Jonathan Rigby

The interviewees cover Bram Stoker's life around the time he wrote The Jewel of the Seven Stars, the movie's producers, Leon's onscreen persona,...

A documentary produced for Universal about their early Wolf Man film(s)

Documentary on the Hammer film

A revealing insight into the short life and times of Michael Reeves.

A documentary on The Revenge of Frankenstein

It’s 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. Abercrombie Smith is a model of Victorian manhood, clean of limb...

A documentary about the making of the movie "Dragonwyck"

Filmmakers and historians discuss the 1942 cult classic Dr. Renault’s Secret.

An animated documentary chronicling famed paranormal investigator Harry Price’s research at Borley Rectory, renowned as the ‘most haunted house...

A documentary about the making of Brain Dead (1990)

An exploration of the cinematic history of the folk horror, from its beginnings in the UK in the late sixties; through its proliferation on British...

In 1975, the British Government quietly closed down a secret evolutionary project codenamed BEAGLE, ordering the destruction of all research...

Former UNIT luminary Liz Shaw and her assistant Bayliss are investigating a series of bizarre murders, all committed near a soon-to-be-closed...

Set in the last days of World War II, a small band of Russian soldiers led by intelligence officer Brana Vasilyeva, who is tasked with trafficking...

David Prowse is an eighty years old actor, who has lived behind Darth Vader's mask during three decades. A group of Star Wars fans find out why he...

Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military,...

A look back at a 70s cult classic, Tower of Evil.

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic...

Diabolical. Seductive. Immortal. Vampires have been an icon of evil in folklore and popular culture for more than three centuries, yet only one name...

The untold story of Hammer at Warner Bros, and the relationship that produced some of the British company's finest films.

The story of how famed psychical researcher Harry Price became involved in a real-life plan to build a lighthouse that could be used to direct a beam...

Mark Gatiss explores and celebrates Dracula, an icon of popular culture, asking just why we keep coming back to the count.

Investigative reporter Terry Scanlon follows up the strange goings on in Llanfairfach, with interviews with people there at the time, including...

A series of interviews between film historians Jonathan Rigby, Kevin Lyons, John J. Johnston and several others that tracks the events which led to...

Documentary that chronicles the making of the third film in Hammer's Dracula series.

When P.R.O.B.E. is summoned to investigate the savage murder of a retired headmaster, Liz Shaw is disturbed to find evidence of satanic rite near the...

A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.

Dennis Wheatley biographer Phil Baker provides a brief history of author nearly 80 book career, covers the whole of Wheatley’s contentious...

A series of interviews between film historians Jonathan Rigby, Kevin Lyons and John J. Johnston as they discuss the troubled production of the film...

The Last Sacrifice delves into the real-life 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton—the terrifying event that inspired The Wicker Man and...

The Making of DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS

A look at Hammer’s progression from a back office in London’s Regent Street to its iconic status within the horror film genre. The company,...

A behind the scenes featurette focussed on Hammer Film Productions' 1971 film 'Doctor Jekyll & Sister Hyde.'

From the team that brought you the West End hit Round The Horne…Revisited comes Horne A’Plenty, with scripts by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke....

Cast, crew and critics discuss the BBC's 2005 remake of 'The Quatermass Experiment'.

A retrospective of actor Philip Madoc's many roles as a Doctor Who villain.

From Beneath the Vault of Terror: a history of portmanteau horror movies

Contemporary news coverage of the William Hartnell era is examined in this new documentary presented by Mary Tamm.

A short documentary on the Hammer production of The Camp on Blood Island

Documentary from Hammer Historian Marcus Hearn tracking the career of director Jimmy Sangster.

Part 1 of a new, feature-length documentary about AIP, one of Hammer's main competitors in '60s/'70s British horror.

This feature-length documentary explains the censorship system in the United States and why so many movies were subject to it.