Make that *THE* KISS OF THE VAMPIRE although the theatrical release poster omitted the definite article. You are correct in that it is a good story, well written, acted with conviction, excellent photography using Eastmancolour with atmosphere and immaculately accurate periodic tailoring but it should not be watched alone, especially at nighttime. It is doubtful that the altar boy would have run away instead of staying with the priest during the funeral at the beginning (3:17) as courage has always been a prerequisite for being a ministrant.
Hammer movies had that dark gothic horror that's unbeatable . No scatty teenagers driving fast cars , no boring repetitive story lines, no excess gore . Just good acting and suspense.
I pay for sky movies and Netflix, yet, I still find myself searching for the old British horror movies all the time. We all aspire to as elegant as the brilliant British.
I don't have a TV licence OR Netflix or Sky Movies. All I need is RUclips, some comedy and the entire history of movies from around the world (from the silent era to around, let's say, 2012?) on bluray and DVD. That'll do me till I die.
old school vampire movie flicks are always the best ones to watch because they capture the true essence of what it takes to create a classic example of what it means to truly say the word horror in excellent pictures .
"KISS OF THE VAMPIRE", a Hammer horror production of 1963, is one of the best Dracula/vampire related films I have ever watched, and by now I have watched upwards of 30, including NOSFERATU, the Bela Lugosi 1931 film, and many others. Even color does not interfere with the menacing surroundings, the ravenous and bloothirsty Ravener family. Count Ravener is memorably and smoothly evil without trying. The mask ball sequence is superb, reminded me of Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT. The sole down side is that the ending is clipped, perhaps something can be done about it, Otherwise, my deep gratitude for this experience and for sharing this film.
Frank Langella's Dracula from 1979 has long been a fav of mine. That voice & those dark eyes...much more seductive than this droll misty blue eyed version.
Nothing better than English Gothic Horror in my book ! Great sets and locations great acting and good looking hammer babes. At 56 I still love these as much as when I was 10 year old kid ~
I have a question. I can't figure out the name of this movie that I saw at work. The plot was a young girl dancing for her new hubby and the big celebration of their wedding. Next is a huge wind comes about and the lady dies. The next scene is the graveyard and a huge gust of wind and her coffee opens and then she wakes up. It's something of Devil- can't remember the first of the title.
Gosh these horror films remind me of my childhood. Simply the best and damn good acting and suspense! Besides a few good action films and documentaries made recently, I find myself watching films from the 1930's(even earlier) into the early 2000's.
They sure don't make them like they use to anymore...those were the days. Thank you Hammer Films for the memories and it was a fun watching your films with popcorn and beverage in the dark.
This movie and lot of the Hammer horror movies knew how to scare the life out of me. I grew up in 60s and 70s enjoying these great films. I love Hammer movies. They knew how to put the fear in people without vulgar language and nudity. I miss these kinds of movies. There was suspense as well as class, elegance and style. Good acting and a good storyline is what makes a movie.
The class, the style, the ambiance of a Hammer Horror movie is simply unmatched. No big budget CGI or outlandish special effects. Just really good acting coupled with good story telling and great settings. The suspense builds not from gore but from good story telling.
You are right. If any of this was or is part of our reality it would be exactly like this, eerie, subtle, suspensful and genuinely terrifying. Hammer captured all the moods perfectly, like the Universal horror pics.
These old classics are The Best. Always Charming characters, like the elderly inkeeper, with a heart of gold, to steal your heart. Such good old humor: "My wife is a good woman; but a cook? .. Huh, ho." The magical Eerieness in the predictable, but thrilling plot. I wish we still had this in our generation.
I remember this one from my childhood. My mom (RIP🧡) used to take me to see these Hammer movies on Saturdays at a local movie theatre. A Hammer vampire movie sans Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee but worth every minute. I especially remember everyone running from the grave in the beginning, the white-robed vampires, and the incantation to destroy them at the end.
They don't make films like this anymore. I love the clipped English accent 'Oh Gerald do try not to be long'. No bad language or nudity just a good movie. Lovely.
soslothful Yes, we've all turned into morons that need a constant stream of violence, nudity and profanity to keep our attention. The dialogue and atmosphere are the quality in this film.
"No bad language or nudity" If you don't like nudity watch the Hammers that are from before 1970. There are tons. (Some got pretty gruesome; there's a rape scene in one of the 1969 ones.) If you do like nudity several of the Hammers from 1970-1972 are in quite the same grand style but added it, such as The Vampire Lovers and Twins of Evil. IIRC Hammer didn't add cursing even into the late '70s when they went out of business.
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963), aka Kiss of Evil, Hammer Film Productions. Director: Don Sharp Write/Producer: Anthony Hinds Starring: Edward de Souza, Jennifer Daniel, Clifford Evans, Barry Warren, Noel Willman.
Love the old horrors.....with their gothic atmospheric charm, uncomplicated storytelling,...done with a warmth and honesty,.that's sadly lost in so many modern day chillers....miss those wonderful times
Hammer cranked out low-budget movies and some were terrific and some were lousy. I can recommend Curse Of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Created Woman, and Horror Of Frankenstein all of their pre-1970 vampire movies and Taste The Blood Of Dracula, The Vampire Lovers, Lust For A Vampire, Countess Dracula, and Vampire Circus Blood From The Mummy's Tomb The Two Faces Of Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde The Devil Rides Out Taste Of Fear Die! Die! My Darling! Vengeance Of She Sword Of Sherwood Forest
Oh How I miss these old Vampyre movies. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, & Vincent Price. The Creature Features on the Sunday Matinee for $1.50. Sometimes, the movies machine man would throw in an extra movie. Buying the wax vampire teeth at the theater before the movies. No cellphones or talking. People were actually quiet in the theater. Remember those days/evenings? *Thanks For The Upload!
