Hammer and beyond: The British horror film

Peter Hutchings's Hammer And Beyond Remains A Landmark Work In British Film Criticism. This New, Illustrated Edition Brings The Book Back Into Print For The First Time In Two Decades. Featuring Hutchings's Socially Charged Analyses Of Genre Classics From Dead Of Night (1945) And The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) To The Sorcerers (1967) And Beyond, It Also Includes Several Of Hutchings's Later Essays On British Horror, As Well As A New Critical Introduction Penned By Film Historian Johnny Walker And An Afterword By Russ Hunter. Hammer And Beyond Deserves A Spot On The Bookshelf Of Anyone With A Serious Interest In The Development Of Britain's Contribution To The Horror Genre.--amazon.ca. Part I. Hammer And Beyond: The British Horror Film. For Sadists Only? The Problem Of British Horror -- 1945-55: From Dead Of Night To The Quatermass Experiment -- 1956-64: Hammer And Other Horrors -- Frankenstein And Dracula -- 1964-69: Horror Production -- Horror And The Family -- Part Ii. Selected Writings On British Horror Film. The Amicus House Of Horror -- American Vampires In Britain: Richard Matheson's I Am Legend And Hammer's The Night Creatures -- Putting The Brit Into Eurohorror: Exclusions And Exchanges In The History Of European Horror -- Afterword / Russ Hunter. Peter Hutchings ; Edited By Johnny Walker. Previous Edition: 1993. Includes Bibliographical References [pages 296-303] And Index.