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HAMMER FILMS is back - making a new original horror film - Right Now! That's Fantastic News!!!

Published at:  Sep 26, 2007 3:36:33 PM CDT

Hey folks, Harry here at Fantastic fest with the most fantastic news I've heard in some time! It looks like HAMMER FILMS is underway again. In the history of Horror - perhaps the single greatest production company for the fantastic... could be leveled at HAMMER FILMS. From Vampires, Werewolves, Frankenstein monsters, Supernatural esoterica, Mummies and more could be found in their pantheon. That Sadie Frost and Ingrid Pitt are going to be in this new production is exciting - and I'm hoping to see this at FANTASTIC FEST 2008 - btw - only 25 VIP BADGES remain for next year's fest! Holy Shit, they're selling faster than hot cakes!!!





Hey Harry,

I am (with all due modesty) a leading authority on Hammer Horror, and wanted to let you know that the first Hammer Film Production since 1979's THE LADY VANISHES is now shooting in London. It's called BEYOND THE RAVE and is a vampire story set in London's rave underground. It stars Sadie Frost, Lucy from BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA and features Ingrid Pitt in a cameo role as a character's mother.

This is big news for us Hammer fans.

Just call me...
Hammerhead


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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:38:20 PM CDT

    Chompy

    by cellar door

    Yes indeed...Hammer horror!!!

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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:39:18 PM CDT

    Christopher Lee?

    by casinoskunk

    tell me he will be back!

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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:41:35 PM CDT

    Please change the title...

    by tonagan

    Sounds like something Troma would produce.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:42:04 PM CDT

    BEYOND THE RAVE???

    by godoffireinhell

    Seriously, what the FUCK? I'd never watch it based on just that atrocious title, let allone what it suggests the movie will be about. Maybe Hammer should stay dead.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:47:10 PM CDT

    When Are We Going to Bring Back Blackula ?

    by kevinwillis.net

    Now, that was some fine cinema.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:48:50 PM CDT

    This is great guys

    by bagheera

    me and my rave buddies are super excited for this film. We're sitting around right now listening to trance and trying to figure out which shade of black to wear to the premiere.

    It would be awesome if the vampires' teeth were glow in the dark

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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:49:11 PM CDT

    Didn't we get enough "updated" vampire

    by skimn

    flicks like those Wes Craven ones from 2000? They should do a period piece with tight bodices and heaving chests. Thats the Hammer we all love..

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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:55:37 PM CDT

    Really fucking happy Hammer's back. Really fucking...

    by cameron1

    pissed off that this is what their first film is going to be.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 3:59:36 PM CDT

    Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires sequel?

    by thenorthlander

    That'd be cool. updated special effects and wire-fu.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:02:36 PM CDT

    Terrible title from the masters of horror films.

    by montypigeon

    Here's hoping that it's not going to be a Carry On film instead of a decent horror. Whoever picked that title should be tortured as we speak.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:13:05 PM CDT

    Racist Time Zone Whores

    by the chalk outline

    WTF is this shit? AICN doesn't have my time zone as an option in the settings? Fuck you guys!

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:13:18 PM CDT

    London's rave underground?

    by rev_skarekroe

    Aren't they about 15 years too late to be topical on that one?

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:14:35 PM CDT

    Sadie Frost

    by ray gamma

    Here in the UK, Sadie Frost is mostly well-known only for being a knickerless skank who is constantly in cheap women's celebrity magazines in photos where she has a white powder of some kind on her nose. I'm not at all sure what it is.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:22:42 PM CDT

    Not a movie

    by shoegeezer

    not at first, anyway. This "project" is going to be released in segments for downloading onto mobile phones - as if the whole concept wasn't lame enough to begin with. Poor Hammer.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:23:37 PM CDT

    A 'Rave' Horror flick 15 years too late...

    by killakane

    and with a shite cast, I mean Sadie Frost c'mon, not exactly the kind of auspicious return of Hammer I'd hoped for.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:27:24 PM CDT

    Slapping the Hammer title on shit means nothing.

    by pervomatic

    They are also selling PC's with the Commodore 64 name slapped on them. It's just a fucking name that tricks you into a nostalgia connection to something that is almost completely unreleated. Of AICN is the perfect place for a PR plant to send an email in like theis because he knows they'll post it. What a crock...