Michael Dust early 60's. God how I miss it. Men were men, women were women, and bullies got a punch in the nose, and you got slapped for getting "fresh".
Hammer filled my teenage Saturday afternoon Horror-Feasts with my mother and sister in the living room with the enjoyment of horror and film history. They certainly do not make them like this or this good anymore. I would love to see what Hammer could have done if they had the budgets and technology we have today.
Brilliant opening scene....very original ... a shovel as a stake ... the shooting.. Karl's piano playing.....one of the top gems form Hammer. Very underrated as "the two legend" actors not in this movie. One of my favourites along with Vampire Circus.
"You stay in the open car in the middle of Transylvania, with its wolves, bears, bandits, and vampires. You'll be perfectly safe." Good old tacky Hammer Films!
Great film, still love it. I do love when the husband says to the wife, " Stay in the car, you'll be quite safe." It's an open top car, with no way of locking herself in. 🤣🤣🤣
The thing about classic old horror and monsters, as Martin Landau's ageing Lugosi said in 'Ed Wood', is that they are mythic: you may think it's corny and the effects ropey, and the acting unnatural but they have their roots in ancient fairy stories and folk tales and real humans respond to them from their subconscious. They are part of the dream life of our species. These stories should be something even a robust child could watch, and be thrilled, and also enchanted by the weird beauty of old stories.
These are the uses of enchantment to beguile and teach. They are mysterious, deeply reflective and cautionary. Wierd and evil things happen even when we are good. Count your blessings!
Remember when movies didn't have fantastic special effects and shocking sex and violence , the hammer movies are rich in quality and entertain without being vile or disturbing ahh the good ole days.
LOL...when the Hammer movies were originally released, they WERE considered disturbing and shocking. In that "good old days" era, they were considered crude and vile, and were criticized for being too gory and too sexy. The British Board of Film Classification required cuts from even the firsts of the Hammer's horror series, "Curse of Frankenstein" (1957) and "Horror of Dracula" (1958) for release in the UK. Sure, since we've become accustomed to even more violence and sex in the subsequent sixty years (I'm age 62, by the way), those early films seem tame -- but they struck the audiences of that era as very violent, sexual, and gruesome. What people remember as "the good ol' days" exist only in we humans' short-and-selective memories, typically filtered through how we as naive, unaware children perceived the world around us then. But to the adults living during the era, those days were not "good". I've been a fan of Hammer's Dracula and vampire films since I was about ten years old. I still find them very entertaining
Thanks for the memories . love the stylish old gothic hammer films. Not to mention the ambiance most of them set. Hollywood today is nothing but jump scares using same old rehashed formulas. And of course over used CGI when ever they get a chance. Ashame most people laugh at these old horror classics. They r clueless. These r what horror. Was in its purest form. Thx again
Good old fashioned flick! I'm sure it's just me being a typical old man, but nowadays, horror movies tend to be horrible in a very unscary kind of way.
Murry Witzel No, you are so right. It is since the 1980s, and then I was seventeen. So... nothing with old or so. My Mother brought me up watching those films with her. I enjoyed it so much! And yes, it WAS frightful to watch! And then everything changed. We were so disappointed the first two or three films, and then we had to accept everything had changed. It vacate just nasty. I am so thankful for the Internet now, and only wished she could still be here with me, we would enjoy it together like back then. I miss her every day, and this is such a moment, zoo. But it makes me happy to read your comment. You sound like a friend :) Best wishes, dear!
Oh sooo true, I really miss the old horror movies!!!! Especially the vampire and werewolf movies, my favorite is Bellowing part 1, and Enterveiw with a vampire, those were the good ones, it took my breath when I saw them turning into werewoles, it looked so real, scared the shit out of me!!! I really miss the old scary movies!!!!
That's because the young idiot's now a days that write and direct etc. have no clue. They lack plot for one, romance comedy etc..It's just sex, shock value and idiot stuff. They even twisted and destroyed monster mythes and replaced it with power ranger-ninja turtle dumb assery that has nothing to do with the actual monsters etc..
@@jaxonmoon9815 Yes, there is...it’s “anemoia”...nostalgia for a time you’ve never known. There’s a video about it on the RUclips channel, ‘Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.’ He hasn’t uploaded for awhile, but he has some very poignant, profound videos there if you care to check it out.
Hello, by any chance, have you ever watched a vampire movie which is the white chubby guy attends college and there he met the girl who accepted him as a vampire?
THANK YOU for sharing this!! I absolutely adore older movies. I'm a genuine Hammer Horror fan although as I've gotten older I've been lucky to see other movies from Hammer that I didn't even know existed. And then, there are some older, horror movies that I remember a few of the scenes to but don't know the title of. It was tough being a kid fighting your sleep trying to be an "adult" on Saturday nights. These were movies that mattered. *sigh* 😞😞😞
C J-The Ice Princess I'm 60 and been a horror/syfy fan all my life. My library is stocked with mainly older horror films. I spend a lot of time of You Tube or Amazon Prime looking for 50s & 60s scary movies. Even though I have this one on a Hammer set I have never watched it.
