Hammer Films

Hammer Films prepping witch trial thriller The Daylight Gate

Posted 13 years ago

Hammer Films is getting into the witch trial business, acquiring movie rights to Jeanette Winterson’s novella THE DAYLIGHT GATE, reports Variety. The tale deals with the notorious 1612 Pendle witch trials, during which a dozen people were charged with the...

Hammer Films’ Hands of the Ripper coming to Blu-ray!

Posted 13 years ago

Completely restored in high-definition and uncut for the first time on Blu-ray in the U.S., HANDS OF THE RIPPER is a film widely recognized as one of the most gruesome Hammer horror films ever made – and it's coming home this summer! Synapse...

First one-sheet for Hammer’s The Quiet Ones brings the noise

Posted 13 years ago

It’s hard to not get amped for a new film from Hammer, especially after the classic horror studio rocked our socks with the better-than-expected THE WOMAN IN BLACK, so it’s with great anticipation that we eagerly await news on John...

Hammer Films’ The Quiet Ones Inks U.K. deal; could North American deal be far behind?

Posted 13 years ago

Not to be confused with the Reggie Bannister-starring film of the same name, director John Pogue’s supernatural thriller THE QUIET ONES has just inked a deal with Lionsgate U.K. for the British rights to the film, according to The Hollywood...

Scream Factory to issue Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce & Hammer’s Vampire Lovers on Blu-ray this April

Posted 13 years ago

Scream Factory, the preeminent bastion of cutty horror DVD releases, has just announced two more upcoming genre flicks headed down the lane this April. Take a look… The first flick is LIFEFORCE, the somewhat unheralded 1985 Tobe Hooper sci-fi thriller....