Hammer Glamour

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Over fifty years ago, with the release of "The Curse of Frankenstein" and Christopher Lee's iconic performance in "Dracula", Hammer ushered in a whole new era of blood and barely-restrained cleavage in glorious colour, mixing sex and horror with a style and panache that made the small British company world famous. The book cover leaves little to the imagination, but putting the titillation appeal aside, this is a great book - and goes some way to filling in many of the blanks left in the absence of those beautiful faces.

There are 50 leading actresses and in that regard, I can say the book is divided into 50 parts, at least 3 pages for every Hammer Queen.If you think the Hammer Studios brought the magic touch to the horror on screen, if the Hammer films are more than just guilty pleasures for you, then like any other Marcus Hearn book, this is a must-have. First, I do not understand why the author speaks negatively about the movies or scenes where nudity is exploited. To be honest, I bought this book guessing that I'll turn every single page of the book looking at the beautiful pictures, than put it on my shelf. Over fifty years ago, with the release of “The Curse of Frankenstein” and Christopher Lee’s iconic performance in “Dracula”, Hammer ushered in a whole new era of blood and barely-restrained cleavage in glorious colour, mixing sex and horror with a style and panache that made the small British company world famous. This book pays respect to all the glamourous ladies that helped Hammer grow into an internationally acclaimed film studio.

New/unread, but some mild wear/damage to its cover and edges (such as scratching, slight creasing, etc. Not at all a book full of naughty pictures (well, some are) but a fantastic insight into the lives of cinema's most overlooked ladies. Marcus Hearn was the editor of Hammer Horror magazine, and with co-author Alan Barnes, he has written The Hammer Story, Tarantino A-Zed, and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

Bursting at the seams with rare and previously unpublished photographs from Hammer's archive and private collections worldwide, and featuring many new interviews, Hammer Glamour is a lavish, full colour celebration of Hammer's female stars, including Ingrid Pitt, Martine Beswick, Caroline Munro, Barbara Shelley, Joanna Lumley, Nastassja Kinski, and of course Raquel Welch (who can forget her fur bikini in One Million Years B. Stacked with all the Hammer beauties, as well as those who passed thru, it fleshes out the girls as ambitious, knowing and tells you where they are now.