Lucas McCain 58 here ! I used to be allowed to stay up late on Saturday nights ( UK ) when I was a youngster , rest of the family went to bed . I was allowed to stay up to watch the ' Don't watch alone ' series , an oldie horror film followed by a more modern one . Wonderful times 😂😘
I remember as a child watching one where some people came into a old town and couldn't get out and ended up in a church with vampires out side so would love to know what this movie was
When he rammed the shovel into the coffin and folks took off running, it was like somebody shouted, "Funeral's over, everybody back to my place. Time to get plastered!"
The quiet quality of these old horror gothic films allows the deep down curdle of fear to be felt, unlike today's horror movies, which are basically gimmick teenie bopper action films. The over the top noisy saturation of sound, effects, and slickly produced business while sometimes overtly scary don't have the essence of an unyielding taste of the more seriously felt subtle vapor of horror that never goes away after the monster is killed.
You’ve gotta love Hammer Horror films. The acclaimed and beloved British singer Kate Bush, who grew up mesmerized by the Hammer films and ventured out to see them every chance she got, was so enthralled with the artistry and passion breathed into each film, that she decided to pay tribute to the films by writing and recording a song about it. Just in time for Halloween, 1978, Kate Bush’s spooky little ode "Hammer Horror" was released as the first single from her second album “Lionheart” on October 27, 1978. Sadly, it wasn’t well-received by mainstream audiences, but you can bet your last pint of blood Hammer Horror fans ate it up. 😉 The video for the song is here on RUclips.
Yes, good English, You don't need captions to understand what they say. No swearing just good old fun. Can't say I care much for young vampire like Guard Dog says. teenagers with dental issues and dietary quirks
If i was s writer about vampires I would like to have British actors to play the roles of thede characters These movies will be endless classic and will never be forgotten Thank you Hammer Productions.
Yet its usually TRUE i'm NOT talking about todays Action films i'm talking Horror,Hollywood re-makes movies that is useless to me the Originals shouldn't be tampered with produce NEW films from New scripts. The older English/Italian Horror films along with Hollywoods (Rosemary's Baby,The Mephisto Waltz,Texas Chainsaw & Last House On Left -Independant Films- were good horror from here,they outshine the New stuff,a slasher film is just gore & blood,i want a Horror film that literally frightens the audience. DM (Pgh,PA.)
These are sets which would have been used in multiple films, if you ever watch The brides of Dracula 1960 and Dracula Prince of Darkness 1966 you can see both castle dining rooms are the same basic design. Hammer had to operate on small budgets so sets got reused
The scenario is very high quality , like the rooms , furniture , light fixtures , piano , etc . wow !! even the hotel is immaculate !! and the velvet clothes . Thanks for uploading .
God i miss the drive in so much . What a great place to see a movie . The food was great and it was cheap . I always had a good time at the drive in movie double features :D
Some great ‘bat action’ towards the end of the movie. I’ve not seen this Hammer entry before, but it’s generally pretty good, with some different ideas compared to other movies in the same genre. Many thanks for posting.
Return viewing 3 years on, super happy it's still up here. So many great moments... Like being the only Hammer film other than Devil Rides Out to reference the Key of Solomon (though I don't remember it requiring the use of mushy green peas to invoke Belzebub, lol)... And what a fantastic intro scene its got it all, wind, bells, crows, burial, vampire and dayglo tomato sauce. Brilliant.
@@lyndoncmp5751 I agree! I meant cheesy in the nicest sense of the word! Sorry-didn't mean to offend. Hammer has a place in my heart!! Happy Halloween all!!🎃🔮⚰🕯🛸💖💀👻👽🕸🕷🧛♂️🩸
At least we know now from Hammer films to accept invitations from strangers to castles in Transylvania; they've performed a real public service in that regard.
I miss the Hammer versions of Carmilla - I'm sure there were at least three. They were the best vampire movies of all, I thought. But that was then. Now I'm in my seventies and very much a fan of three really superb vampire films made in recent years: in ascending order they are Only Lovers Left Alive (directed by Jim Jarmusch) Let the Right One In (in Swedish) and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (in Farsi). They don't make me love the old Hammer films any less, they just add a whole new archetypal layer of enjoyment.
@Don Taylor I was crazy about Down By Law but have not seen anything else by Jarmusch. That title "Let the Right One In" is stellar lol. And a vampire movie IN FARSI? They all sound very intriguing. TFS
I also love Only Lovers and Let me in or Let the Right One in (I liked both) I hadn't heard of the last one though! Gonna check that out! Thanks! I also love Near Dark. From 87.
@@cattycorner8 It's been 9 months so you've probably seen it by now. Hope you liked it. The director, Anna Lily Amirpour, had never been in Iran but apparently she was fluent in her parents' native Farsi. She was fresh out of school and filmed it near the town where she went to college. That's her dad's Thunderbird in the movie.
saw this at around 10 years old...scared the crap outta me. in those days you paid .75 cents to see a slew of hammer films. found this opening shocking as hell.....slept with the light on until a few years ago....and im 60 now ..lol
The name of this movie is “Kiss Of The Vampire” (1963). It stars Clifford Evans. Just like all other Hammer Films horrors, this is a good one.
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thanx...i'll give er a go...
The older movies are the best I think.
