergunta ao padre quem fez aquilo. O religioso, apavorado, diz que foi o Monsenhor, então Drácula planeja se vingar dele.

As forças do bem e do mal se enfrentam quando o Duque de Richelieu enfrenta um grupo de satanistas liderado pelo cruel Mocata pela alma de seu amigo. Mocata possui o conhecimento e o poder de invocar as forças da escuridão, enquanto o Duque e seus amigos tentam se proteger e não serem subjugados pelo terror crescente da chegada do "Anjo da Morte".

An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.

Mrs Taggart always celebrates her anniversary with her grown sons. It’s a tradition practised since the death of her husband and she is determined for it to continue. None of her three sons have dared to cross their ruthless domineering mother but this anniversary they intend to try. With cruel and brutal twists, the family get-together becomes a social nightmare beyond endurance.

Um misterioso artefato é descoberto em Londres e o famoso cientista Bernard Quatermass é posto na missão para adivinhar suas origens e explicar seus efeitos estranhos nas pessoas. Ao escavar uma nova linha de metrô em Londres, uma equipe de construção descobre, em primeiro lugar: um esqueleto... então, o que eles acham que seria um míssil alemão velho da II Guerra Mundial. Após um exame mais detalhado, o tal "míssil" não parece ser desta terra! Este filme examina a questão da velhice de como chegamos a ser neste planeta. É surpreendentemente assustador.

Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as the curse that surrounds the tomb begins to come true. One by one the explorers are murdered until one of them discovers the ancient words that have the power to reduce the brutal killer to particles of dust.

Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.

Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his satanic power over the beautiful women who serve at the Tsar's palace. Even the Tsarina herself is seduced by his evil ways and, as his influence begins to dominate government policy, there is only one course of action left... to destroy him before he destroys them all.

Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.

The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.

A young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.

In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.

A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.

An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.

A 1964 British action adventure film from Hammer studios. The Scarlet Blade is set during the english civil war. A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathisers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love triangle with Cavalier Edward Beverly and Roundhead officer Captain Sylvester the stage is set for double crossing and derring do.

O Capitão Collier e sua tripulação são chamados para uma localidade onde há suspeitas de contrabando, porém o local guarda um misterioso segredo nos seus pântanos assombrados por fantasmas que afastam os curiosos de lá.

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.

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.

A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

Após presenciar a morte de sua estimada dona, um gato inofensivo se transforma em um vingativo assassino em busca dos culpados pelo desaparecimento de sua dona.

In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Red Dragon gang, a branch of the evil Chinese secret society of the Tongs, lurk and murder those who oppose to their tyranny, which thrives on vice, crime and the fear of the weakest.

A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son.

Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.

Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted

Two rivals from a German bomb squad are left to deactivate duds in postwar Berlin.

Um artista e cientista centenário em uma Paris de 1890 mantém sua juventude e saúde substituindo periodicamente uma glândula de seu corpo pela de uma pessoa viva.

Peter Cushing é um perfeito Sherlock Holmes e André Morell um perfeito Dr Watson, neste clássico de mistério e terror, que conta também com a interpretação da lenda do horror Christopher Lee. Com envolventes interpretações e cinematografia assustadora, este excelente filme de grande qualidade, vai mantê-lo na expectativa - e ofegante - até à última imagem! Um mal demoníaco esconde-se num manto de névoa nos pântanos que povoam as lendas inglesas. Na forma de um cão infernal, ele alimenta-se da carne dos herdeiros do Palácio dos Baskervilles. Mas antes desta besta selvagem poder ferrar os dentes no novo dono da mansão, tem que colocar as suas malévolas mandíbulas no astuto intelecto do mais poderoso inimigo que alguma vez encontrou - o incomparável Sherlock Holmes.

Embora a polícia tenha chamado a morte de sua mãe como suicídio, uma adolescente acredita que seu padrasto a assassinou.

Jonnathan Harker morre aparentemente vítima de um vampiro. Ao investigar a misteriosa morte do amigo, Van Helsing encontra um diário que incrimina o Conde Drácula. Mas Lucy, a prometida de Harker, também foi atacada por um vampiro. O irmão e a cunhada da moça se unem a Van Helsing para capturar a sanguinária criatura.

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.

O Barão Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) descobre uma maneira de enganar a morte. Para testar sua descoberta, monta um corpo com pedaços de diferentes cadáveres. O resultado é uma criatura sem nome, irracional e sedenta de morte. Ciência ou loucura?"

Brocas radioativas do Exército Britânico em uma remota base escocesa atraem uma entidade subterrânea radioativa, de natureza desconhecida, que desaparece deixando dois soldados gravemente queimados pela radiação... e um profundo buraco na terra. Outras pessoas que encontraram com a "coisa" durante a noite sofrem da mesma forma, e com o aumento da gravidade; parece que a criatura é capaz de "absorver" radiação de qualquer fonte, crescendo mais e mais. O que será isso?? Como você destrói uma coisa que se "alimenta" na energia?

In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a model citizen. When her employer refuses to dissolve her contract, though, they quarrel and she accidentally hits him. He presses charges, claiming she hit him deliberately, and she is convicted and sent to prison. As her fiance is at sea and out of contact, she is terrified he will think she has jilted him when she does not keep a New Year's date. A kindly old convict, Gran', notorious as a prison-breaker, agrees to engineer an escape for Angela...

A primeira espaçonave tripulada, lançada de uma plataforma de lançamento inglesa, some do radar, depois de volta à Terra, cai no campo de um fazendeiro, e é encontrada com apenas um dos três tripulantes. Ele é incapaz de falar, mas parece estar passando por uma metamorfose física e mental torturante.

A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act also results in several murders, a kidnapping, and a poisoning!

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.

Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the police are after him!

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 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.

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

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.

Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.

In this murder mystery, a woman's brother is killed in a freaky accident, or so she believes. Fortunately for her, an American journalist is more suspicious and so begins roaming the London streets in search of the killer.

A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.

Mystery directed by Francis Searle.

The adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset has, unbeknown to her, a fortune stashed in it by her drunken, money-loving husband.

Robert Ayres is driving down a country lane when he comes across someone laying in the middle of the road. Thinking it is someone who has been hit by a car he stops to see if he can help. What he gets for his efforts is a vicious belt to the head from a lead cosh. He is then relieved of his wallet and his car. Several minutes later having somewhat recovered, he staggers to a nearby farmhouse and collapses.

A model’s scheme to murder a millionaire with the intention of inheriting his fortune is uncovered by a police constable.

A man is permanently crippled in a horseback riding accident and then learns that he will soon die. He spends his last few days taking care of his family and trying to get his wife to find another man.

An Earl returns from a tropical island and discovers the daughter of the tribal King has stowed away in his luggage.

In 1904 London, neighbors begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may indeed be the famous Jack the Ripper.

Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.

The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.

Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.