Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A look at Hammer’s progression from a back off in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status within the horror film | dG1fYk9raU80d1hJQWM

Transcript

00:00I'm going to mention one monster.

00:08Problems for Hammer probably started with the Exorcist.

00:14At that point, the real battle started.

00:16A small British film studio, born in the early 1930s, came to define the entire genre of

00:24horror cinema.

00:26We're about to embark on a voyage through the chronicles of Hammer films.

00:31Hammer had titanic problems with the censors.

00:34Now you can see the blood and the blood is going to be red.

00:37In that moment, it's just genius.

00:39This was an enormous breakthrough.

00:40It forced them to be creative.

00:43Exploring the lives of the visionaries behind the scenes.

00:46He was a really good director.

00:47That really was like, ah!

00:49There was one thing he did which enraged everybody.

00:52Michael, no, don't do this.

00:55But he remained undelighted for the rest of his days.

01:00The lasting impact they've had on cinema and culture.

01:04He kept the company alive and enabled all this stuff decades later.

01:09That was impressive.

01:11Those films were made by people who cared.

01:14They loved them.

01:15They made them with great care and attention.

01:18Those films will last forever.

01:19This is the story of the heroes, legends and monsters of Hammer.

01:28His whole life had been Hammer and he didn't want to see it die.