Make that *THE* KISS OF THE VAMPIRE although the theatrical release poster omitted the definite article. You are correct in that it is a good story, well written, acted with conviction, excellent photography using Eastmancolour with atmosphere and immaculately accurate periodic tailoring but it should not be watched alone, especially at nighttime. It is doubtful that the altar boy would have run away instead of staying with the priest during the funeral at the beginning (3:17) as courage has always been a prerequisite for being a ministrant.
@@stacynapier2899 you are so right
Hammer movies had that dark gothic horror that's unbeatable . No scatty teenagers driving fast cars , no boring repetitive story lines, no excess gore . Just good acting and suspense.
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Excelente fotografía e imagen.
And none of the stupid cheap jump scares that characterize 90% of modern “horror”.
my sentiments exactly
I pay for sky movies and Netflix, yet, I still find myself searching for the old British horror movies all the time. We all aspire to as elegant as the brilliant British.
I don't have a TV licence OR Netflix or Sky Movies. All I need is RUclips, some comedy and the entire history of movies from around the world (from the silent era to around, let's say, 2012?) on bluray and DVD. That'll do me till I die.
Many are called , few are chosen .
thank you.
So true.
Tubi tv has great old classic black and white and the full hammer thriller series
I very much like these old movies. The beautiful clothes, the politeness, it’s such a pleasure to watch .
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The atmospheres! Nothing looks like this anymore
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Nothing can compare. just something about them. they never loss there appeal.
old school vampire movie flicks are always the best ones to watch because they capture the true essence of what it takes to create a classic example of what it means to truly say the word horror in excellent pictures .
The real essence of horror is that attempt at a sentence. Of what it means of what it means of what it means of what it means.
@@VelvetMetrolink lmao, indeed!
"KISS OF THE VAMPIRE", a Hammer horror production of 1963, is one of the best Dracula/vampire related films I have ever watched, and by now I have watched upwards of 30, including NOSFERATU, the Bela Lugosi 1931 film, and many others. Even color does not interfere with the menacing surroundings, the ravenous and bloothirsty Ravener family. Count Ravener is memorably and smoothly evil without trying. The mask ball sequence is superb, reminded me of Stanley Kubrick's EYES WIDE SHUT. The sole down side is that the ending is clipped, perhaps something can be done about it, Otherwise, my deep gratitude for this experience and for sharing this film.
Asertivo análisis cinematográfico .
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The song about Bela Lugosis dead is fantastic!
Frank Langella's Dracula from 1979 has long been a fav of mine. That voice & those dark eyes...much more seductive than this droll misty blue eyed version.
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Nothing better than English Gothic Horror in my book ! Great sets and locations great acting and good looking hammer babes. At 56 I still love these as much as when I was 10 year old kid ~
I have a question. I can't figure out the name of this movie that I saw at work. The plot was a young girl dancing for her new hubby and the big celebration of their wedding. Next is a huge wind comes about and the lady dies. The next scene is the graveyard and a huge gust of wind and her coffee opens and then she wakes up. It's something of Devil- can't remember the first of the title.
Gosh these horror films remind me of my childhood. Simply the best and damn good acting and suspense! Besides a few good action films and documentaries made recently, I find myself watching films from the 1930's(even earlier) into the early 2000's.
They sure don't make them like they use to anymore...those were the days. Thank you Hammer Films for the memories and it was a fun watching your films with popcorn and beverage in the dark.
This movie and lot of the Hammer horror movies knew how to scare the life out of me. I grew up in 60s and 70s enjoying these great films. I love Hammer movies. They knew how to put the fear in people without vulgar language and nudity. I miss these kinds of movies. There was suspense as well as class, elegance and style. Good acting and a good storyline is what makes a movie.
I just love the theartatrics of these old movies and the clothing. A good clean movie. Ah those were the days.
The class, the style, the ambiance of a Hammer Horror movie is simply unmatched. No big budget CGI or outlandish special effects. Just really good acting coupled with good story telling and great settings. The suspense builds not from gore but from good story telling.
You are right. If any of this was or is part of our reality it would be exactly like this, eerie, subtle, suspensful and genuinely terrifying. Hammer captured all the moods perfectly, like the Universal horror pics.
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave is especially visually excellent.
'AmbiEnce'. Not 'ambiance'. You are thinking of 'ambulance'.
Under paid acting I may add.
Such polite and proper vampires. No F bombs. Just clean horror and bad hair styles lol. Love it!
Hairstyles when you had to go to the beauty parlor to have your hair done.
I like the hairstyles
Yes we had bad hair back then...but great at the time lol
These old classics are The Best.
Always Charming characters, like the elderly inkeeper, with a heart of gold, to steal your heart.
Such good old humor: "My wife is a good woman; but a cook? .. Huh, ho."
The magical Eerieness in the predictable, but thrilling plot.
I wish we still had this in our generation.
Johann Farmann : That eldely sweetheart innkeeper didn't have decency to warn young couple about Dr Ravnor.
I remember this one from my childhood. My mom (RIP🧡) used to take me to see these Hammer movies on Saturdays at a local movie theatre. A Hammer vampire movie sans Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee but worth every minute. I especially remember everyone running from the grave in the beginning, the white-robed vampires, and the incantation to destroy them at the end.
@@lia-dy3mr Yes they are. ❤️
Saturday afternoon triple feature : one western / action, one outer space, & one OF THESE
These films are masterpieces! Bless your heart for posting jewels like this. Long live the Hammer films!
They don't make films like this anymore. I love the clipped English accent 'Oh Gerald do try not to be long'. No bad language or nudity just a good movie. Lovely.