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:29:40 PM CDT

    I don't like to crap on films before I see them

    by thethirdman

    BUT...I'd gladly lay a footlong steamer all over this one.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:35:54 PM CDT

    Hammer Horror..........

    by cleyu

    Hammer Horror is Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Vincent Price..etc.

    You had good actors......that means good movies.

    This shit sounds like a gimmick to trick people into watching a bad movie.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:44:40 PM CDT

    Scream and Scream Again...

    by banditmania

    ...was similar.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:48:55 PM CDT

    Hammer was awesome!

    by petebogs

    glad to hear this, though I hope they don't go PG-13 on us... back in the day they could always be depended upon for bush and brutality...

    I heard a few years back Hammer might remake some of its own films... that seems timely now... but if they do, I hope they don't do the originals injustice... please Hammer, don't hurt 'em...

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  • Sep 26, 2007 4:58:14 PM CDT

    Is it 1998?

    by potsmokinalien

    throw in some virtual reality to the premise too while you're at it please. hey and maybe there can be a scene where a girl is on ecstasy and thinks a vampire biting her neck feels really good, and then she's all 'oh shit it's a vampire'. also an amusing scene in which a vampire sucks the liquid out of a glow stick for some reason, and then in the next scene he is glowing in the dark and he becomes the life of the party.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:02:48 PM CDT

    Am I the only horror fan who never got into Hammer?

    by thecontinentalop

    I own like 400 horror DVD, but the only Hammer I have is Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires. They look great and they have great stars, but they're just too genteel to interest me. I appreciate their place in horror history and the influence they had, but to me, they're just a placeholder between the giant bug movies of the fifties and the sleazy exploitation of the seventies. Anybody agree?

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:03:32 PM CDT

    Dracula AD 2007.........

    by cleyu

    Sounds better.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:08:11 PM CDT

    If I had a Hammer

    by purple prole

    It'd be making better sounding films than that. I'd love to see Hammer back producing films again but I hope they'd be of a higher quality than that. What makes it worse is you know the title came first, and then the story idea followed. Because nobody today would think "I'm going to make a film set in the rave scene. With vampires. If only I had a title that'd fit" By the way, is this site planning on being the only one not reporting on the latest 'State Of Play' casting? Helen Mirren and Rachel McAdams are in it. Dame Mirren taking on the role that Bill Nighy played in the BBC series. Which although wasn't my original choice (of Bill Nighy) I do think it's an outstanding call.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:13:38 PM CDT

    I LOVE the old Hammer films

    by snookeroo

    But the thing that made them unique was the way they pushed boundaries and took a new twist on the old Universal characters. I'm not sure what a "new" Hammer studios could do that would break new ground again, as they did back in the late fifties, sixties, etc. Hammer holds a special place in time, but they are as much a product of that era as anything else. I always get a warm fuzzy when I watch "Horror of Dracula" -- it reminds me of a great period of my childhood. However, sad as it is, "you can't go home again". I really don't think lighting will strike twice in the same place.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:15:08 PM CDT

    OK, maybe..

    by alfred_packer

    If it has lots of carriages, day for night, muttonchops by the bushel, and cleavage. Ingrid Pitt is nice coup, brings almost as much street cred as Lee. I do agree with the poster above, Sleepy Hollow is probably the best "modern" version of the gothic Hammer films. They should find a place for Lee though, if he would do it, Ive been waiting for news of his next appearance after bumming on his character getting axed from Sweeney. Lets hope this works better than Dark Castle's attempts (though I admit there are some guilty pleasure moments in those films).

