The Legend of Hammer Vampires Part 1
Donald Fearney's 'The Legend of Hammer Vampires' Documentary Part One of Three.
LEGEND OF HAMMER VAMPIRES covers the whole history of Hammer films vampire classics...and some not so classic! From their first box office smash in 1958, with 'DRACULA / HORROR OF DRACULA' with Christopher Lee donning the cloak, through to the many Dracula sequels, to the spin off's of the Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu inspired 'The Vampire Lovers' with Ingrid Pitt, to the Karnstein trilogy, with 'Twins of Evil' with Peter Cushing, 'Lust for a Vampire' with Yutte Stensgaard, Ralph Bates and Mike Raven,. Other vampire entries get full coverage too like 'Vampire Circus' and the terrific, 'Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter'. The whole story is here, lavishly illustrated with rare production stills, interviews with the actors and directors, telling behind the scenes tales of how these Hammer Horrors were made. The Legend of Hammer vampires was Donald Fearney's first Hammer films documentary and the first time the whole story had been told, by the actors and people who were there. Christopher Lee, Caroline Munro, Jimmy Sangster, Christopher Matthews, Tudor Gates and many more relive the years, and share the tales. 'The Legend of Hammer Vampires' is still available commercially and sells on ebay, but we are very grateful, with Donald Fearney's blessing to present it here at the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society KZread account, for you to view yourself, for free! Please remember to subscribe to our youtube account, give us a thumbs up if you enjoyed the documentary, leave us a comment too.
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Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Gary Oldman, and Kiefer Sutherland are true vampire actors. Sorry Edward you are not good enough.
@carolkewley7410
6 жыл бұрын
Let's all forget Tedward...
@cripplehawk
6 жыл бұрын
Max Schreck (Nosferatu Symphony of Horror) and Klaus Kinski (Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night) was pretty good too
@storytellingsnek5255
3 жыл бұрын
Apparently, Dracula was more handsome in sunlight? So I won't begrudge them that liberty they took with that.. It was a risk and it flopped (imo) but a good what if.
I was born in 1973 and was a kid when these were aired on repeat and had to beg and grovel to my mam to let me watch these way past my bedtime (9pm every single night lol) on the odd occasion she would let me and i savoured every moment then ran to my room terrified and hid under my blanket scared senseless, and will cherish the hammer films forever because of the amazing memories burnt into my mind ❤
@theblackboxclub
11 ай бұрын
I think your connection and memories to these films, is very much a very similar situation shared by thousands..myself included, Retro 🙂 -marcus
Chris Lee will ALWAYS BE the BEST Dracula.
@9ner4ever34
6 жыл бұрын
You said it !!! 👐😀
@joeyadams3763
5 жыл бұрын
They said , he had the fewest lines outa, anyone in the films, Cause he DIDN'T need to He, those movies SCARED you, with SUSPENSE !!!! NOT with all the Gore, & 500 GALLONS of Fake Blood... Lee was is the BEST @ Dracula, hands down...
A very well put together Hammer Films documentary.
Love Hammer, love Peter Cushing, love Christopher Lee.Hammmer was new horror ,perfect for a young boy growing up in the 70s.
@julioalcaraz5417
Жыл бұрын
I’m one of them
@user-fs4bj1yb9p
9 ай бұрын
Non ne nascono più talenti , così.Purtroppo e finita quella generazione.👍🥃🚬🦇⚰️🪦📽️
@lsusanna3
4 ай бұрын
Perfect for the girls too. 😁
I've just gotten thru watching every Hammer Christopher Lee, Cushing movie. I miss the naivete of those times.
@theblackboxclub
9 ай бұрын
sooo what are your top three?
@virginiagrundman4012
9 ай бұрын
@@theblackboxclub don't have favorites, probably the Dracula pairings.
I especially love the Christopher Lee Dracula films, i have since i was 6 (i'm 41 now). My favourite is Dracula Has Risen From The Grave, with AD 1972 a close second.
@9ner4ever34
2 жыл бұрын
Wow!!!🤗
Christopher Lee...will be for the best actor who played Dracula...his height, his face, his presence and personality gives him a character that no successor could have...HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO FEARED THE SPECTATOR..UNSURPASSED..
