Hammer Films' Psychological Thrillers, 1950-1972

David Huckvale has worked as a researcher, writer and presenter for BBC Radio and as a lecturer for various universities in England. He lives in rural Bedfordshire.

“The book is well-written and does an excellent job of not only analyzing the movies as self-contained artifacts but also how they relate to one another...highly recommended”—ARBA; “from start to finish, the author delivers smart, insightful readings”—Bookgasm; “just when you thought that every aspect of Hammer Film’s prolific output had been covered, along comes this fine book.... [Huckvale’s] writing is first class and he explores his subject matter in great detail”—Destructive Music; “a highly useful contribution to the film buff’s bookshelf”—Crime Time.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction1 deleteThe Uncanny in Les Diaboliques (dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955)2 deleteEchoes and Inspirations in Four Hitchcock Classics3 deleteHouses in The Man in Black (dir. Francis Searle, 1950)4 deleteMisogyny in Stolen Face (dir. Terence Fisher, 1952)5 deleteNarcissism in The Snorkel (dir. Guy Green, 1958)6 deletePsychiatry in The Full Treatment (dir. Val Guest, 1961)7 deleteThe Gothic in Taste of Fear (dir. Seth Holt, 1961)8 deleteLove and Landscape in Maniac (dir. Michael Carreras, 1963)9 deleteSex and the Dead in Paranoiac (dir. Freddie Francis, 1963)10 deleteLoss and Deception in The Kiss of the Vampire (dir. Don Sharp, 1964)11 deleteDreams and Visions in Nightmare (dir. Freddie Francis, 1964)12 deleteThe Oedipus Complex in Fanatic (dir. Silvio Narizzano, 1965)13 deleteArchitecture in Hysteria (dir. Freddie Francis, 1965)14 deleteDomesticity and The Nanny (dir. Seth Holt, 1965)15 deleteHomophobia in The Witches (dir. Cyril Frankel, 1966)16 deleteDoppelgängers in Crescendo (dir. Alan Gibson, 1970)17 deleteThe Past in Fear in the Night (dir. Jimmy Sangster, 1972)18 deleteInsanity, Incest and Christianity in Demons of the Mind (dir. Peter Sykes, 1972)19 deletePeter Pan in Straight on Till Morning (dir. Peter Collinson, 1972)NotesBibliographyIndex