Less commonly remembered is the wealth of highly-glamorous roles for distressed damsels and femme-fatales alike.Ĭontinental beauties like Ingrid Pitt, Hollywood film stars such as Ursula Andress, and provincial English girls like Veronica Carlson, would all become leading ladies under Hammer. Today, Hammer is most commonly associated with the career-defining roles of its leading men, namely Peter Cushing's Frankenstein and Christopher Lee in "Dracula." London, England (CNN) - There is a special place reserved in the history of film for the gothic kitsch of "Hammer horror."ĭuring the 1950s and 60s, British Hammer Film Productions developed an international reputation for low-budget yet lavishly-designed romantic chillers.
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