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	"Hammer horror" is a name for a genre of horror films produced from the 1950s to 1970s by Hammer Film Productions. Though inexpensive, they were popular and have come to enjoy a certain amount of retrospective critical interest. The term is used both specifically to refer to only works produced by Hammer, and to refer to works of that era and in that style. Their later horror works (late 1960s and early 1970s) became known for a European-style of sexual content, including female nudity and lesbianism.		'''"Hammer horror"''' is a name for a genre of horror films produced from the 1950s to 1970s by Hammer Film Productions. Though inexpensive, they were popular and have come to enjoy a certain amount of retrospective critical interest. The term is used both specifically to refer to only works produced by Hammer, and to refer to works of that era and in that style. Their later horror works (late 1960s and early 1970s) became known for a European-style of sexual content, including female nudity and lesbianism, most famously with [[lesbian vampires]].

	Classic works include:		Classic works include:

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	==Intertextuality==		==Intertextuality==
	* Kate Bush, "Hammer Horror" song		* Kate Bush, "Hammer Horror" song (1978)

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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	Classic works include:		Classic works include:
	* The Curse of Frankenstein		* Quatermass 2 (1957)
			* The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
	* Dracula (1958)		* Dracula (1958)
	* The Mummy (1959)		* The Mummy (1959)
			* The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
	* The Phantom of the Opera (1962)		* The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
	* The Hound of the Baskervilles
	* The Curse of the Werewolf (1960)		* The Curse of the Werewolf (1960)
			* The Brides of Dracula (1960)
	* The Nanny (1965)		* The Nanny (1965)
	* [[She (1965 film)\|She]] (1965)		* [[She (1965 film)\|She]] (1965)
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	* Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1971)		* Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1971)
	* Twins of Evil (1972)		* Twins of Evil (1972)
			* To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
			* The Lady Vanishes (1979)
	* numerous sequels to the most popular works		* numerous sequels to the most popular works

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"Hammer horror" is a name for a genre of horror films produced from the 1950s to 1970s by Hammer Film Productions. Though inexpensive, they were popular and have come to enjoy a certain amount of retrospective critical interest. The term is used both specifically to refer to only works produced by Hammer, and to refer to works of that era and in that style. Their later horror works (late 1960s and early 1970s) became known for a European-style of sexual content, including female nudity and lesbianism.

Classic works include:
* The Curse of Frankenstein
* Dracula (1958)
* The Mummy (1959)
* The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
* The Hound of the Baskervilles
* The Curse of the Werewolf (1960)
* The Nanny (1965)
* [[She (1965 film)|She]] (1965)
* One Million Years B.C. (1966)
* [[The Vampire Lovers]] (1970)
* Lust for a Vampire (1971)
* Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
* Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter (1971)
* Twins of Evil (1972)
* numerous sequels to the most popular works

==Intertextuality==
* Kate Bush, "Hammer Horror" song

==Further reading==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hammer_films Wikipedia List of Hammer films]

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[[Category:Horror]]