Huge Hammer Films screening series in NYC this summer!

The British studio that reinvented the horror genre is getting an extensive retrospective in New York City, including a number of 35mm screenings. Read on for the full details!

The Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street) will present “Hammer’s House of Horror Part I: The Classic Years 1956-1967” May 30-June 19. The lineup includes Terence Fisher’s THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HORROR OF DRACULA, the two films that launched Hammer’s bloody-full-color franchises featuring the classic screen creatures, both on 35mm. In fact, 22 of the 32 movies in the series will be in that format; the full lineup is:

• THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (Val Guest, 1957, UK, 91m, 35mm)
• THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (Terence Fisher, 1960, UK, 85m, 35mm)
• THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND (Val Guest, 1958, UK, 82m, 35mm)
• CASH ON DEMAND (Quentin Lawrence, 1961, UK, 89m, 35mm)
• THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Terence Fisher, 1957, UK, 83m, 35mm)
• THE CURSE OF THE MUMMY’S TOMB (Michael Carreras, 1964, UK, 81m, 35mm)
• THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (Terence Fisher, 1961, UK, 93m, DCP)
• THE DAMNED (a.k.a. THESE ARE THE DAMNED; Joseph Losey, 1962, UK, 96m, DCP)
• THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (a.k.a. THE DEVIL’S BRIDE; Terence Fisher, 1968, UK, 95m, 16mm)
• DRACULA: PRINCE OF DARKNESS (Terence Fisher, 1966, UK, 90m, 35mm)
• THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN (Freddie Francis, 1964, UK, 84m, 16mm)
• FANATIC (a.k.a. DIE! DIE! MY DARLING; Silvio Narizzano, 1965, UK, 97m, 35mm)
• FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN (Terence Fisher, 1967, UK, 92m, 35mm)
• THE GORGON (Terence Fisher, 1964, UK, 83m, DCP)
• HORROR OF DRACULA (pictured; Terence Fisher, 1958, UK, 82m, 35mm)
• THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (Terence Fisher, 1959, UK, 87m, 16mm)
• HYSTERIA (Freddie Francis, 1965, UK, 85m, 16mm)
• THE MUMMY (Terence Fisher, 1959, UK, 88m, 35mm)
• THE NANNY (Seth Holt, 1965, UK, 93m, 16mm)
• NEVER TAKE SWEETS FROM A STRANGER (Cyril Frankel, 1960, UK, 91m, 35mm)
• ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. (Don Chaffey, 1966, UK, 100m, DCP)
• THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Terence Fisher, 1962, UK, 84m, 35mm)
• THE PIRATES OF BLOOD RIVER (John Gilling, 1962, UK, 87m, 35mm)
• QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (a.k.a. FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH; Roy Ward Baker, 1967, UK, 98m, 35mm)
• THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT (Val Guest, 1955, UK, 82m, 35mm)
• RASPUTIN: THE MAD MONK (Don Sharp, 1966, UK, 92m, 35mm)
• THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Terence Fisher, 1958, UK, 91m, 35mm)
• THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY (Terence Fisher, 1959, UK, 80m, 35mm)
• TEN SECONDS TO HELL (Robert Aldrich, 1959, UK/US/West Germany, 93m, 35mm)
• THE TWO FACES OF DR. JEKYLL (Terence Fisher, 1960, UK, 88m, 35mm)
• X—THE UNKNOWN (Leslie Norman, 1956, UK, 81m, 16mm)
• YESTERDAY’S ENEMY (Val Guest, 1959, UK, 95m, 35mm)

Part II of the series, covering Hammer’s 1967-76 output (including THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, DR. JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE and FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL) runs in July. The full schedule for Part I will be posted soon at the Quad’s official website.