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24 and 25. Hammer Horror double bill
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ms_siobhan and planet_andy's place yesterday evening for a film night. They've recently acquired this Hammer Horror box set, and we began our viewing by selecting Rasputin: the Mad Monk from amongst the possible options (with the aid of a d6). Before long, we were chorusing "Ooh, wasn't she in Dracula: Prince of Darkness?" "And him!" "And that's the exact same set they used for Dracula's castle, too!". We quickly established that this was for the very good reason that the two of them were made back to back: Prince of Darkness in from April to June 1965, and Rasputin from June to July. So we decided to proceed onwards to the Dracula film for the second half of the night.
( 24. Rasputin: the Mad Monk (1966), dir. Don Sharp )
( 25. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), dir. Terence Fisher )
Meanwhile, watching the two films back to back gave us the perfect opportunity to devise and refine a suitable list of Hammer horror clichés for the purpose of drinking games, bingo cards, etc.ms_siobhan wrote down the master list on paper as we went along, but has kindly already posted it to Another Social Networking Site, so I can also replicate it here as follows:
That should be plenty to get you rolling blind drunk on the floor - but do, of course, feel free to add further suggestions of your own!
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ms_siobhan and planet_andy's place yesterday evening for a film night. They've recently acquired this Hammer Horror box set, and we began our viewing by selecting Rasputin: the Mad Monk from amongst the possible options (with the aid of a d6). Before long, we were chorusing "Ooh, wasn't she in Dracula: Prince of Darkness?" "And him!" "And that's the exact same set they used for Dracula's castle, too!". We quickly established that this was for the very good reason that the two of them were made back to back: Prince of Darkness in from April to June 1965, and Rasputin from June to July. So we decided to proceed onwards to the Dracula film for the second half of the night.( 24. Rasputin: the Mad Monk (1966), dir. Don Sharp )
( 25. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), dir. Terence Fisher )
Meanwhile, watching the two films back to back gave us the perfect opportunity to devise and refine a suitable list of Hammer horror clichés for the purpose of drinking games, bingo cards, etc.
ms_siobhan wrote down the master list on paper as we went along, but has kindly already posted it to Another Social Networking Site, so I can also replicate it here as follows:- Fainting lady
- Proper set-piece scream
- Lady tossing and turning in a flimsy night-dress
- Inn scene complete with check or gingham table-cloths
- Any peasants
- Speeding carriage sequence
- Close-up of the villain's eyes
- Snorting horses
- Tolling church bells
- Bubbling pseudo-scientific equipment
- Day-for-night filming
- Obviously fake scenery
- Obvious painted backdrop
- Bad fake severed body-part
- Rag doll falling to its doom
- Red poster-paint 'blood'
- Coloured water 'wine'
- Glycerin 'sweat'
- Prop also used in any other Hammer film
- Set also used in any other Hammer film
- Music also used in any other Hammer film (bonus points for timpani)
- Actor who has appeared in any other Hammer film
- Actor who has appeared in any other British film or TV that you can name
That should be plenty to get you rolling blind drunk on the floor - but do, of course, feel free to add further suggestions of your own!
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