As a Patreon subscriber, just one of the many benefits you can enjoy is our ongoing "Homage To Hammer" series where we have a natter with like minded Hammer fans about their love of the studio.

This particular episode is from November 2025 when author & commentator Troy Howarth sat down for a chat after his appearance on the Dracula, Prince Of Darkness round table.

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It's time for some festive fun, by that we mean adding sleigh bells to our theme tune.

But we have awards, surprises and outtakes!

Adam brings the fun, Cev brings the wonder, PGJ brings the unmentionables and Smokey brings the nibbles.

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore

Artwork by Richard Wells

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As a Patreon subscriber, just one of the many benefits you can enjoy is our ongoing "Homage To Hammer" series where we have a natter with like minded Hammer fans about their love of the studio.

This particular episode is from September 2025 when author & music critic Barry Forshaw first sat down for a chat.

This is only available for a limited time before it goes back behind the big doors of The House Of Hammer so to subscribe, simply go to patreon.com/househammerpod

As a Patreon subscriber, just one of the many benefits you can enjoy is our ongoing "Homage To Hammer" series where we have a natter with like minded Hammer fans about their love of the studio.

This particular episode is from October 2023 when film producer & author Jonathan Sothcott first sat down for a chat.

This is only available for a limited time before it goes back behind the big doors of The House Of Hammer so to subscribe, simply go to patreon.com/househammerpod

As Hammer are nearing their final film of 1966, here's a film with William Castle that's originally from Halloween 1963.Confused?That's just the start of it...
Cev takes you through this particular Old Dark House while Smokey has a funny feeling and Philip has a look around some other gloomy properties

“The House Of Hammer Theme” written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells 
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Over here at the House Of Hammer, nattering about the sadly overlooked or forgotten talents has become a daily occurrence and this time Cev gets to point the spotlight at an actor that he's very familiar with.

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore 
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The war comic has been a staple of newsagents shelves for possibly longer than you'd imagine and here's Cev with a little slice of boyhood culture (club)...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” written and produced by Cev Moore 
Artwork by Richard Wells 
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In this fact packed and completely true* visit headed up by Adam, the lads are joined by Jonathan Sothcott in an attempt to unpick the fact from the fiction as well as figuring out what they just watched...

Elsewhere Philip tells a tragic tale, Smokey goes to court and Cev hits the make up kit for Rasputin, The Mad Monk!

*This could be a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons dead or other real life entities past or present is purely coincidental.


“The House Of Hammer Theme” written and produced by Cev Moore 
Artwork by Richard Wells 
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Never let it be said that listening to the House Of Hammer doesn't take you places, granted sometimes ones you'd rather not visit, but on this occasion It's taken Ben to a literal place!


“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore 
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The horror just keeps on a-comin', this time with a terrifying trip to Cornwall!

But, all is well when we have Michael Ripper on our side, right?

Along the way, we salute not just one mighty Hammer Hero, but two!

This might get emotional.


“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore

Artwork by Richard Wells

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Following our previous Hammer Bites about "The Army Game", Cev's here to take a quick look at the life & career of Bernard Bresslaw, a man who casts a long shadow over Hammer in more ways than one!

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore

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It's well known how many BBC properties were transferred to the silver screen by Hammer through its early years, but Smokey's here with the beginnings of what became a very fruitful relationship with ITV...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
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At the end of 1965, Variety previewed Dracula, Prince Of Darkness with a damning faint praise stating that " After a slowish start, some climate of eeriness is evoked but more shadows, suspense and suggestion would have helped. Christopher Lee, an old hand at the horror business, makes a latish appearance but dominates the film enough without dialog."

Philip's here to guide you through this creepy old house while Cev finds the Keys and Adam sits by the fireside.

Will the lads (along with a special guest) beg to differ with Variety? There's only one way to find out...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells 
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Polygamy. What is it and what do we actually know about it? How much of it do we get right?

Ben's here with all the answers that were raised whilst watching "I Only Arsked!".

Well, some of them. Possibly...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
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As Hammer are all about that wacky doctor and his constantly failed experiments, Ben's here to to have all the best fun, as far as the rules will allow, with the idea of bringing back the dead...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” written and produced by Cev Moore 
Artwork by Richard Wells 

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Even though The Plague Of The Zombies packs a lot into its story and is considered by many to be a favourite, it is also one of those rare beasts in Hammer horror: the one and done. What will the lads dig up? Will it be just another empty casket?

All will be revealed along with cocktails, a potted history of the undead and giddy new levels of Morell love!

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells 

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Hammer Heroes is a semi-regular feature of The House Of Hammer that takes a look behind the curtain of the people that made the studio what it was.

In this particular case, Cev shines a light on one of the studio's more well known luminaries: Jimmy Sangster.

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells 
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Sometimes when the House Of Hammer team are looking for something to do a segment, the film in question can provide low hanging fruit. Here's Ben talking about snorkels. There's no prizes for guessing which film this was for...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells 

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The Nanny is something of a landmark film for Hammer. It would be their final monochrome release and their last of 1965.

As such, this feature packed episodes not only examines the film itself but, sinister nannies, where the studio itself would go next and a big fat fanny of a quiz...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells 
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Westminster Abbey features quite prominently in the final act of The Quatermass Xperiment, so Smokey attempts a respective and selective history of a building that's nearly eight centuries old...

“The House Of Hammer Theme” and incidental music - written and produced by Cev Moore
Artwork by Richard Wells 

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