There may be a good reason they don't make movies like this any more. It was rubbish.
soslothful Yes, we've all turned into morons that need a constant stream of violence, nudity and profanity to keep our attention. The dialogue and atmosphere are the quality in this film.
ZS 15 what? I still speak like that!
@@scrappydoogal804 me too. But iam British and 50
"No bad language or nudity" If you don't like nudity watch the Hammers that are from before 1970. There are tons. (Some got pretty gruesome; there's a rape scene in one of the 1969 ones.) If you do like nudity several of the Hammers from 1970-1972 are in quite the same grand style but added it, such as The Vampire Lovers and Twins of Evil. IIRC Hammer didn't add cursing even into the late '70s when they went out of business.
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963), aka Kiss of Evil, Hammer Film Productions. Director: Don Sharp Write/Producer: Anthony Hinds Starring: Edward de Souza, Jennifer Daniel, Clifford Evans, Barry Warren, Noel Willman.
Love the old horrors.....with their gothic atmospheric charm, uncomplicated storytelling,...done with a warmth and honesty,.that's sadly lost in so many modern day chillers....miss those wonderful times
Hammer films were the best! I watch them every year.
Something to sink my teeth into. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬
Hammer cranked out low-budget movies and some were terrific and some were lousy. I can recommend
Curse Of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Created Woman, and Horror Of Frankenstein
all of their pre-1970 vampire movies and Taste The Blood Of Dracula, The Vampire Lovers, Lust For A Vampire, Countess Dracula, and Vampire Circus
Blood From The Mummy's Tomb
The Two Faces Of Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde
The Devil Rides Out
Taste Of Fear
Die! Die! My Darling!
Vengeance Of She
Sword Of Sherwood Forest
Never knew flims from century ago were so great.
Every year? Sounds so weird
@@thebrazilianatlantis165 But even the lousy ones were good compared to some of the crap out now. Twilight saga! Really???
Oh How I miss these old Vampyre movies. Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, & Vincent Price. The Creature Features on the Sunday Matinee for $1.50.
Sometimes, the movies machine man would throw in an extra movie. Buying the wax vampire teeth at the theater before the movies. No cellphones or talking. People were actually quiet in the theater. Remember those days/evenings?
*Thanks For The Upload!
Robyne Williams-heller i I know exactly what you mean.
For $1.50 I remember admission for me & my sister, popcorn & snacks with a nickel leftover to call home for a ride home after the show !
Michael Dust early 60's. God how I miss it. Men were men, women were women, and bullies got a punch in the nose, and you got slapped for getting "fresh".
And Elvira. Don't forget Elvira.
YES!
A blast from the past!!! Loved the clothes, the haunted house and the scary forest scene. Nice plot!! Great ending.
Yes. ! Who hasn't wished that they
could live in a Hammer world.
Country houses , elegant clothes,
impeccable manners ...
Agreed ! I love the very same thing too. 💞
When it comes to Gothic horror "Hammer" is king, thanks for the upload
Hammer filled my teenage Saturday afternoon Horror-Feasts with my mother and sister in the living room with the enjoyment of horror and film history. They certainly do not make them like this or this good anymore. I would love to see what Hammer could have done if they had the budgets and technology we have today.
Yea, today's acting is a joke. They'll laugh or say something stupid in the middle of a horror scene.
Brilliant opening scene....very original ... a shovel as a stake ... the shooting.. Karl's piano playing.....one of the top gems form Hammer. Very underrated as "the two legend" actors not in this movie. One of my favourites along with Vampire Circus.
Haven't seen "Vampire Circus" that can be next on the list.
and the use of facial expressions instead of spelling it out for you
@@sevenspecie592 Must see.
Vampire circus is a good one 2.
"You stay in the open car in the middle of Transylvania, with its wolves, bears, bandits, and vampires. You'll be perfectly safe."
Good old tacky Hammer Films!
Bavon WW love those Hammer films
He should have asked her to come along with him.
Fun touch to include an automobile; they rarely did in these Hammer costume horrors.
At least she’s not in Detroit
Lol... I loved the dangling bats at the end 🦇 😆 pmsl
Great film, still love it. I do love when the husband says to the wife, " Stay in the car, you'll be quite safe."
It's an open top car, with no way of locking herself in. 🤣🤣🤣
After having gone motoring through Transylvania without a spare can of petrol.
Still one of my favorite horror films...Hammer flix are priceless!!
I miss the old days, when vampires were monsters instead of angsty emo teenagers with dental issues and strange dietary quirks.
+Guard Dog ie the MGM horror movie House of Dark Shadows from 1970 with staking scenes equal to those of the Hammer Horror movies of that era
In Twilight, the werewolves ate blueberry muffins. WTF?!?!?!
All of that is not authentic.
Neither are these, but closer.
Guard Dog ☺😉😛
"If we get in there and one of you turns out to be one of those emo mutherfukers i will kill you"
The thing about classic old horror and monsters, as Martin Landau's ageing Lugosi said in 'Ed Wood', is that they are mythic: you may think it's corny and the effects ropey, and the acting unnatural but they have their roots in ancient fairy stories and folk tales and real humans respond to them from their subconscious. They are part of the dream life of our species. These stories should be something even a robust child could watch, and be thrilled, and also enchanted by the weird beauty of old stories.
What’s a robust child. Are u saying a fat kid with snacks can watch these movies? Well I agree but only if he shares his snacks
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“Blah!” 🧛
Beautifully said!