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:32:19 PM CDT

    I liked Sadie so much in Dracula

    by cherryvalance

    that I don't really know if I'd want to see her revampire. Anywho, not being a huge horror fan I did generally enjoy the Hammer films. I liked their style. It'd be cool if that style came back.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:37:54 PM CDT

    Don't pander to the kiddies, Hammer

    by deathbird

    If anyone were to return horror to its romantic roots, it'd be Hammer. Poe adaptations, not vampire rave flicks, should be the order of the day.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:41:29 PM CDT

    You can't touch this!

    by russman

    Oh, wrong Hammer... never heard of this company. Is there stuff like B movie stuff?

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:43:47 PM CDT

    Hammer rental recommendations, anyone?

    by deathbird

    I've got room for five more horror films on my Netflix account 'til Halloween. I'd appreciate five damn good Hammer recommendations, if anyone could help. Thanks.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:45:01 PM CDT

    Warner Brothers owns the Hammer titles.

    by uncapie

    Interesting...

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  • Sep 26, 2007 5:45:40 PM CDT

    Hammer's Done

    by batlash

    Sorry, but Hammer is done. The studio lives on in the movies that are available on DVD. Anything from a NEW company calling themselves "Hammer" just isn't the real thing.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 6:05:08 PM CDT

    satanic rites of dracula...

    by rawhead ralf

    ...aka count dracula and his vampire bride: great vampire action, sexy vamps, chris lee and peter cushing in their final drac film. hammer should get tim burton to direct one for them. his headless horseman picture captured the gothic hammer feel brilliantly...
    www.callumhouston.com

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  • Sep 26, 2007 6:12:26 PM CDT

    Ouch.

    by tourist

    Hammer is dead before they even reluanched. Beyond...The...Rave? This sounds almost as awesome as Snakes On A Train or Flight Of The Living Dead. And that cast! Woo Hoo! They are breaking the bank on hiring quality never rans. Oh, and fuck knows we don't have enough Vampire flicks featuring Alt culture euro trash angsty fagosaurs already. And what a release platform! Directo to mobile phones! In Chunks! Sounds positively chavtastic.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 6:49:58 PM CDT

    Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter-part deux!

    by theghostofleemarvin

    FFS Hammer, show that hack Sommers how it should be done...and get Caroline Munro back on screen.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 6:53:04 PM CDT

    deathbird, try these:

    by torture pwn1

    1) THE DEVIL RIDES OUT 2) QUATERMASS & THE PIT 3)HORROR OF DRACULA 4) CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN 5) THE VAMPIRE LOVERS

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  • Sep 26, 2007 6:53:20 PM CDT

    DeathBird-Here's Your Five

    by theghostofleemarvin

    Dracula
    The Damned
    The Devil Rides Out (Christopher Lee, fantastic)
    Curse Of The Werewolf
    and Captain Kronos (spliff smoking, samurai sword wielding, with a hunchback and Ms Munro in tow.Good times).

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  • Sep 26, 2007 6:54:43 PM CDT

    Deathbird..Hammer Reccomendations

    by alfred_packer

    Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, Horror of Dracula, The Vampire Lovers, Lust For A Vampire, The Hound of The Baskervilles, To The Devil A Daughter.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 6:56:23 PM CDT

    Hammer Films is back! And Kurt Russell laughed.

    by jfp2007

    I looked over and knew it to be true.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 6:59:13 PM CDT

    ..and Dracula AD 1972 for yucks..

    by alfred_packer

    Johnny Alucard [shoulder jab], Get It? I thinks its got Munro in it too. Very "Doctooorrrrr Acula"

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  • Sep 26, 2007 7:17:17 PM CDT

    Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em!

    by alex de large

    What's sad is that this is my first ever post after reading for 10 years, and I wasted it on that stupid pun. Purple Prole already took the best one anyway.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 7:19:57 PM CDT

    Vampires + Rave =

    by boggycreekbeast

    ZZzzzZZZZzzzzz...
    And I grew up on the Hammer flix. This is simply sad to read.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 8:01:24 PM CDT

    BoggyCreekBeast..

    by nolan bautista

    ..so did I..lets give them a chance..you beast you!!

