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The House Of Hammer Podcast - A Definitive Guide Of The Films, The Figures & The Folklore Of One Of The 20th Century’s Greatest Cinematic Legacies Brought to you by Adam Roche, Ben Taylorson...

Sometimes Hammer Films were the cutting edge of film making and others definitely facing the wrong way. It's always handy to look at where t...

As the final Hammer Robin Hood feature has been covered here at the house, Smokey's here with a reminder of those pointy little sticks that...

1967's Christmas release A Challenge For Robin Hood was designed as a fun for all the family crowd pleaser and it's Hammer's very last big s...

The upcoming episode on "A Challenge For Robin Hood" is the last Hammer feature about that forest based rapscallion and therefore the last t...

In Stolen Face, Dr. Philip Ritter has some questionable ideas when it comes to boundaries. Who better to look at how far questionable can be...

Professor Quatermass is back! This guy just can't catch a break, there are more space wibbly's to deal with. But before all that we have to...

X - The Unknown is Hammer's answer to Quatermass while Nigel Kneale would come and play with them again. It has a throwaway line in its supe...

As Spaceways is now available on home media for the very first time in history, what better time to revisit Ben imparting his vast knowledge...

Since the Mummy’s Shroud episode opened with a radical reinterpretation of the opening theme music, Cev's here with a little titbit that was...

As one Colonel said whilst sat in a jungle "The horror!", but could it really be that bad? Our band of intrepid explorers are about to find...

Something of a mad one this. Instead of bashing together another monster and being left with the worst looking Airfix kit in the shop, the B...

As work is underway on the Frankenstein Created Woman episode, here's a quick reminder of how Smokey's found a new inner peace about the who...

With all the renewed interest in 1953's Stolen Face thanks to the re-release on Hammer's own 4K disc set, recorded a few years ago, here's a...

How else would a studio follow up a 'prehistoric' epic? A 'historic' epic of course! The lads dive into the generally overlooked The Viking...

During its time, the connections to Hammer films would have dwarfed the Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon game when looking at practically any elem...

We reach the saviour of Andy Dufresne! Yes, Miss Fuzzy Britches is here to save us all from iguanas, turtles and flying beasties. Forget the...

Smokey's here to look at that pesky melon farming ADR and what affects it can have on a movie... “The House Of Hammer Theme” written and pro...

Adam "George" Roche uncovers the connection between early Hammer Films and a huge Hollywood legacy... “The House Of Hammer Theme” written an...

Philip's here with the first feature episode of 2026 and it's a chance to look into cats, village life and folk horror whilst supposedly dis...

During the journey through the Hammer Films, so many familiar names start to appear on the credits time and again and Cev looks at one that...

As Hammer Films announce the stunning home media debut of "Spaceways" here's Smokey looking back through the history of space flight - not t...

As a reminder that Hammer were far more than a horror studio and spent many years adapting pre-existing IP's Ben's here with a look at one o...

It's time for some festive fun, by that we mean adding sleigh bells to our theme tune. But we have awards, surprises and outtakes! Adam brin...

As Hammer are nearing their final film of 1966, here's a film with William Castle that's originally from Halloween 1963.Confused?That's just...

Over here at the House Of Hammer, nattering about the sadly overlooked or forgotten talents has become a daily occurrence and this time Cev...

The war comic has been a staple of newsagents shelves for possibly longer than you'd imagine and here's Cev with a little slice of boyhood c...

In this fact packed and completely true* visit headed up by Adam, the lads are joined by Jonathan Sothcott in an attempt to unpick the fact...

Never let it be said that listening to the House Of Hammer doesn't take you places, granted sometimes ones you'd rather not visit, but on th...

The horror just keeps on a-comin', this time with a terrifying trip to Cornwall! But, all is well when we have Michael Ripper on our side, r...

Following our previous Hammer Bites about "The Army Game", Cev's here to take a quick look at the life & career of Bernard Bresslaw, a man w...

It's well known how many BBC properties were transferred to the silver screen by Hammer through its early years, but Smokey's here with the...

At the end of 1965, Variety previewed Dracula, Prince Of Darkness with a damning faint praise stating that " After a slowish start, some cli...

Polygamy. What is it and what do we actually know about it? How much of it do we get right? Ben's here with all the answers that were raised...

As Hammer are all about that wacky doctor and his constantly failed experiments, Ben's here to to have all the best fun, as far as the rules...

Even though The Plague Of The Zombies packs a lot into its story and is considered by many to be a favourite, it is also one of those rare b...

Hammer Heroes is a semi-regular feature of The House Of Hammer that takes a look behind the curtain of the people that made the studio what...

Sometimes when the House Of Hammer team are looking for something to do a segment, the film in question can provide low hanging fruit. Here'...

The Nanny is something of a landmark film for Hammer. It would be their final monochrome release and their last of 1965. As such, this featu...

Westminster Abbey features quite prominently in the final act of The Quatermass Xperiment, so Smokey attempts a respective and selective his...

This week's Bites takes a Quick Look at the life of Anthony Forwood, who rightfully earns his Hammer Hero status after his work on Meet Simo...

History! Fights! Oliver Reed! Cleavage! Throw in some wonderful films and a curry and you have the perfect date night...maybe. “The House Of...

Hammer has had a ridiculously long list of the finest talents the world has to offer (and Michael Medwin), and one that could literally towe...

As a tribute to a friend of The House Of Hammer, here's a chance to listen to a conversation between the respected Egyptologist & Cultural H...

It's Philip's turn to take you for a swingin' trip around the house and this, the third Jimmy Sangster/ Freddie Francis collaboration. As su...

Thanks to watching Never Look Back, Cev's off on a tangent again and this time it sees him looking at the history of the humble English red...

What started out as a little extra segment to stick on the end of the upcoming Hysteria episode escalated quickly. So for your listening ple...

With the rather welcome release of the 1953 film, Blood Orange making it's spectacular physical media debut courtesy of Hammer Films, here's...

As something of an accompaniment to our recent episode about the return to Blood Island, Smokey's here with his picks of how the Japanese mi...

Another first for Hammer, The Secret of Blood Island is their first prequel and Smokey can't wait to dig into that subject and lamps. Elsewh...

Ben wraps his head around the troubling trend of alien invaders wanting to wipe us all out rather than just help out with the shopping. “The...