Scars of Dracula
Our Hammer Horror loving 'The bloke down the pub' has finally answered the riddle behind Dracula AD72 and found it buried in 1970's Scars of Dracula.
Lust for a Vampire
Our, usually, Hammer Horror loving 'The bloke down the pub' is disappointed with Tudor Gates torpedoing Hammer's legacy in the face with the boob-tipped, badly assembled missile that is 1971's Lust For A Vampire.
Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde
Our friendly, neighbourhood 'bloke down the pub' marvels at all the unexpected but jolly good ideas in Hammer's 1971 gender bending horror Doctor Jekyll and Sister Hyde.
The Abominable Snowman
Our Hammer Horror loving 'The bloke down the pub' is examining the limits of man's abilities and sanity in 1957's The Abominable Snowman.
X The Unknown
In our continuing series of articles 'The bloke down the pub' is marvelling at the tentative steps Hammer took to become the Hammer Horror we know and love today in 1956's X-The Unknown.
Scream of Fear
Our Hammer Horror loving 'bloke down the pub' is enthralled by sound in 1961's claustrophobic Scream of Fear.
Frankenstein Created Woman
Our Hammer loving 'bloke down the pub' is ignoring all those nagging questions in his head and learning to just enjoy 1967's Frankenstein Created Woman.
Dracula: Prince of Darkness
In our continuing series of articles 'The bloke down the pub' tells us all about his favourite Hammer Horror films. In his eighteenth review he's wondering just what are the perks of being Dracula's butler, if any, in 1966's Dracula Prince of Darkness.
Hands of the Ripper
The 'bloke down the pub' is finding that you can't always tell good from bad in 1971's, Hands of the Ripper.
The Evil of Frankenstein
Our favourite 'bloke down the pub' is finding that Frankenstein's memory might not be all that it's cracked up to be in the 1964's, Peter Cushing starring The Evil of Frankenstein.
The Plague of the Zombies
Our good old 'bloke down the pub' is finding a rather British metaphor among the hordes of walking dead in his review of The Plague of the Zombies.
The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires
In our continuing series of articles 'The bloke down the pub' tells us all about his favourite Hammer Horror films. In his thirteenth review he's praising the lunacy of ol' Pete Cushing's swan song as that most indomitable of vampire hunters, Van Helsing in The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires.
Night Creatures/Captain Clegg
The Bloke Down the Pub is thanking himself that he watched 1962's Night Creatures/Captain Clegg for more than five minutes and again, singing the praises of Peter Cushing!
The Curse of the Werewolf
The Bloke Down the Pub finds the tragedy and beauty in Oliver Reed as the wolf-man in 1961's The Curse of the Werewolf.
The Brides of Dracula
The Bloke Down the Pub waxes rhapsodic about Peter Cushing as the quintessential cinematic Van Helsing in 1960's Brides of Dracula.
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb
This week the Bloke Down The Pub gets controversial as he questions everything about the Hammer movie The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb but especially aims his sights at the writer/director.
Kiss of the Vampire
This week, our contemplative Hammer Horror fan, 'The Bloke Down The Pub' is talking about 1963's Kiss of the Vampire, and is wondering why he can't spend more time getting drunk with the Satan raising vampire hunter...
The Phantom of the Opera
This week, our contemplative Hammer Horror fan, 'The Bloke Down The Pub' is talking about 1962's The Phantom of the Opera, starring Herbert Lom and the nature of comeuppance.