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When I looked at the Hammer filmsI obviously looked at the traditional vampire films, and of course Hammer were masters in such things, producing some of the best vampire films. However I am always open to the suggestion that there may be others.

Step in the Quatermass Xperiment. Quatermass (fully Professor Bernard Quatermass) was a character created for the BBC by Nigel Kneale and they had run a six part serial entitled the Quatermass Experiment in 1953. This 1955 film, directed by Val Guest, was a remake of that – though Kneale was supposedly less than impressed – disliking the fact that Quartermass seemed to lose his first name (it’s mentioned on the IMDb credits but not uttered in film) and being unhappy with the casting of American Brian Donlevy as the titular character. It was Hammer’s first real foray into horror.

Hammer's first horrorSo why are we looking at it? Well that’s because of Paul Meehan’s book the Vampire in Science Fiction Fi

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List of biographical films

Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress 1906The Story of the Kelly GangNed KellyFrank Mills1909The Origin of Beethoven's månsken SonataLudwig van BeethovenHarry BaurThe Life of MosesMosesPat HartiganEdgar Allen PoeEdgar Allan PoeHerbert YostSaul and DavidKing DavidMaurice CostelloKing SaulWilliam V. Ranous1910Pyotr VelikiyPeter the GreatPyotr Voinov1911Sweet Nell of Old DruryNell GwynNellie StewartCharles II of EnglandAugustus Neville1912Custer's Last FightGeorge Armstrong CusterFrancis FordCleopatraCleopatraHelen GardnerFrom the Manger to the CrossJesusRobert Henderson-Bland1913Adrienne LecouvreurAdrienne LecouvreurSarah BernhardtGiuseppe Verdi nella vita e nella gloriaGiuseppe VerdiEgisto Cecchi The Life and Works of Richard WagnerRichard WagnerGiuseppe BecceSixty Years a QueenQue