Like the previous installment in Something Weird’s trailer compilation series, Universal Horror Classics of the ‘30s and ‘40s, Trailers #12 has a strong connecting theme, which makes it slightly more fun to watch than your average collection. This time out, the focus is on the Hammer horror films of the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. Any Hammer fan worth their salt will want to seek this one out as there are a ton of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee movies on display. Another plus is that at ninety minutes, it’s a good half-hour shorter than your average Something Weird trailer collection, which helps make for easy, breezy viewing.
Things kick off with a great run of Dracula trailers. Later, we get a good string of Frankenstein previews, as well as a fun cluster of ads for Mummy movies. Most of the highlights belong to the trailers for vampire flicks such as Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, The Vampire Lovers, Lust for a Vampire (“Welcome to the Finishing School Where They Really Do Finish You!”), Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride (AKA: The Satanic Rites of Dracula), and The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula (“Black Belt Against Black Magic!”), but the French trailer for The Horror of Frankenstein is really cool too.
The best part is the wealth of double feature trailers. The Scars of Dracula is paired with The Horror of Frankenstein. Vampire Circus screens alongside Countess Dracula. “Black Stamps” are given away to theater patrons who see a double bill of The Gorgon and The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb.
It's not just trailers that make The House of Hammer so much fun. Midway through, there’s a short behind the scenes documentary on the making of Dracula A.D. 1972 in which Christopher Lee is briefly interviewed in his home. This is followed up by the trailer for the movie as well as some really awesome vintage intermission ads, including the immortal “Let’s All Go to the Lobby” short. That to me, is worth the price of admission.
Here's the full line-up of trailers: Horror of Dracula, The Brides of Dracula, Dracula Has Risen from the Grave, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, Taste the Blood of Dracula, The Vampire Lovers, a double feature of The Scars of Dracula and The Horror of Frankenstein, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, a double feature of Countess Dracula and Vampire Circus, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Mummy, X the Unknown, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, Five Million Years To Earth, One Million Years B.C., a double feature of Curse of the Mummy's Tomb and The Gorgon, Lust for a Vampire, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Twins of Evil, Dracula A.D. 1972 Featurette: Prince of Terror, Dracula A.D. 1972, The Devil's Bride, Enemy from Space, Count Dracula and his Vampire Bride (AKA: The Satanic Rites of Dracula), Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Night Creatures, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Revenge of Frankenstein, The Evil of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Created Woman, The Horror of Frankenstein (French), The Curse of the Werewolf, The Kiss of the Vampire, The 7 Brothers Meet Dracula, The Gorgon, The Phantom of the Opera, The Vengeance of She, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Shroud, Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, and To the Devil a Daughter.
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