Back in 1996, I bought my first book from Denis Meikle, A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer. Besides the issues of Little Shoppe of Horrors, I never found a book solely dedicated with that much information on this famous British studio, and I just devoured it. Back in 2008, Meikle updated and released a much larger and revised edition. Now, coming from Hemlock Books, there is a new version, entitled Hammer Films: The Whole Story.

Due to be published at the end of the month, this volume covers the whole 115-year history of Hammer, from 1907 to 2022. It starts with they were just a distribution starting with Enrique Carreras, then connecting with William Hinds to form Exclusive Films, then getting into production themselves.

Now coming from a guy who has two bookshelves with nothing but volumes on Hammer, do we really need another one on the Studio that Dripped Blood? Well, of course we do! And I’ve already ordered my copy! Sure, I’m a bit of a nut when it comes to both books and Hammer, but Meikle was an author that wrote his mind, no matter if it wasn’t the most popular opinion. And what that did was make us think maybe a little more. Might not change our opinion but it makes us think a little more on a particular subject, and that is always a good thing. So yes, we DO need another book on Hammer.

You can find all the info about the book HERE on Hemlock Books page.