There was quite a long discussion about this book a while back. I really enjoyed it - breezily written and with an eye on the wider film scene of the era, rather than treating the Hammer films in isolation.
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There was quite a long discussion about this book a while back. I really enjoyed it - breezily written and with an eye on the wider film scene of the era, rather than treating the Hammer films in isolation.