These are the uses of enchantment to beguile and teach. They are mysterious, deeply reflective and cautionary. Wierd and evil things happen even when we are good. Count your blessings!
I remember the horror movies like this on tv late Friday nights when I was a kid.
Remember when movies didn't have fantastic special effects and shocking sex and violence , the hammer movies are rich in quality and entertain without being vile or disturbing ahh the good ole days.
Mark Drouin : Have you seen Twins of Evil? One of many Hammer Films with sexual innuendo, hot young girls showing lot of breast
@@paulhunter1525 titties are not vile. Human centipede, that's vile. And becoming common.
Hammer's thing was that, for its day, its films were sexual and violent.
My favourite films from the age of 9...
LOL...when the Hammer movies were originally released, they WERE considered disturbing and shocking. In that "good old days" era, they were considered crude and vile, and were criticized for being too gory and too sexy. The British Board of Film Classification required cuts from even the firsts of the Hammer's horror series, "Curse of Frankenstein" (1957) and "Horror of Dracula" (1958) for release in the UK.
Sure, since we've become accustomed to even more violence and sex in the subsequent sixty years (I'm age 62, by the way), those early films seem tame -- but they struck the audiences of that era as very violent, sexual, and gruesome.
What people remember as "the good ol' days" exist only in we humans' short-and-selective memories, typically filtered through how we as naive, unaware children perceived the world around us then. But to the adults living during the era, those days were not "good".
I've been a fan of Hammer's Dracula and vampire films since I was about ten years old. I still find them very entertaining
“Goodness, I left the windows down and it’s raining cats and dogs!”
“But darling, the motorcar doesn’t have windows.”
“Silly me.”
An absolute Hammer classic. Thanks a lot for posting!
Wow! A full movie film! All you need is a complete food dinner and you’re totally ready set!
“Food Dinner” ? Is there another kind?
@@jonjames7328girl dinner
I had some toffee popcorn dinner.
Thanks for the memories . love the stylish old gothic hammer films. Not to mention the ambiance most of them set. Hollywood today is nothing but jump scares using same old rehashed formulas. And of course over used CGI when ever they get a chance. Ashame most people laugh at these old horror classics. They r clueless. These r what horror. Was in its purest form. Thx again
Good old fashioned flick! I'm sure it's just me being a typical old man, but nowadays, horror movies tend to be horrible in a very unscary kind of way.
I agree....it's more about the Gore than the suspense.
Murry Witzel
No, you are so right. It is since the 1980s, and then I was seventeen. So... nothing with old or so.
My Mother brought me up watching those films with her. I enjoyed it so much! And yes, it WAS frightful to watch!
And then everything changed. We were so disappointed the first two or three films, and then we had to accept everything had changed. It vacate just nasty.
I am so thankful for the Internet now, and only wished she could still be here with me, we would enjoy it together like back then. I miss her every day, and this is such a moment, zoo.
But it makes me happy to read your comment. You sound like a friend :)
Best wishes, dear!
Oh sooo true, I really miss the old horror movies!!!! Especially the vampire and werewolf movies, my favorite is Bellowing part 1, and Enterveiw with a vampire, those were the good ones, it took my breath when I saw them turning into werewoles, it looked so real, scared the shit out of me!!! I really miss the old scary movies!!!!
Howllowing part 1 sorry about the spelling!!!
That's because the young idiot's now a days that write and direct etc. have no clue. They lack plot for one, romance comedy etc..It's just sex, shock value and idiot stuff. They even twisted and destroyed monster mythes and replaced it with power ranger-ninja turtle dumb assery that has nothing to do with the actual monsters etc..
I miss old days but I am not old enough to miss it. I guess that I am just disappointed with world now days...thanks for sharing
There has yet to be a word for those like you and I. The people who yearn for a day they never saw.
@@jaxonmoon9815 Yes, there is...it’s “anemoia”...nostalgia for a time you’ve never known. There’s a video about it on the RUclips channel, ‘Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.’ He hasn’t uploaded for awhile, but he has some very poignant, profound videos there if you care to check it out.
@@courtney1709 thank you for the information, I'll go look into that channel right after this sam o'nella video.
@@jaxonmoon9815 You’re very welcome!
I first saw this when it was still shown at the cinema! Early 60s? I have never seen it since!
Thanks for posting!
I really like these old time movies.
love these old gothic movies. Thank you for sharing.
Nothing like Hammer-era vampire movies. They are perfect late at night.
Hooked me the minute the shovel pierced through the coffin lid and blood gushed out
Daniel D. Orange paint lol
First scene very scary hammer rox
😄 (lol) " Then, everyone took off including the old priest. "
@@3618499 I'm still laughing !!!
If it's a Hammer, you can be sure it's a classic goodie. Great movie.
Opening scene....best funeral ever!
Yes, I always remembered it.
Agree
If someone did that 2 a grave nowadays, it would be a crime of desecration vampire or not
Had my 🖤 lbd 😎
Nowadays, he'd give a _"trigger warning"_ before chucking the shovel, and tell the priest not to assume his gender.
Nothing like a good old school vampire movie classic.
agree mistress
There’s nothing like these great gothic Hammer horror movies …. Am so happy I found this !!!!
Hello, by any chance, have you ever watched a vampire movie which is the white chubby guy attends college and there he met the girl who accepted him as a vampire?
I absolutely love these old English vampires movies!
Met Mr Price back in the 70s working in his flat. He is just as scary off film.
