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Dec 10

Dec 10 The Bloke Down The Pub's Top 5 Hammer Horror Films

List, Hammer Horror, Written Review, Book, Film Review

To celebrate the launch of his book - A Bloke Down the Pub Bangs on About Hammer Horror - We asked The Bloke Down The Pub, our resident Hammer Horror expert, what his Top 5 Hammer Films are.

Apr 25

Apr 25 Die! Die! My Darling! AKA Fanatic

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

Our Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is back and hypothesising just what goes into the development process of a Hammer Film and wishing that Hammer had signed Tallulah Bankhead to a 10 picture deal because of her excellent presence in 1965’s Die! Die! My Darling! AKA Fanatic.

Dec 6

Dec 6 The Man Who Could Cheat Death

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, is back and continuing his desire to talk at you about every single one of the horror titles from Hammer Films. This time round it’s the talky boudoirs of the play based The Man Who Could Cheat Death featuring a cool Christopher Lee.

Jan 25

Jan 25 The Horror of Frankenstein

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

Can you truly enjoy a movie that you objectively know is terrible and can anyone ever really step into Cushing and Lee’s shoes? That’s what our Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is wondering when it comes to 1970’s The Horror of Frankenstein starring Ralph Bates, Kate O’Mara and David Prouse.

Nov 13

Nov 13 Stop Me Before I Kill!

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

The English and the French - boy is there a complicated relationship! It’s one that our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, discusses in his latest review for the 1960 relationship horror, Stop Me Before I Kill!

May 20

May 20 The Old Dark House

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

The Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is embracing the goofy and offering a hand across the ocean to cinematic huckster William Castle and his 1963 collaboration with Hammer, The Old Dark House.

Apr 10

Apr 10 The Snorkel

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

The Bloke Down The Pub, our Hammer Horror fanatic, ruminates on how casting can prove so vitally important to presenting a strong idea well, especially where The Snorkel, from 1958, is concerned.

Mar 22

Mar 22 Four Sided Triangle

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

When we need him most, the Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down The Pub, is back and this time he’s gone back to the beginning, to when Hammer Films took their first tentative steps in to the realm genre film with the 1953’s Sci-Fi effort Four Sided Triangle. What did they learn, what mistakes were made? read on…

Oct 28

Oct 28 Maniac

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, is realising just because you don’t have the best boss doesn’t mean you can’t do good work in Hammer’s 1963 film, Maniac.

Aug 26

Aug 26 The Reptile

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, is back and discussing both the upsides and downsides of the years in which Hammer movies were made versus the present time, especially with how it relates to the lighting in 1966’s The Reptile.

May 16

May 16 These are the Damned

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

The Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub is fascinated by what people had to worry about in the sixties while relishing in the apocalypse, thanks to 1962 film They Are The Damned featuring Oliver Reed.

Apr 17

Apr 17 Interview with J.E.A. Wallace AKA the Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub

Jon Cross

Interview, Audio

Jon Cross sits down with his After Movie Diner Podcast co-host, published poet, friend and recently revealed The Bloke Down The Pub, our Hammer Horror reviewer, J.E.A. Wallace to talk Hammer films, sci-fi poetry, storytelling and creativity.

Jan 28

Jan 28 Dracula AKA The Horror of Dracula

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

For his 50th Hammer Horror review, The Bloke Down The Pub talks about why 1958’s Dracula AKA Horror of Dracula remains the quintessential Hammer film and the benchmark by which all others are measured.
Also we reveal The Bloke Down The Pub’s true identity!!!

Dec 11

Dec 11 The Vampire Lovers

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, sometimes does things a bit backward, like reviewing the first part of “The Karnstein Trilogy “, 1970's The Vampire Lovers, last. Delight as he struggles not to go on and on about bleedin’ Tudor Gates!

Nov 27

Nov 27 Quatermass and the Pit

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

Our resident Hammer fanatic, The Bloke Down the Pub, wrestles with bonkers plot biscuits and the looming spectre of the BBC in his review of 1967’s Quatermass and the Pit AKA Five Million Years to Earth.

Nov 13

Nov 13 The Shadow of the Cat

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

Our Hammer loving Bloke Down The Pub is done with debating whether or not it’s strictly a Hammer film and instead wants to talk about what kind of film 1961’s The Shadow of the Cat is!

Aug 31

Aug 31 The Devil Rides Out

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

The Bloke Down The Pub, our Hammer Horror fanatic, can’t believe anyone, let alone the producer, doesn’t love the Christopher Lee starring The Devil Rides Out from 1968.

Aug 28

Aug 28 Episode 261 - Hammer Horror Month - Vampire Circus

Jon Cross

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Hammer Horror, Film Review

Jon Cross and Jim Wallace, dastardly denizens of the New York City diner, are back discussing one last Hammer Horror film - Vampire Circus from 1972.

Aug 25

Aug 25 When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth

The bloke down the pub

Hammer Horror, Film Review, Written Review

The Bloke Down The Pub, lover of all things Hammer, is asking the big life questions about the J.G. Ballard story and gobble-de-gook, caveman picture When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth from 1970.

Aug 21

Aug 21 Episode 260 - Hammer Horror Month - Scars of Dracula

Jon Cross

The After Movie Diner, Podcast, Hammer Horror, Film Review

Hosts Jim Wallace and Jon Cross discuss bad bat puppets, ill-advised sex comedy, Christopher Lee's mad face and so much more while reviewing Hammer Horror's Scars of Dracula

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Apr 25 Die! Die! My Darling! AKA Fanatic

Dec 6 The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Jan 25 The Horror of Frankenstein

Nov 13 Stop Me Before I Kill!

May 20 The Old Dark House

Apr 10 The Snorkel

Mar 22 Four Sided Triangle

Oct 28 Maniac

Aug 26 The Reptile

May 16 These are the Damned

Apr 17 Interview with J.E.A. Wallace AKA the Hammer Horror loving Bloke Down The Pub

Jan 28 Dracula AKA The Horror of Dracula

Dec 11 The Vampire Lovers

Nov 27 Quatermass and the Pit

Nov 13 The Shadow of the Cat

Aug 31 The Devil Rides Out

Aug 28 Episode 261 - Hammer Horror Month - Vampire Circus

Aug 25 When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth

Aug 21 Episode 260 - Hammer Horror Month - Scars of Dracula