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1951 Down Place

The Place for Hammer Films Discussion

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1951 Down Place #049 – Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

1951 Down Place #049 – Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

Happy Halloween! This month, the Down Placers get down with Dracula as they take a look at 1968’s Dracula Has Risen from... Read more

31 Oct 2015

Ranked #2

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1951 Down Place #053 – Kiss of the Vampire

1951 Down Place #053 – Kiss of the Vampire

Let’s see we have a peck on the cheek, an Eskimo kiss, butterfly kisses, a Spider-Man upside-down kiss and Hammer’s 196... Read more

29 Feb 2016

Ranked #3

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Episode #003 – The Hound of the Baskervilles

Episode #003 – The Hound of the Baskervilles

Can you guess what movie the Down Placers discuss in Episode #003 of 1951 Down Place? Why, it’s elementary – it’s 1959′s... Read more

30 Nov 2011

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Episode #017 – The Brides of Dracula

Episode #017 – The Brides of Dracula

What if you made a Dracula film and the Prince of Darkness is a no-show? Well, that’s the scenario this month for Casey,... Read more

31 Jan 2013

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Episode #011 – Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Episode #011 – Dracula: Prince of Darkness

Per listener request, Casey, Derek and Scott sit down to talk about 1966’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness (dir. Terence Fis... Read more

31 Jul 2012

Ranked #6

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1951 Down Place #057 – The Horror of Frankenstein

1951 Down Place #057 – The Horror of Frankenstein

The Down Placers may have suffered a minor reboot of their own as they tackle Hammer’s attempt at rebooting their Franke... Read more

6 Aug 2016

Ranked #7

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1951 Down Place #039 – Quatermass and the Pit

1951 Down Place #039 – Quatermass and the Pit

It’s a very special time here at 1951 Down Place central as our intern Scott has celebrated another birthday this month.... Read more

30 Nov 2014

Ranked #8

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Episode #019 – Quatermass II

Episode #019 – Quatermass II

Hungry? How about some of that so-called “synthetic food” being whipped up at Winnerden Flats? Tell you what – you go on... Read more

1 Apr 2013

Ranked #9

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1951 Down Place #044 – Frankenstein Must be Destroyed

1951 Down Place #044 – Frankenstein Must be Destroyed

Driven straight out of Bohemia and into this month’s episode of 1951 Down Place, it’s the one, the only Baron Frankenste... Read more

31 May 2015

Ranked #10

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1951 Down Place #038 – Curse of the Werewolf

1951 Down Place #038 – Curse of the Werewolf

We saw a werewolf with a Spanish menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Madrid in the rain He was looking for a... Read more

31 Oct 2014

Ranked #11

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1951 Down Place #055 – The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

1951 Down Place #055 – The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

Terence Fisher was a busy man for Hammer in the 1960s. A total of ten Hammer films were released bearing the name Terenc... Read more

2 May 2016

Ranked #12

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Episode #006 – The Vampire Lovers

Episode #006 – The Vampire Lovers

After last month’s discussion of Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (insert the Captain Kronos opening theme stinger here!)... Read more

29 Feb 2012

Ranked #13

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Episode #020 – The Revenge of Frankenstein

Episode #020 – The Revenge of Frankenstein

Baron Frankenstein is back . . . and so is Casey as the Down Placers dive into 1958’s The Revenge of Frankenstein. Casey... Read more

1 May 2013

Ranked #14

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1951 Down Place #042 – Vampire Circus

1951 Down Place #042 – Vampire Circus

Ladies and Gentlemen! May I direct your attention to the center ring where the Courageous Casey, the Death Defying Derek... Read more

1 Apr 2015

Ranked #15

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1951 Down Place #040 – The Phantom of the Opera

1951 Down Place #040 – The Phantom of the Opera

For Derek’s birthday pick, he selected the 1962 film The Phantom of the Opera (dir. Terence Fisher). It might be hard to... Read more

2 Jan 2015

Ranked #16

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Episode #016 – The Plague of the Zombies

Episode #016 – The Plague of the Zombies

Derek taps into his painfully-obvious-fandom of zombie movies and, for his birthday month, brings The Plague of the Zomb... Read more

31 Dec 2012

Ranked #17

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1951 Down Place #045 – Rasputin: The Mad Monk

1951 Down Place #045 – Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Torn from the pages of history – the truth about the man who turned men into killers and women into animals! Well, mayb... Read more

1 Jul 2015

Ranked #18

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1951 Down Place: Episode #008 – The Quatermass Xperiment

1951 Down Place: Episode #008 – The Quatermass Xperiment

The Quatermass Xperiment (dir. Val Guest) delivers classic and intelligent science fiction with that Hammer touch, and t... Read more

30 Apr 2012

Ranked #19

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1951 Down Place #047 – Straight on Till Morning

1951 Down Place #047 – Straight on Till Morning

All this has happened before, and it will all happen again. But this time it happened in London. It happened on a quiet... Read more

1 Sep 2015

Ranked #20

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Episode #004 – The Abominable Snowman

Episode #004 – The Abominable Snowman

There are no bouncing bumbles here! Instead, the Down Placers take on the most dreaded beast of the Himalayas – The Abom... Read more

31 Dec 2011

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