Beautifully Terrifying! Hammer Horror Has Returned!!

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2012)

In the late 1950's through the early 1970's, Hammer Productions produced a string of excellent Gothic horror films, including their own stunning versions of Dracula, Frankenstein & The Mummy to name a few. As famous for their gorgeous set designs and wonderful British actors as they were for their hauntingly terrifying psychological scenarios - these films have become legends of horror. From the 1980's onward, Hammer Studios lay dormant until suddenly and unexpectedly they again began to produce new films starting with 2010's "Let Me In".
I am happy to report that Hammer's one-of-a-kind Gothic "scary tales" have risen from the dead. This film is beautiful to look at, completely engrossing and one of the most frightening pictures I have ever seen, and I've seen thousands! Daniel Radcliffe, in a roll that could totally make or beak this movie, not only rises to the challenge but completely annihilates it! He is superb and heads an equally stellar supporting cast. The plot is a fairly simple ghost story, so I won't go into that too much because the real star of the show here is the execution of that story.
If you are sick of the mundane, slice 'em and 'dice em horror flicks that shed gallons of blood but fail to initiate even a flicker of horror - then you are in for a real treat here. This one WILL give you goose bumps and nightmares!! An utter triumph in the horror genre!