Thank you so much for the upload❤remembering each and everyone from childhood. Thank you for keeping Hammer alive❤👏⚰🥀
@9ner4ever34
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!🤗
"horror of dracula" terrified me as a child. ye gads.
Interesting documentary.
Hammer used atmosphere so much over actual blood and gore. It was very subtly done to great affect! 😮
Hammer Films had everything! Hot women, comedy, horror, and violence.
@thebrazilianatlantis165
3 жыл бұрын
And melodrama. Which goes right back to gothic novels.
@9ner4ever34
2 жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣
@lsusanna3
4 ай бұрын
Better, it had castles & mist & forests & thunderstorms.
#1 Sir Christopher Lee, #2. Frank Langella, #3. Bela Lugosi, David Peel did a fantastic job in the Brides of Dracula.....were among the best. 😀
@thebrazilianatlantis165
3 жыл бұрын
Louis Jourdan.
@of1300
3 жыл бұрын
For me Langella is first. The grown up version.
@lyndoncmp5751
2 жыл бұрын
O F Not for me. Langella played him like a romantic playboy. Miscast. No threat, no presence. Just not a scary vampire count.
@9ner4ever34
2 жыл бұрын
@@lyndoncmp5751 well... I respect your honesty... be blessed. 🤗🙏🏼
@9ner4ever34
2 жыл бұрын
@@of1300 ... #2 isn't bad... but you have great taste!🧛♂️.. blah! blah! blah!🤣😂
NICE VIDEO
Like these old movies 😊😊😊😊
Hammer all ways made the best horror it's star's are all on top from British is best in my view 🇬🇧🇬🇧
I have the entire collection of seven Dracula movies starring Lee. Must say they are the best among all Dracula films. The only one that comes anywhere near is Frank Langella starrer.
@theblackboxclub
10 ай бұрын
Yes am a fan of all the Hammer Dracs and Frankenstein's... Langella too. Have you eve read his autobiography? Reccomended..
It's really nice to see this - a pity it's distorted. It looks like a 16:9 production squashed to 4:3 aspect ratio.
"Jennifer Daniel had a huge muff." .......TMI, bro.
They should remake this
m Brooks_" ?podrias subir estas clasicas de peter cushing y Cristophe Lee con subtitulo en espanol? ya me suscribi
@theblackboxclub
7 жыл бұрын
Hola Si tuviera el tiempo me encantaría! Pero eso sería un gran trabajo
@vladdracula1631
7 жыл бұрын
Que?
Edward De Souza is just narrating. He is not supposed to be considered a vampire actor. He happens to be one of the few actors left from Hammer. He was also in the best vampire film that did not have Lee or Cushing, Kiss of the Vampire.
Oliver Reed was an awesome vampire!
@thebeatcreeper
7 жыл бұрын
I don't recall him ever playing a Vampire?
@theblackboxclub
7 жыл бұрын
He was a werewolf, in Hammer films, 'The Curse of the Werewolf' in 1961, Ithila. But I don't think he played a vampire on the screen...
@punilux62
7 жыл бұрын
not a vampire
@valmirmarquesdasilva
6 жыл бұрын
Werewolf you mean..
sweet
Cynthia I agree.
Keenan Mackenzie here New Line Cinema Cinemark 5 CALLED Productions
@theblackboxclub
4 жыл бұрын
Would you like to explain, what you said there???
2:25 is when it starts.
@theblackboxclub
4 жыл бұрын
Yup... but if you skip the beginning... you miss seeing actor John Cater, who played the fabulous Grost in the Hammer film 'Captain Kronos : Vampire Hunter' , Superintendent Waverley in both 'The Abominable Dr Phibes' AND 'Dr Phibes Rises Again' . . and Donald Fearney, the director of this documentary, both playing Hammer-ques grave robbers!
Max Shreck (Scariest 🦇 ever) Bela Lagosi (Most Iconic 🦇 ever) Christopher Lee (Best 🦇 ever) All the rest are either ok or just 🗑️
@sargonixofur1234
10 ай бұрын
Gary Oldman was was a good Dracula too. Most unique.