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  • Sep 26, 2007 8:28:05 PM CDT

    Whatever, you all know it will just be HINO.

    by polyh3dron

  • Sep 26, 2007 8:29:15 PM CDT

    Valerie Leon in "Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" - HAWTNESSS

    by polyh3dron

    super super hot.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 8:38:34 PM CDT

    Hammer "on" the God's

    by proton45

    I'm a little weary of the title "BEYOND THE RAVE" it sounds as if it could be a parody of "British B movies"...all though the Hammer films of yor have frequently had a "tongue and cheek" playfulness to them I think it would be a mistake for "Hammer" to go down the "B movie" road.

    I could be wrong, but it seems to me that the average fan of the "Hammer" horror genera is a somewhat "mature" horror fan,and some of the "older" members of the audience may "get" the "homage" to those beloved horror films however the younger audience may find the premis of which the homage is based "stupid"...

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  • Sep 26, 2007 8:53:21 PM CDT

    HINO!!!!

    by seph_j

    HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO HINO

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  • Sep 26, 2007 8:54:36 PM CDT

    Damn you MCMLXXVI

    by seph_j

    Damn you MCMLXXVI

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  • Sep 26, 2007 9:03:53 PM CDT

    nolan...

    by boggycreekbeast

    ...I really wanna give 'em a chance, but I see more Dracula 3000 than Terence Fisher's Dracula from this description.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 9:28:46 PM CDT

    Sounds like The House That Dripped Crud

    by mr incredible

    Can we please do something more interesting than vampires? Somebody should put vampire movies on the "not hot" list.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 9:56:46 PM CDT

    Love Hammer, hate this idea

    by hktelemacher

    Amicus too, but come on - even Tigon's output was better than a bullshit vampire rave flick. Jimmy Sangster and Roy Ward Baker are both still alive -- why can't they godfather something Hammer for the new millennium?

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  • Sep 26, 2007 10:08:13 PM CDT

    HINO for sure. And bring back Quatermass

    by kabong

    as a nerdy TEEN.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 10:46:24 PM CDT

    U Can't Touch This (Dooo-doo-doo-doo! Doo-doo! Doo-doo)

    by mrmysteryguest

    Mah-mah-mah music hits so hard/Makes me say, "Oh, My Lawd!/Thank you for blessin' me/With a mind to rhyme/And two hyped feet!" (It could have been worse: I could have written the lyrics to "Humps and A Bump!") ;P

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  • Sep 26, 2007 10:52:54 PM CDT

    Oh, all right! "Humps and a Bump! Humps and a Bump!"

    by mrmysteryguest

    Just kidding! :P

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  • Sep 26, 2007 11:00:00 PM CDT

    Oops! It's actually "Pumps & a Bump! Pumps & A Bump!"

    by mrmysteryguest

    I'm a moron! :O

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  • Sep 26, 2007 11:05:22 PM CDT

    the fragrant sadie frost

    by vicious_bastard

    I'd give her a right good hammering. Blimey - I "followed through" while writing that and had to dash to the toilet. Hammer still has the power to make me shit my pants, albeit indirectly.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 11:06:52 PM CDT

    Vamp raves...meh.

    by anna valerious

    For one thing, that's going to be the theme of a haunted house in Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando. I think I'd rather see a remake of "Vampire Circus", hopefully getting Robin Sachs (Who was in the original but known as Ethan in the Buffy series) to make an appearance.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 11:26:33 PM CDT

    Yippie Ky Yay

    by purgatori

    Reading this I think i just wet myself.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 11:43:06 PM CDT

    Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter

    by prossor

    this little 1974 hammer entry NEEDED to have more sequels with kronos, his hunchback partner professor grost taking on a new evil through napoleonic europe each movie like a horror james bond. the original is an awesome mix of spaghetti western, horror, and samurai movies (on the commentary clemens even mentions kurosawa). was a good detective movie too, trying to figure out what was turning women into old hags. good atmosphere, and that creepy english countryside.

