Friday, December 19, 2008

Hammer Has Been Destroyed...?

The Hard Boiled Cinema 2008 fall series is over. Twenty Hammer Horror films. Good lord. For all Peter Cushing's stoic perseverance through endless iterations of the same limp and hackneyed script, the true heroes of this series are those brave and few souls who sat in the dark with me and with good humor endured. I salute you.

As for Hammer, one is tempted to pronounce Van Helsing's epitaph: Requiescat In Pace Ultima. Then again, we know better don't we? After 32 years in the grave Hammer Horror is back. Look for two new Hammer releases in theaters in 2009, including a remake of Swedish vampire flick Let the Right One In.

Have heart, friends. Think of Peter and you'll know what must be done.

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