Jérôme Korkikian
2021Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Jérôme Korkikian
Marcus Hearn, Mick Garris
The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainly from 1955 to 1968. Tortured women and sadistic monsters populated oppressive scenarios in provocative productions that shocked censorship and disgusted critics but fascinated the public. Movies in which horror was shown in offensive colors: dreadful stories, told without prejudices, that offered fear, blood, sex and stunning performances.
Dark Glamour: The Blood and Guts of Hammer Productions
Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes
Jérôme Korkikian
Julien Bocher, Hervé Lacroix
The silent cinema had already created colossal movies based on ancient civilizations, but it is in the 1950s when peplums reach their apogee in Hollywood. Then, peplums take root at Cinecittà studios, in Rome, where cheap cinema is produced with bodybuilders as heroes. The genre decays in the late 1960s, but rises again decades later, when a modern classic is released in 2000.
Sword-and-Sandal
