1960s Archives - Page 6 of 27

Halloween Hammer: Dracula – Prince Of Darkness

Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at the second film in the iconic Dracula series.

Halloween Hammer: The Devil Rides Out

Continuing our Hammer Horror month with a look at one of their most impressive films, adapted from the Dennis Wheatley novel.

Halloween Hammer: Rasputin The Mad Monk

Continuing our look at Hammer Films with their curious hybrid of historical biopic and gothic horror from 1966.

Halloween Hammer: The Mummy’s Shroud

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Continuing our Hammer Horror month with a look at one of the company’s lesser efforts, another entry in the Mummy series.

Halloween Hammer: The Reptile

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Continuing our examination of Hammer films with a look at one of their impressively creepy Cornish Horrors of the mid-Sixties.

Halloween Hammer: Quatermass And The Pit

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Continuing our Hammer Films retrospective with a look at the folk horror science fiction classic.

Halloween Hammer: The Witches

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Continuing our Hammer retrospective month with a look at their uncharacteristic and underrated study of rural occultism.

Printed Poison – Mid-Sixties Moral Panic From The Citizens For Decent Literature

More 1960s anti-smut hysteria from notorious fraudster Charles Keating.

The Misadventures Of Tommy Kirk

The one-time Disney star had a career dogged by scandal, but his movies – and his life – are a fascinating study of changing 1960s culture.

Barbie Sings!

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A Barbie girl in a Barbie world – easy-listening dreams for the young girls of the 1960s.

The Land Beyond Beyond: The Magic And Mythology Of The Singing, Ringing Tree

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The German Fairy Tale film that caused collective childhood trauma for a generation of viewers. Or so they claim…

The Seductive World Of Hi-Fi Advertising

The Hi-Fi system was an essential part of any would-be swinging bachelor’s pad – and advertisers knew how to package the dream of sexy stereos and gorgeous girls.