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  • Sep 26, 2007 11:55:01 PM CDT

    Very HAPPY but,,,,

    by gatack

    I'm very happy about this news but uh, I get the feeling this will air Saturday Night on the scifi channel... and that's not a good thing.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:00:44 AM CDT

    vampires + raves = a losing hand for the dealer

    by doctor_sin

    Hammer films only work when set in the 19th century.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:03:17 AM CDT

    Now lets revive American International Pictures!

    by paul t. ryan

    And Cannon! And Empire! And Monogram dammit!

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:08:54 AM CDT

    Sadie Frost naked?

    by walkingtoaster

    If I remember correctly those 1970s Hammer movies very often featured excessive nudity. I wonder if they will do it again in these day's.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:17:54 AM CDT

    Dracula wears a big Cat in the Hat hat and glowsticks

    by vern

    God damn Harry, this story had me until the word rave. You probaly should've started with a disclaimer "WARNING: This story will get you excited about Hammer movies but then it will turn out to be about some fucking garbage like those so-called Return of the Living Dead sequels they release every four months."
    I agree with whoever said they should do a sequel to Captain Cronos. But by "they" I mean not whoever came up with this rave concept, even though they probaly said it as a joke.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:25:20 AM CDT

    Alex De Large, you bastard!

    by docpazuzu

    You beat me to it!

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:41:11 AM CDT

    BoggyCreekBeast..

    by nolan bautista

    I hope not..and the names Terence Fischer and Dracula used in the same sentence is something i haven't heard in a long time..a long time..

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:42:16 AM CDT

    BoggyCreekBeast..

    by nolan bautista

    I hope not..and the names Terence Fischer and Dracula used in the same sentence is something i haven't heard in a long time..a long time..

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:52:53 AM CDT

    Double posting..

    by nolan bautista

    ..is something i havent done in a long time..a long time..

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  • Sep 27, 2007 2:03:32 AM CDT

    Cool

    by cuervojones

    Cleavage, please!

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  • Sep 27, 2007 2:08:03 AM CDT

    hktelemacher, a noble idea, but sadly...

    by uncapie

    ...the powers that are in control don't know who those great men are. They have no history of film and are mediorce bean counters as well.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 2:49:35 AM CDT

    Sounds like they going the horror comedy route...

    by boba fat

    Topical too, I mean rave culture is only about 20 years old. Mind you Sade Frost must be about 40 so it all evens out. Not holding out much hope for this one.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 3:08:16 AM CDT

    Fuck sadie frost

    by lost jarv

    useless, talentless coke whore. I saw her on a sunday morning in a pub in Belsize Park clearly off her tits. She should just fuck off, count her alimony and promise never to darken the screen again. This makes me sad because I love hammer.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 3:09:09 AM CDT

    And-

    by lost jarv

    London's rave underground? fuck off with that lameness too. At least Sadie Frost has a good understanding of drug culture.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 3:19:27 AM CDT

    It aint Hammer...

    by sledge hammer

    Hammer is dead, Hammer is done, it's part if cinema history. All this is is some suits with money buying the Hammer brand name to plaster on whatever cheapie dtv shit they're making as a marketing gimmick. But the word Hammer, and a pissy cameo role for Ingrid Pitt does not a Hammer film make, not a true Hammer film anyway. The fact that, as far as I'm aware, none of the original stable of Hammer talent is in any way invlolved (though admittendly many have since died/retired), and that anything I've heard out of those involved with New Hammer has been spewed in predictable bite sized soundbites ala "Yes, we love Hammer. We love horror. We want to bring the magic back." bs.I mean hey, I'd love to believe that we might see a return of the Hammer age of horror, but honestly, I think most of us realise that this is nothing but a marketing ploy.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 4:38:58 AM CDT

    Hammer = lots of cleavage

    by cuervojones

    Gotta love Twins of evil

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  • Sep 27, 2007 5:07:25 AM CDT

    On the sound track

    by jackrabbitslim

    will include the latest tracks from Njoi, The Shamen, SL2, The KLF, A Homeboy a Hippy and a Funky Dred, The House Crew, Sonz of a Loop da Loop Era and a remake of the uber-classic "A Trip to Trumpton." Hardcore - you know the score...

