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‘Quatermass and the Pit’ Peers into the Dark Nature of Human Evolution
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‘Quatermass and the Pit’ Peers into the Dark Nature of Human Evolution

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 / 19 August 2019

Nigel Kneale's book and screenplay, which Hammer Films made into Quatermass and the Pit, raises many provocative questions regarding the nature of human evolution and the conception of the devil itself.

Who Dares to Enter ‘The House That Dripped Blood’ and the ‘Asylum’?
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Who Dares to Enter ‘The House That Dripped Blood’ and the ‘Asylum’?

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 / 6 August 2019

Amicus Productions provide a smorgasbord of macabre thrills and atmospheric chills with two superior films from their quaint line of quirky portmanteau horror features, The House That Dripped Blood and Asylum.

‘Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde’: Hammer Films in Transition
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‘Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde’: Hammer Films in Transition

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 / 30 October 2018

The legendary horror studio's gender-bending take on Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story epitomized the changing roles of women at Hammer Films.

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Flame Trees of Thika (1981)

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 / 26 May 2005