Podcast
Hammer Time: A Hammer Horror Podcast
From The Curse of Frankenstein to Blood from the Mummy's Tomb, from Dracula to Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Hammer was the leading production company in British horror from the mid 1950s to the 1970s. Join film critic and Hammer newbie Becky Darke and Hammer expert Kevin Lyons as they watch and discuss every horror film in Hammer's back catalogue! It's Hammer Time.
- Film History chart
- #21
- Episodes
- 54
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 46 min
- On air since
- 2025
- Latest episode
- 1 week ago
Episodes
54 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 59 min
Twins of Evil (1971)
Season 1, Episode 52
Show notes
Which is the virgin? Which is the vampire? This week Becky and Kevin are rounding out the Karnstein Trilogy with the best of the bunch! It's 1971's TWINS OF EVIL.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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1 hr 29 min
Countess Dracula (1971)
Season 1, Episode 51
Show notes
This week Becky and Kev are bathing in blood as Hammer tackles the legend of Elizabeth Bathory in COUNTESS DRACULA!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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1 hr 40 min
Lust for a Vampire (1971)
Season 1, Episode 50
Show notes
Devils in female bodies! This week Kevin and Becky cover the second film in the Karnstein trilogy as Marcilla (or Carmilla or Mircalla) returns in the extremely 70s LUST FOR A VAMPIRE.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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1 hr 28 min
Mailbag Episode #3
Season 1, Episode 49
Show notes
This week Becky and Kevin dip into the mailbag to answer listener questions, and run down their personal top 10 Hammer horror films covered on the podcast so far!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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2 hr 1 min
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
Season 1, Episode 48
Show notes
New thrills! New faces! New horror! This week Kevin and Becky round out 1970 with one of the more controversial titles in our journey: Jimmy Sangster's THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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1 hr 56 min
Scars of Dracula (1970)
Season 1, Episode 47
Show notes
The mark of death remains forever! This week Becky and Kevin are up against a newly resurrected Christopher Lee and join the poor unsuspecting victims who keep turning up at his castle, in SCARS OF DRACULA.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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1 hr 48 min
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Season 1, Episode 46
Show notes
If you dare… taste the deadly passion of the blood nymphs! This week Kevin and Becky finally meet Hammer legends Ingrid Pitt and Madeline Smith as they come face to face with 70s lesbian vampires in THE VAMPIRE LOVERS.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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1 hr 54 min
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Season 1, Episode 45
Show notes
They drink his blood and the horror begins. This week Becky and Kevin's Hammer journey reaches the 1970s as Christopher Lee is resurrected again in TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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1 hr 56 min
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Season 1, Episode 44
Show notes
This week Kevin and Becky come up against Baron Frankenstein once again as he goes completely off the deep end and proves that he's truly more monstrous than the monsters he created! FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 52 min
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968)
Season 1, Episode 43
Show notes
This week Becky and Kev are back with Christopher Lee as Dracula as he's resurrected by some guileless clergymen and is very annoyed to have been locked out of his castle! It's DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE. Obviously.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 47 min
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Season 1, Episode 42
Show notes
This week Becky and Kev come face-to-face with giant tarantulas and a goat-headed god, and have their Satanic baptisms, as they discuss the occult horror classic THE DEVIL RIDES OUT.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
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Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 5 min
The Legacy of Jimmy Sangster (An interview with Marcus Hearn)
Season 1, Episode 41
Show notes
This week Kevin and Becky take a break from the Hammer back catalogue to interview author and journalist Marcus Hearn, whose new documentary Hammer and Beyond: The Jimmy Sangster Legacy explores the life and career of Hammer writer / director Jimmy Sangster.
The documentary is part of the Sangster Directs Hammer Box Set, available now from Severin Films.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
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Follow Becky Darke on Instagram and BlueSky
Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 56 min
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Season 1, Episode 40
Show notes
Bernard Quatermass is back! Becky and Kevin investigate something ancient and evil on the London Underground as they discuss a fan favourite, Quatermass and the Pit!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
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Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 35 min
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
Season 1, Episode 39
Show notes
Beware the beat of the cloth-wrapped feet! This week Becky and Kev go back to Ancient Egypt as it's looted for its cursed antiquities… again, in John Gilling's THE MUMMY'S SHROUD.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
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Follow Becky Darke on Instagram and BlueSky
Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 39 min
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Season 1, Episode 38
Show notes
This week Kev and Becky are back with the Baron, as Peter Cushing and Terence Fisher return with FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN.
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
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Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 43 min
The Witches (1966)
Season 1
Show notes
This week Becky and Kev discuss Joan Fontaine, folk horror, virgin sacrifices and nearly come to blows over the Nigel Kneale-penned THE WITCHES!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
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Follow Becky Darke on Instagram and BlueSky
Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 37 min
The Old Dark House (1966)
Season 1, Episode 36
Show notes
This week William Castle joins Team Hammer for a remake of an old Universal classic, as Kevin and Becky visit The Old Dark House!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
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Follow EOH Network on Instagram
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Follow Becky Darke on Instagram and BlueSky
Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 49 min
The Reptile (1966)
Season 1, Episode 35
Show notes
This week Kev and Becky are up against another of Hammer's iconic female monsters, as they shed their skins and smash their sitars for a chat about THE REPTILE!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
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Follow Becky Darke on Instagram and BlueSky
Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 52 min
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
Show notes
This week Becky and Kev are in Russia with its greatest love machine as Christopher Lee takes on the role of one of European history's most infamous figures… RASPUTIN: THE MAD MONK!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
Follow EOH Network on Instagram
Follow EOH Network on BlueSky
Follow Becky Darke on Instagram and BlueSky
Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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1 hr 41 min
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Season 1, Episode 34
Show notes
This week Kev and Becky shuffle their way into a Cornish village to discuss Hammer's first foray into the zombie subgenre!
Hosted by Becky Darke and Kevin Lyons
Produced and Edited by Mike Muncer
Drop us an email hammer@evolutionofhorror.com
Check out the full list of films being covered on http://evolutionofhorror.com/hammer
Part of the Evolution of Horror Network
Follow EOH Network on Instagram
Follow EOH Network on BlueSky
Follow Becky Darke on Instagram and BlueSky
Check out Kevin Lyons' websites, EOFFTV and EOFFTV Reviews
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