Best of Hammer Horror
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Best of Hammer Horror

The studio that made horror household names of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing has no shortage of great fright flicks. Which is your fave?

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1 The Horror of Dracula
Dracula in blood-red color for the first time: Lee is the drop-dead sexy count; Cushing plays his nemesis. 212 308
2 The Curse of Frankenstein
Hammer's first gothic horror movie introduced Peter Cushing as the icy Baron and gave the tale a new lease on life. 155 269
3 The Mummy
Even moldy bandages look great when given the lush Hammer treatment, and Cushing and Lee give their all! 150 276
4 Dracula: Prince of Darkness
A Dracula movie, but it boasts one heck of a resurrection. Not to mention meek wife Barbara Shelley's transformation into wanton vamp. 130 266
5 The Devil Rides Out
Lee is the good guy in this modern day tale of Satanism among the English upper crust. -7 217
6 The Vampire Lovers
Hammer didn't invent the lesbian vampire movie, but this 1970 picture, with Ingrid Pitt, made it a horror staple. -11 225
7 The Gorgon
Barbara Shelley goes gorgon: Snakes for hair and a gaze that literally petrifies. -12 220
8 The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas
Cushing searches for the yeti and learns to "be careful what you wish for" the hard way. Chilling! -18 220
9 Twins of Evil
Playmates Madeleine and Mary Collinson play twins who get tangled up with vampires. One is really evil, both are wickedly beautiful. -19 209
10 Lust for a Vampire
Another vampiress, this one's the new girl at boarding school. Lesson learned: Be nice to the new girl. -20 214
11 Quatermass and the Pit
Evil aliens set up base camp in the English countryside in this scifi-thriller. -20 208
12 Frankenstein Created Woman
In this twist on the tale, the baron (Cushing) transfers a man's soul into the body of a beautiful woman. -21 213
13 The Reptile
She's the girl with something extra: Fangs. Hammer's movies featured many fatal femmes, but none as cold-blooded as this one! -26 198