By Historic British horror movie house, Hammer Productions — the company responsible for most of Christopher Lee’s horror oeuvre — has begun a comeback recently after nearly two decades of television-only programming. Among a handful of recent projects, including this year’s English-language remake of Let the Right One In, and the upcoming The Woman in Black adaptation, last year Hammer began work on it’s first original production since 1976. The film is called Wake Wood, which Movieline reports, tells the story of a young couple who seek the help of pagan neighbours to resurrect their dead daughter.
This recently posted trailer is a teaser of gloomy woods, chanting, and suspense, but doesn’t touch on any of these plot points, as well as being rather poor quality. Still, the trailer is enough to instill in me the confidence that, between this and Hammer’s other production, The Woman in Black, we have a new era of British horror to look forward to. These films will likely profit from the dreary atmosphere the isles are known for and which could be drawn on more frequently by stories other than Harry Potter. The use of landscape helped the underrated…
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Historic British horror movie house, Hammer Productions — the company responsible for most of Christopher Lee's horror oeuvre — has begun a comeback recently after nearly two decades of television-only programming. Among a handful of recent projects, including this year's English-language remake of Let the Right One In, and the upcoming The Woman in Black adaptation, last year Hammer began work on it's first original production since 1976. The film is called Wake Wood, which Movieline reports, tells the story of a young couple who seek the help of pagan neighbours to resurrect their dead daughter.
This recently posted trailer is a teaser of gloomy woods, chanting, and suspense, but doesn't touch on any of these plot points, as well as being rather poor quality. Still, the trailer is enough to instill in me the confidence that, between this and Hammer's other production, The Woman in Black, we have a new era of British horror to look forward to. These films will likely profit from the dreary atmosphere the isles are known for and which could be drawn on more frequently by stories other than Harry Potter. The use of landscape helped the underrated horror movie The Others immensely, for example, and will likely contribute to the success of Wake Wood as well.
[via Movieline]