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As the female lead we cast Judy Geeson, who had starred in 10 RILLINGTON PLACE and, as the heavy, Joan Collins in her pre-soap days, and she hadn’t worked in some time. This was just as well because we’d never have gotten her for the money we were able to offer.”

We persuaded Peter Cushing to come back to work. He was still gentle and considerate and sharp as a razor when he needed to be.

From Jimmy Sangster’s memoir DO YOU WANT IT GOOD OR TUESDAY? FROM HAMMER FILMS TO HOLLYWOOD: “We cast FEAR IN THE NIGHT pretty strongly with Ralph Bates in the lead.

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Peter Cushing had been cast in the part of Giles Barton, but his wife Helen became very ill just about then and he begged off. So Harry Fine and Michael Styles, the producers, checked with James Carreras who gave them the go-ahead to take Terry’s place and Ralph Bates to take Peter’s.”

From Jimmy Sangster’s memoir DO YOU WANT IT GOOD OR TUESDAY? FROM HAMMER FILMS TO HOLLYWOOD: “Terry Fisher had been hired to do LUST FOR A VAMPIRE, but he took sick and really wasn’t up to it.

Kier-La Janisse Moves Her Spectacular Optical Label Into Distribution Spectacular Optical, the indie publishing imprint of Canadian genre veteran Kier-La Janisse, has expanded its remit to include distribution.

The first slate of titles Includes new restorations of Waris Hussein’s MELODY (1971), Bert Deling’s PURE SHIT (1975) and Andrew Horn’s DOOMED LOVE (1984), plus BAFTA Award Winning Documentarian Christopher Morris’ A YEAR IN A FIELD (2023) and More.

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KIER-LA JANISSE EXPANDS HER SPECTACULAR OPTICAL LABEL INTO DISTRIBUTION! @deadline.com

EXCLUSIVE: The new label curated by @kierlajanisse.bsky.social will focus on Landscape and Design, Music and Counterculture, and Experimental Genre Works.

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Ralph Bates became a very good friend and later asked me to be godfather to his son William. The crew were wonderful. Some directors believe that unless the set is rife with fear and tension the end result won’t be any good. Personally, I think that’s a load of bullsh*t.”

From Jimmy Sangster’s memoir DO YOU WANT IT GOOD OR TUESDAY? FROM HAMMER FILMS TO HOLLYWOOD: “I have to admit here that I have never had such an enjoyable time as I did during the six weeks were shooting HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN. I loved every minute of it.

MY FLEAPIT, MY PALACE WITH DAVID MCGILLIVRAY || EPISODE 1 YouTube video by Severin Films / Intervision Picture Corp.

Take your seat. Our feature presentation is about to begin.

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From Piccadilly Circus and ‘The Dirty Square Mile’ of Soho to Palmers Green and Wood Green, these are the tales behind the palaces, fleapits, cinema clubs and suburban screens that shaped McG’s life, career and singular worldview.

takes us on a tour of selected London movie houses as they were then and are now:

In this premiere episode, actor, producer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist David McGillivray (HOUSE OF WHIPCORD, FRIGHTMARE, SATAN’S SLAVE, Doing Rude Things: The History of the British Sex Film, Little Did You Know: The Confessions of David McGillivray)

The only experiences as formative as the movies that made us are the cinemas we saw them in. Severin Films welcomes you to MY FLEAPIT, MY PALACE, an international exploration with friends, colleagues and icons through the movie theaters and moviegoing adventures of their youth.

In our Worldwide Disc Premiere of this award-winning documentary, Dominic & Justin Hardy explore the complicated legacy of their father and his film, as well their own lifelong traumas as CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN.

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However, this unusual, personal film has a fresh angle and is in the end very moving and affecting – even if none of the key makers of the original movie come out of it particularly well.”

CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN (2024) TRAILER YouTube video by Severin Films / Intervision Picture Corp.

“If any film has been squeezed dry by previous making-ofs, retrospectives, reissues, disc extras and general merch,” says Kim Newman, “it’s the blessed WICKER MAN.

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including a Bonus Disc with new documentaries on Sangster, Bates, Collins, Sapphic Blood Suckers and more — in our 7 Disc SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER Collection, now available for pre-order at The Severin Webstore.

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Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, Joan Collins and Peter Cushing star in this favorite of Sangster’s (and several of Team Sev, too), now donning black gloves for its North American UHD Premiere — on 3 discs with 8 hours of Special Features,

SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER: FEAR IN THE NIGHT (1972) TRAILER YouTube video by Severin Films / Intervision Picture Corp.

The third and final feature directed by Jimmy Sangster is a sly nod to DIABOLIQUE, a deft reworking of his earlier Hammer script for SCREAM OF FEAR and masterfully influenced by the burgeoning giallo genre:

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Sangster Directs Hammer [7-Disc Box Set: (3) 4K UHD + (4) Blu-ray + Book] “THE MARK THAT JIMMY SANGSTER LEFT ON THE GENRE IS DEEPER THAN ANY VAMPIRE’S BITE.”Screen Anarchy THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERESOF 3 CLASSIC FILMS ON 7 DISCSWITH AN ALL-NEW 312-PAGE BOOK AND 19 COMB...

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Yutte Stensgaard, Ralph Bates and Mike Raven star in this bloody/sexy classic, soon disrobing for its North American UHD Premiere — on 2 discs with 5+ hours of Special Features — in our 7 Disc SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER Collection, now available for pre-order at The Severin Webstore.

LUST FOR A VAMPIRE (1971) TRAILER YouTube video by Severin Films / Intervision Picture Corp.

The second feature directed by Jimmy Sangster is also the second film in Hammer’s unofficial ‘Karnstein Trilogy’, which introduced an overt sapphic dimension to the traditional vampire mythos.

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Sangster Directs Hammer [7-Disc Box Set: (3) 4K UHD + (4) Blu-ray + Book] “THE MARK THAT JIMMY SANGSTER LEFT ON THE GENRE IS DEEPER THAN ANY VAMPIRE’S BITE.”Screen Anarchy THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERESOF 3 CLASSIC FILMS ON 7 DISCSWITH AN ALL-NEW 312-PAGE BOOK AND 19 COMB...

currently gathering fresh body parts for its North American UHD Premiere — on 2 discs with 5+ hours of Special Features — in our 7 Disc SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER Collection, now available for pre-order at The Severin Webstore.

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Ralph Bates, Veronica Carlson and Dave ‘Darth Vader’ Prowse star in Jimmy Sangster’s cheeky/grisly directorial debut,

SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER: THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN (1970) TRAILER YouTube video by Severin Films / Intervision Picture Corp.

The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film says, “Before Warhol/Morrissey’s FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN and Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, there was Hammer’s HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN.”

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Sangster Directs Hammer [7-Disc Box Set: (3) 4K UHD + (4) Blu-ray + Book] “THE MARK THAT JIMMY SANGSTER LEFT ON THE GENRE IS DEEPER THAN ANY VAMPIRE’S BITE.”Screen Anarchy THE NORTH AMERICAN UHD PREMIERESOF 3 CLASSIC FILMS ON 7 DISCSWITH AN ALL-NEW 312-PAGE BOOK AND 19 COMB...

It’s just one more reason why our 7-disc SANGSTER DIRECTS HAMMER Collection — with 3 UHD Premieres, 18+ hours of Special Features and a new 312-page book — is The Most Exceptional Hammer Collection Ever Released in North America!

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