Les Hughes. I met him in '72. He was a jerk.
Fukin amazing film.!.
No hellywood effects and a big serving of irony at the end.!!.
Rating of 15 out of 10...
Peter cushing an Christopher lee to me made hammer studios legendary by far!
The Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi of a later generation, my generation.
No doubt, Mr. Hammond. You hit the bullseye
It's too bad Boris Karloff never made a Hammer Film. He did turn up in an Amicus film though, The Curse of the Crimson Alter.
The picture quality is excellent
THANK YOU for sharing this!! I absolutely adore older movies. I'm a genuine Hammer Horror fan although as I've gotten older I've been lucky to see other movies from Hammer that I didn't even know existed. And then, there are some older, horror movies that I remember a few of the scenes to but don't know the title of. It was tough being a kid fighting your sleep trying to be an "adult" on Saturday nights. These were movies that mattered. *sigh* 😞😞😞
C J-The Ice Princess I'm 60 and been a horror/syfy fan all my life. My library is stocked with mainly older horror films. I spend a lot of time of You Tube or Amazon Prime looking for 50s & 60s scary movies. Even though I have this one on a Hammer set I have never watched it.
Lucas McCain 58 here ! I used to be allowed to stay up late on Saturday nights ( UK ) when I was a youngster , rest of the family went to bed . I was allowed to stay up to watch the ' Don't watch alone ' series , an oldie horror film followed by a more modern one . Wonderful times 😂😘
@@2010metsfan upload for us! Cheers from Brazil! You are not old...you are ready for life 😊😋
I remember as a child watching one where some people came into a old town and couldn't get out and ended up in a church with vampires out side so would love to know what this movie was
Wow, now THIS is a proper vampire film. Hammer never fails.
I have this on a Hammer set but have never watched til now. Not bad. Good sets, atmospheric and well worth a Saturday night viewing.
Cannot beat the Classic Hammer films my favourite films
When he rammed the shovel into the coffin and folks took off running, it was like somebody shouted, "Funeral's over, everybody back to my place. Time to get plastered!"
LOL😆♥️
Time to get Hammered. Catholic style.
Time to get “plasma-ed."
Yes, I love classic vampire movies "Salem's Lot" and this one thanks for the upload. :)
Castlevania nes, Bram Stoker Dracula. I now found Gothic vampire movie 🎥 loved it. Awesome film classical
The quiet quality of these old horror gothic films allows the deep down curdle of fear to be felt, unlike today's horror movies, which are basically gimmick teenie bopper action films. The over the top noisy saturation of sound, effects, and slickly produced business while sometimes overtly scary don't have the essence of an unyielding taste of the more seriously felt subtle vapor of horror that never goes away after the monster is killed.
Very well put.
I gave up going to real funerals years ago when I ran out of relatives and friends. Now I am re energized by evil and a blessed shovel.
They were always entertaining. I loved the Count Dracula ones with the 1 and only......the late Sir Christopher Lee
👍👍
An absolute old-school masterpiece by Hinds. Great and enjoyable again and again. Thanks for uploading!
You’ve gotta love Hammer Horror films. The acclaimed and beloved British singer Kate Bush, who grew up mesmerized by the Hammer films and ventured out to see them every chance she got, was so enthralled with the artistry and passion breathed into each film, that she decided to pay tribute to the films by writing and recording a song about it.
Just in time for Halloween, 1978, Kate Bush’s spooky little ode "Hammer Horror" was released as the first single from her second album “Lionheart” on October 27, 1978. Sadly, it wasn’t well-received by mainstream audiences, but you can bet your last pint of blood Hammer Horror fans ate it up. 😉
The video for the song is here on RUclips.
Yes, good English, You don't need captions to understand what they say. No swearing just good old fun. Can't say I care much for young vampire like Guard Dog says. teenagers with dental issues and dietary quirks
This is Hammer`s 1962 KISS OF THE VAMPIRE, great Gothic horror fun if you`ve never seen it, stylish in a way modern horrors are not.
You NEVER leave the woman alone in circumstances like that!
...except in a vampire movie!
All movies have plot flaws if you pay close attention.
How nice to say that
Or any circumstances I say
If i was s writer about vampires I would like to have British actors to play the roles of thede characters
These movies will be endless classic and will never be forgotten
Thank you Hammer Productions.
My kids and grandkids make fun of me for watching theses old horror films. I love them
I love these movies....nice excuse for a cuddle on the sofa!...now I just need a boyfriend 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Everytime I watch a hammer film I get so engrossed in it I wish I lived in the hammer universe these movies are that good
Same
Christopher Lee, Vincent Price and Peter Cushing my all time favourites ...❤
Hammer Horrors was gold!!!! not the nonsense they show up today....
Ah there we go, the obligatory "those were the good old days and everything today is crap" post. There's one in every comment section on these movies.
Victoria Regina absolutely
Victoria Regina tuu
Agreed, Except for "Salem's Lot" which really scared me :-)
Yet its usually TRUE i'm NOT talking about todays Action films i'm talking Horror,Hollywood re-makes movies that is useless to me the Originals shouldn't be tampered with produce NEW films from New scripts. The older English/Italian Horror films along with Hollywoods (Rosemary's Baby,The Mephisto Waltz,Texas Chainsaw & Last House On Left -Independant Films- were good horror from here,they outshine the New stuff,a slasher film is just gore & blood,i want a Horror film that literally frightens the audience. DM (Pgh,PA.)
