{"id":15971,"date":"2024-05-18T22:42:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T21:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=15971"},"modified":"2024-05-19T21:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T20:00:47","slug":"days-in-media-plague-of-zombies-hammer-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=15971","title":{"rendered":"DAYS iN\/MEDiA: Plague of Zombies, Hammer, 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Teresa popped this on this evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mumbo-jumbo rituals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I bought her a Hammer box, some years back. I think this is one we haven\u2019t<\/em> watched before. Always a relief!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Excellent creepy zomboid make-up!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We both like these olde horror films. Poss\u2019 for slightly<\/em> different reasons? Poss\u2019 not? They often share a set of formulaic features. And this is no exception. But I guess that\u2019s ultimately what\u2019s part of their charms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great spooky mask!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So far so formulaic, but also so good. Evil toffs, a pretty young wench, an aged but distinguished father\/medical man, much hokum\u2026 and Eee-vill! Plenty<\/em> of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said that, and given the subsequent growth to near ubiquity of zombie movies as a genre (esp. post Night of the Living Dead, etc.), Zombie movies per se, <\/em>are a rarity in the Hammer canon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beauty and the beast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When a young doc\u2019 in a remote Cornish town gets a letter from his former star student, about mysterious deaths agogo, he takes his charming daughter to the epicentre of eee-vill<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our medical men\/heroes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The medical men upset locals with their poking n\u2019 prying. Indeed, they almost get themselves arrested for body-snatching\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All told, a really fun slice of Hammer nonsense. This was originally actually the B-feature, supporting Dracula, Prince of Darkness<\/em>. Of the two, I think I prefer this. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teresa popped this on this evening. I bought her a Hammer box, some years back. I think this is one we haven\u2019t watched before. Always a relief! We both like these olde horror films. Poss\u2019 for slightly different reasons? Poss\u2019 not? They often share a set of formulaic features. And this is no exception. But … <\/p>\n

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