Today, they seem positively restrained, but don’t sell the studio at its best short—and Terence Fisher’s The Gorgon (1964) is definitely Hammer at its best. Premise-wise you mightn’t think so, but ...

Chances are if you’re thirtysomething like myself, the name Hammer Films is very familiar to you. This was a studio that churned out classic horror with an edge. The folks at Hammer weren’t afraid to ...

Reuniting actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee after a four year break, The Gorgon is a genre bending mash-up of Greek mythology, eastern European gothic and more clipped British accents, with ...