The World of Hammer — Season 1, Episode 12: Hammer
Documentary • 25 min • 1 season, 13 episodes • ★ 6.7/10
Episode synopsis
Hammer Films is one of the most famous independent British film production companies as well as one of the most successful. Its output continues to inspire many of the genre films made today and many of the cinema's foremost directors. Films included: The Camp on Blood Island (1958) / Cloudburst (1951) / The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) / Dracula (1958) / Holiday on the Buses (1973) / Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) / One Million Years B.C. (1966) / The Plague of the Zombies (1965) / The Nanny (1965) / Quatermass 2 (1957) / Quatermass and the Pit (1967) / The Steel Bayonet (1857) / That's Your Funeral (1972).
About The World of Hammer
The World of Hammer is a thirteen-part British documentary series created and written by Robert and Ashley Sidaway for Channel 4. Initially broadcast from 12 August to 4 November 1994, the series is narrated by English actor and frequent Hammer collaborator Oliver Reed.