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  • Sep 27, 2007 7:46:01 AM CDT

    Paul T. Ryan!

    by nolan bautista

    ..ditto on that American International resurection idea!! I love me some "War Gods of the Deep" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Valdemar"

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  • Sep 27, 2007 7:47:10 AM CDT

    Don't remake 'Hell House'...

    by genre_boy

    It's the Everest of haunted house movies – not enough people have discovered it and the new Hammer probably doesn't have enough money of genius to do it properly. (Joel Silver and Warner's tried and failed with 1999's 'The Haunting', so we don't need to go through *that* again...)
    Quatermass might be fair game, though. Only one film in that series – 'Quatermass and the Pit' – is worth anything, and even that could use an updating. However, that too, might require some deep pockets

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  • Sep 27, 2007 7:53:57 AM CDT

    No, BAD GENRE_BOY, BAD

    by lost jarv

    If they are going to remake anything- do The Beast Must Die.personally, I'd rather they just made original films

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  • Sep 27, 2007 7:57:59 AM CDT

    Ingrid Pitt...

    by docpazuzu

    ...made me feel funny in my pants when I was a kid.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 7:59:19 AM CDT

    and as an adult

    by lost jarv

  • Sep 27, 2007 8:03:14 AM CDT

    Hammer Time!

    by classyfredblassy

    They had a film with a chick who was half-snake and had big fangs, and another one with a chick with snakes in her hair, like Medusa.
    What were those films called? "Dracula has risen from the grave" was one of my favorites.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 8:17:41 AM CDT

    And 'The House on Haunted Hill'...

    by genre_boy

    My bad – 'Haunted Hill' was Joel Silver, 'Haunting' was DreamWorks but the results were poor in both cases. Roddy McDowell without prosthetic ape-makeup in the '70's kicks major ass. He was John Simm before John Simm existed.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 8:47:33 AM CDT

    Id like to paraphrase a quote from Chris Farley

    by boyblue

    Ahem, If your goona use Hammer films as a Guarantee of quality and profitability, why dont you take a crap put it in a box and slap your guarantee onto it, hell I have a lot of spare time if you want me to crap in some box's, just give me a cut of the profit!

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  • Sep 27, 2007 8:50:48 AM CDT

    Are these the films with the gratuitous 70s cleavage?

    by scrumdiddly

    Awesome. What was that one with the naughty/nice twins, and one was a vamp, and .. uh, one wasn't? Except maybe she was? They had game, if you know what I mean.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 8:52:42 AM CDT

    Genre_boy

    by tiki-421

    "House on Haunted Hill" was a remake of "House on Haunted Hill". "The Haunting" was a remake of the "Haunting". "Hell House" has nothing to do with either one. By the way, I beg to differ about "the everest of haunted house movies" it can only be the original "The Haunting".

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  • Sep 27, 2007 9:24:45 AM CDT

    the time is ripe for a return of Hammer

    by lost jarv

    what with the upswing in quality British Horror- why not bring back the most famous British Horror Studio?

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  • Sep 27, 2007 11:27:47 AM CDT

    Instead of sucking blood, they suck on ringpops...

    by jacksonspole

    and paint each other with flourescent body oils. this is a bad idea. raves are deader than hammer films. and, no one is gonna be caught undead at a film called, beyond the rave. wow. love that hammer is back. but, they need to rethink this...

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  • Sep 27, 2007 12:04:44 PM CDT

    It takes more than having Hammer Films in your title.

    by riskebiz

    Hammer had a look and feel to it. They ought to consider that when making this film. The soundtrack was key in the character of the film, for one. If this comes off like many of the low-budget/straight to DVD horror that is out there, then Hammer means nothing. Hammer means high quality horror to me.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 12:44:36 PM CDT

    Rave culture?

    by deadpanwalking

    Is this a period piece or is it coming out 10 years ago?

