The late Tom Johnson, author of several books on horror cinema, taught and coached cross country and track for 30 years. He lived in Shillington, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword by Peter Cushing. OBE
Introduction by Jimmy Sangster
A History of Hammer Films/Exclusive FiIms

The Films (listed chronologically by year of production)

1935. The Public Life of Henry the Ninth

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

Song of Freedom

1936. The Bank Messenger Mystery

Sporting Love

1947. Death in High Heels

River Patrol

The Dark Road

Dick Barton. Special Agent

Who Killed Van Loon?

1948. Dick Barton at Bay

Dick Barton Strikes Back

The Jack of Diamonds

Dr Morelle-The Case of the Missing Heiress

The Adventures of PC 49

1949. Celia-The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

Meet Simon Cherry

The Man in Black

Room to Let

Someone at the Door

1950. What the Butler Saw

The Lady Craved Excitement

The Black Widow

The Rossiter Case

To Have and to Hold

The Dark Light

1951. Cloudburst

A Case for P.C. 49

Death of an Angel

Whispering Smith Hits London

The Last Page

Wings of Danger

Never Look Back

Stolen Face

1952. Lady in the Fog

The Gambler and the Lady

Mantrap

The Four Sided Triangle

The Flanagan Boy

Spaceways

1953. The Saint's Return

Blood Orange

36 Hours

Face the Music

The House Across the Lake

Life with the Lyons

Murder by Proxy

Five Days

1954. The Stranger Came Home

Third Party Risk

Mask of Dust

Men of Sherwood Forest

The Lyons in Paris

The Glass Cage

Break in the Circle

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955. Women Without Men

1956. X-The Unknown

Quatermass 2

The Steel Bayonet

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957. The Abominable Snowman

The Camp on Blood Island

The Snorkel

Up the Creek

Dracula

1958. The Revenge of Frankenstein

Ten Seconds to Hell

Further Up the Creek

I Only Arsked

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1959. Yesterday's Enemy 1159

The Mummy

The Ugly Duckling

The Stranglers of Bombay

Don't Panic Chaps!

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Hell Is a City

The Two Faces of Dr . Jekyll

1960. The Brides of Dracula

The Terror of the Tongs

The Full Treatment

Sword of Sherwood Forest

Visa to Canton

The Curse of the Werewolf

A Weekend with Lulu

Taste of Fear

The Shadow of the Cat

1961. Watch It. Sailor!

Cash on Demand

The Damned

The Pirates of Blood River

Captain Clegg

The Phantom of the Opera

1962. The Old Dark House

Maniac

Paranoiac

Kiss of the Vampire

Nightmare

1963. The Scarlet Blade

Devil-Ship Pirates

The Evil of Frankenstein

The Gorgon

1964. Hysteria

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

The Secret of Blood Island

She

Fanatic

The Brigand of Kandahar

1965. The Nanny

Dracula-Prince of Darkness

Rasputin-The Mad Monk

The Plague of the Zombies

The Reptile

One Million Years B.C.

1966. Slave Girls

The Witches

The Viking Queen

Frankenstein Created Woman

The Mummy's Shroud

1967. Quatermass and the Pit

A Challenge for Robin Hood

The Anniversary

The Vengeance of She

The Devil Rides Out

The Lost Continent

1968. Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

1969. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed

Moon Zero Two

Crescendo

Taste the Blood of Dracula

1970. The Vampire Lovers

Horror of Frankenstein

Scars of Dracula

Creatures the World Forgot

Lust for a Vampire

Countess Dracula

1971. Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Hands of the Ripper

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde

On the Buses

Twins of Evil

Vampire Circus

Demons of the Mind

Dracula A.D. 1972

Straight On Till Morning

Fear in the Night

1972. Mutiny on the Buses

Kronos

That's Your Funeral

Nearest and Dearest

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

1973. Love Thy Neighbor

Man at the Top

Holiday on the Buses

Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires

Shatter

1974. Man About the House

1975. To the Devil ... A Daughter

1978. The Lady Vanishes

Short Subjects
Hammer on Television
Afterword by James Bernard
Epilogue
Selected Bibliography
Index