The interior decor in the hotel and the mansion are gorgeous. It makes me wonder if they used real homes or or studies.
These are sets which would have been used in multiple films, if you ever watch The brides of Dracula 1960 and Dracula Prince of Darkness 1966 you can see both castle dining rooms are the same basic design. Hammer had to operate on small budgets so sets got reused
In Horror of Dracula and Kiss 💋 of the Vampire the interior of the house is exactly the same set albeit slightly altered for both films 🎥.
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Thank you for a great movie, no ads and captions!
The scenario is very high quality , like the rooms , furniture , light fixtures , piano , etc . wow !! even the hotel is immaculate !! and the velvet clothes . Thanks for uploading .
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yes as a
child we went to the good old drive in to see these great vampire movies 😘 still love them
+Kathy Harrington and the 1970 vampire scary movie House of Dark Shadows
ok honey child. the perfect film to eat pig knuckles on the veranda
God i miss the drive in so much . What a great place to see a movie . The food was great and it was cheap . I always had a good time at the drive in movie double features :D
Thank you so much for sharing these BRILLIANT films I just love them , thank you Shellyann X
Some great ‘bat action’ towards the end of the movie. I’ve not seen this Hammer entry before, but it’s generally pretty good, with some different ideas compared to other movies in the same genre. Many thanks for posting.
Absolute tosh! Loved every minute. Thank you for posting.
hammer and no comercials cant beat it ,,,,thanks
Return viewing 3 years on, super happy it's still up here. So many great moments... Like being the only Hammer film other than Devil Rides Out to reference the Key of Solomon (though I don't remember it requiring the use of mushy green peas to invoke Belzebub, lol)... And what a fantastic intro scene its got it all, wind, bells, crows, burial, vampire and dayglo tomato sauce. Brilliant.
Gone are the days of Hammer at Halloween time! I adore the cheesy sets and over the top EVERYTHING!! These gems of Hammer are priceless!
Cheesy sets? They were lovely and brilliantly lit.
@@lyndoncmp5751 I agree! I meant cheesy in the nicest sense of the word! Sorry-didn't mean to offend. Hammer has a place in my heart!! Happy Halloween all!!🎃🔮⚰🕯🛸💖💀👻👽🕸🕷🧛♂️🩸
@@laura2372 Yeah I couldn't get what you meant. The sets are luscious ha.
Happy Halloween back. 🧛♂️
Just when you have a nice honeymoon,a bunch of later day vampires cult show up and ruin everything...
At least we know now from Hammer films to accept invitations from strangers to castles in Transylvania; they've performed a real public service in that regard.
LOL Robin 😄
What I love about these old Hammer horror films is they're so colourful; all the things blaze with flamboyancy.
Agree ! The sets always looked
terrific - these films were low
budget but somehow they managed to create the classic
" Gothic - Mittel Europa " look.
Awesome movie. Great movie. Splendid. The sound cuts out a couple of times; but still worth watching.
Johann Farmann
They have to do thus due copyright. Otherwise the rights owner would demand to delete the complete film
This is really a well-crafted film. I hope the story line doesn't let it down.
Set design is what I love the most with the old classics. Nothing but green screens these days.
The castle was drop dead gorgeous..
Quite amazing the quality of color for a movie shot in 1962. Positively vibrant
The petrol is going to take until Sunday to get here from 30 miles away, but the chef from Paris will be here for Saturday😂😂😂
3.25 I miss the old days, when special effects where poor and blood was just red/orangy paint. lol. thanks for the upload great old movie !!
I miss the Hammer versions of Carmilla - I'm sure there were at least three. They were the best vampire movies of all, I thought. But that was then. Now I'm in my seventies and very much a fan of three really superb vampire films made in recent years: in ascending order they are Only Lovers Left Alive (directed by Jim Jarmusch) Let the Right One In (in Swedish) and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (in Farsi). They don't make me love the old Hammer films any less, they just add a whole new archetypal layer of enjoyment.
@Don Taylor I was crazy about Down By Law but have not seen anything else by Jarmusch. That title "Let the Right One In" is stellar lol. And a vampire movie IN FARSI? They all sound very intriguing. TFS
Wow! I've never heard of those movies. I must look them up. Thank you.
I also love Only Lovers and Let me in or Let the Right One in (I liked both) I hadn't heard of the last one though! Gonna check that out! Thanks!
I also love Near Dark. From 87.
@@cattycorner8 It's been 9 months so you've probably seen it by now. Hope you liked it. The director, Anna Lily Amirpour, had never been in Iran but apparently she was fluent in her parents' native Farsi. She was fresh out of school and filmed it near the town where she went to college. That's her dad's Thunderbird in the movie.
@@cattycorner8 I recommend EVERYTHING by Jarmusch, especially these two:
Stranger than Paradise
Coffee and Cigarettes
MAN O MAN I LOVED ALL THE HAMMER FILMS..
"STAY in the car, you'll be quite safe" HUUUUUUUUM! While I trample off and these here woods for an hour or so(smile)
So amazing . Great pictures. They don't make movies like this anymore
I love so mutch
Hey 👋
That was a great movie, brough chills up my spine!!
I have been searching for an old classic vampire movie for 4 months now finally got one thanks you tube ❤😊
saw this at around 10 years old...scared the crap outta me. in those days you paid .75 cents to see a slew of hammer films. found this opening shocking as hell.....slept with the light on until a few years ago....and im 60 now ..lol