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:03:35 PM CDT

    Ingrid Pitt!!!!!!!!

    by the central scrutinizer

    Ingrid Pitt was the hottest thing on two legs back in the day. Don't believe me? Check out The Countess Dracula/The Vampire Lovers DVD double feature. She's naked all through The Vampire Lovers!

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:05:44 PM CDT

    How about The Ring?

    by shan

    That was one of the few decent remakes of a horror film.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:14:00 PM CDT

    Women's hair

    by frank rook

    Watching the Hammer movies recently, I've come to the conclusion that women of the past had superior hairstyles. Long, sculpted, and luxurious. Today's women have completely boring and unattractive hair. Short (relatively), straight, and boring. The dog's dinner. I'm so tired of seeing ponytalis and flip flops everywhere too.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 1:18:19 PM CDT

    And men aren't any better

    by frank rook

    The average dressed Hammer horror male makes the supposed well dressed man of today look like scum.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 2:19:10 PM CDT

    Get Edgar Wright involved

    by montypigeon

    Also Pegg, Frost and even Coogan. They all love the Hammer films and their input would be priceless. Britain has the acting talent that far outweighs the capability of people like Sadie Frost. You only have to look at the "Dont" trailer, it shows that they get the look and feel of these films. They don't have to make them comedies, they could turn Hammer into a monster force for British film once again.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 2:31:38 PM CDT

    This is going to stink like an old corpse!!

    by football

    Just WTF are these people thinking? Gotta agree with most of the posts about which direction these "new" Hammer movies should be going in. As Shoddywood is remaking movies all the time why doesn't this Hamfisted studio start revisiting the most popular back catalogue titles, namely the Gothic ones? Kronos is a great suggestion. I'm afraid these dopeheads have just bought the Hammer name and don't have the same creativity as the old masters did. If they continue green-lighting crap like this they'll soon be selling the name to someone else. Hopefully they'll know what to do with the studio!!

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  • Sep 27, 2007 2:43:56 PM CDT

    Poor Sadie

    by capt. rhodes

    Ms Frost getting a lot of stick... whatever u think bout her, poor girl's only in the damn thing for about 10 minutes (according to a mate of mine who was an extra) and she doesn't even have any lines...! Hasn't she suffered enough being married to Jude Law n'all ...?! ;-)

    "You want me to salute that pile of walking pus? Salute my ass!"

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  • Sep 27, 2007 3:29:11 PM CDT

    Right on PROSSOR

    by seniorspeilbergio

    That's exactly what I was thinking. Captain Kronos is the bomb.It was obviously made with franchise potential in mind. On the commentary the director talks about the fact that the word KRONOS means time and that had they made sequels, each one would have taken place in a different time period with a kind of "reincarnation" of the main character. I would love to see a Kronos sequel (or hell, even a prequel. Who's to say the original film was the first incarnation of the character?) taking place in victorian France or WW 2 London. Either way, good news they're back on the playing field but scary at the same time considering the current state of film. The timing might be a little off.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 10:58:00 PM CDT

    This is a reason NOT to make it rave themed...

    by anna valerious

    Switzerland's entry in the EuroVision Song Contest for '07, DJ Bobo's "Vampires Are Alive". http://tinyurl.com/27arkq In truth, it DOES sound like it was cut from "Tanz Der Vampyr". With good reason.

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  • Sep 27, 2007 11:08:56 PM CDT

    Hammer legacy tainted

    by welsh12uk

    The Legacy of Hammer will be tainted unless they cast Clint Eastwood. Hmm maybe not

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  • Sep 28, 2007 3:15:48 AM CDT

    No Shan, No

    by lost jarv

    The Ring remake was a horrid butchering of the original. Just crap despite Naomi Watts.I don't feel sorry for coke whore frost in the slightest. Talentess fucking twat.

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  • Dec 06, 2007 7:53:27 AM CST

    Website!!!

    by darktimes

    Check out Beyondtherave.com.

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