At the end of 1965, Variety previewed Dracula, Prince Of Darkness with a damning faint praise stating that " After a slowish start, some climate of eeriness is evoked but more shadows, suspense and suggestion would have helped. Christopher Lee, an old hand at the horror business, makes a latish appearance but dominates the film enough without dialog."

Philip's here to guide you through this creepy old house while Cev finds the Keys and Adam sits by the fireside.

Will the lads (along with a special guest) beg to differ with Variety? There's only one way to find out...

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Polygamy. What is it and what do we actually know about it? How much of it do we get right?

Ben's here with all the answers that were raised whilst watching "I Only Arsked!".

Well, some of them. Possibly...

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As Hammer are all about that wacky doctor and his constantly failed experiments, Ben's here to to have all the best fun, as far as the rules will allow, with the idea of bringing back the dead...

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Even though The Plague Of The Zombies packs a lot into its story and is considered by many to be a favourite, it is also one of those rare beasts in Hammer horror: the one and done. What will the lads dig up? Will it be just another empty casket?

All will be revealed along with cocktails, a potted history of the undead and giddy new levels of Morell love!

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Hammer Heroes is a semi-regular feature of The House Of Hammer that takes a look behind the curtain of the people that made the studio what it was.

In this particular case, Cev shines a light on one of the studio's more well known luminaries: Jimmy Sangster.

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Sometimes when the House Of Hammer team are looking for something to do a segment, the film in question can provide low hanging fruit. Here's Ben talking about snorkels. There's no prizes for guessing which film this was for...

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The Nanny is something of a landmark film for Hammer. It would be their final monochrome release and their last of 1965.

As such, this feature packed episodes not only examines the film itself but, sinister nannies, where the studio itself would go next and a big fat fanny of a quiz...

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Westminster Abbey features quite prominently in the final act of The Quatermass Xperiment, so Smokey attempts a respective and selective history of a building that's nearly eight centuries old...

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This week's Bites takes a Quick Look at the life of Anthony Forwood, who rightfully earns his Hammer Hero status after his work on Meet Simon Cherry, The Man In Black, The Black Widow, The Gambler And The Lady, Mantrap and Five Days (Paid To Kill).Hear why he walked away from his onscreen career at an early stage of his life in favour of something far more rewarding...

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History! Fights! Oliver Reed! Cleavage!

Throw in some wonderful films and a curry and you have the perfect date night...maybe.


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Hammer has had a ridiculously long list of the finest talents the world has to offer (and Michael Medwin), and one that could literally tower above most of them is Paul Robeson. Here's Adam taking a look at one of early Hollywood's most beloved icons.

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As a tribute to a friend of The House Of Hammer, here's a chance to listen to a conversation between the respected Egyptologist & Cultural Historian, John J. Johnston and Cev. It was much longer and far reaching than could be used in the intended episode about the Mummy itself and covered some of the pet obsessions the both of them often chatted about.


Jan 23rd 1965 - Aug 29th 2025
Vale! John.

It's Philip's turn to take you for a swingin' trip around the house and this, the third Jimmy Sangster/ Freddie Francis collaboration. As such, there's gaslighting, murder, Jazz, Maurice Denham and toucans all getting their beaks around the door here...

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Thanks to watching Never Look Back, Cev's off on a tangent again and this time it sees him looking at the history of the humble English red telephone box and it's surprising place in cultural history.

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What started out as a little extra segment to stick on the end of the upcoming Hysteria episode escalated quickly. So for your listening pleasure, the lads have downed tools and raised glasses to answer some of the burning questions that they've never been asked before...

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With the rather welcome release of the 1953 film, Blood Orange making it's spectacular physical media debut courtesy of Hammer Films, here's a reminder of when Ben was mad enough to have a look to see if there were any other orange films and then discovering a crate full...

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As something of an accompaniment to our recent episode about the return to Blood Island, Smokey's here with his picks of how the Japanese military have been portrayed on film.

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Another first for Hammer, The Secret of Blood Island is their first prequel and Smokey can't wait to dig into that subject and lamps. Elsewhere, Philip looks at some real life spicy spying, Cev tries to hold it together while Adam gets a bit lost...

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Ben wraps his head around the troubling trend of alien invaders wanting to wipe us all out rather than just help out with the shopping.

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With a much in demand rewatch of River Patrol on the way, what better time to revisit the one thing that men would lose their lives over in the movie: Nylons?

Ben takes us all back in history to figure out if they were a thing worth dying over...

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