An interesting claim that the best Hammer films were made whilst the company was based at Bray before moving out in 1966. The film has some quite interesting contributors and contributions, and the use of little clips to underline points is quite cleverly done; but the settings in cod spooky laboratories and stupid editing work against it.
Interesting that Brian Clemens tried to move the studio in an interesting direction but they only half-heartedly release Captain Kronos - which, it is claimed, was way ahead of its time. Also that Nigel Kneale's Quatermass deal with the BBC was shafted and he made no money from the most successful film series - a cause of great bitterness.
And that poor Madeline Smith, innocent teenager on The Vampire Lovers, was basically verbally sexually assaulted by the producer (Roy Ward Baker threw him off the set).
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