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It’s controversial, creepy and cool, and hagsploitation has once again been thrust into the spotlight with the restoration and release of Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971). So to celebrate the film becoming part of the Hammer Presents range we’re wiping away the make-up and staring into the face of one of cinema’s most contentious categories and asking, whatever happened to hagsploitation?
On World Dracula Day (or as some people call it, May 26th) Hammer announced hugely exciting news: ‘This October, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are together again as Hammer’s original Dracula returns to cinemas and makes its worldwide home entertainment debut in stunning 4K.’
We needed to find out more so sat down with Hammer’s Steve Rogers to get the inside story on this very welcome return.
Who doesn’t like a good femme fatale? And who doesn’t love a bad one? They may be murderous and totally out for themselves, but the best of them have such charisma it’s hard not to be drawn to these divas who put the slay into slay queen. We’re saluting these independent, intoxicating women with a look at their presence across a broad variety of Hammer productions, from the gothic horrors to post-war noirs and murder mysteries. So, with an immediate warning of spoilers ahead, settle back for a celebration of cinematic villainy as we present our top five Hammer femmes fatales, starting with a trio of stone-cold killers…