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The film archives of Hammer Studios contain many unexpected treasures, and a gorgeous, gritty featurette from 1955 is certainly one of its most intriguing. A Man on the Beach is an often overlooked and fascinating thriller, but is its biggest mystery a twist that wasn’t in the script?
The 4K restoration of Four Sided Triangle (1953) is available to pre-order now. Our latest look at the film is a pictorial feature including rare production shots, behind the scenes photos and moments from the movie which hold a special visual significance.
There’s a moment in Four Sided Triangle (1953) when a dejected Bill contemplates his situation and claims, ‘It’s a paradox…’ quoting Richard Le Gallienne when he adds, ‘A paradox is just a truth standing on its head to attract attention…’
The question of whether Four Sided Triangle was ahead of its time, firmly of its era, or even a little old-fashioned for the early 1950s, presents us with another paradox. But this one isn’t standing on its head, demanding to be seen. Quite the opposite, the work’s contrasting elements serve to disguise its more progressive facets.
There’s a curious ambiguity to Terence Fisher. A patchwork of contradictions that the director himself seemed to delight in stitching together. So how can Four Sided Triangle help us decode the man once hailed as ‘the master of the macabre’?
It was recently announced that the next movie to be restored and released by Hammer Films will be Four Sided Triangle (1953), an early thriller directed by fan favourite, Terence Fisher. It represents the first Hammer picture to be based, in part, on the story of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the seminal novel famously reworked by the studio throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s.