Hammer Studios has already existed for decades when they experienced a sudden jolt of success with their one-two punch of the Curse of Frankenstein and the Horror of Dracula. These 2 films aside from being grounded by two men who would become a legendary pairing in the realm of fantastic film, had amazingly lurid color…
Hammer House of Directors Presents: John Gilling and Roy Ward Baker
In another installment exploring the films of UK’s famous Hammer Studios, we will take a look at two more of directors who were fairly frequent collaborators with Hammer Productions, John Gilling and Roy Ward Baker. John Gilling John Gilling began his career in the late ‘40s directing, like many of his contemporaries, a series of…