A look at Hammer’s progression from a back off in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status within the horror film | dG1fYk9raU80d1hJQWM
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00:00I'm going to mention one monster.
00:08Problems for Hammer probably started with the Exorcist.
00:14At that point, the real battle started.
00:16A small British film studio, born in the early 1930s, came to define the entire genre of
00:24horror cinema.
00:26We're about to embark on a voyage through the chronicles of Hammer films.
00:31Hammer had titanic problems with the censors.
00:34Now you can see the blood and the blood is going to be red.
00:37In that moment, it's just genius.
00:39This was an enormous breakthrough.
00:40It forced them to be creative.
00:43Exploring the lives of the visionaries behind the scenes.
00:46He was a really good director.
00:47That really was like, ah!
00:49There was one thing he did which enraged everybody.
00:52Michael, no, don't do this.
00:55But he remained undelighted for the rest of his days.
01:00The lasting impact they've had on cinema and culture.
01:04He kept the company alive and enabled all this stuff decades later.
01:09That was impressive.
01:11Those films were made by people who cared.
01:14They loved them.
01:15They made them with great care and attention.
01:18Those films will last forever.
01:19This is the story of the heroes, legends and monsters of Hammer.
01:28His whole life had been Hammer and he didn't want to see it die.