The legendary brand Hammer Films is back under new ownership, with a couple big projects coming very soon. First up, the classic Christopher Lee-starring Horror of Dracula has received a brand new 4K restoration for a fresh release, while Hammer is getting set to unleash a brand new original monster movie titled Ithaqua. The latter is expected in Early 2027.
Long story short, Hammer Films is plotting a return with a brand new slate of movies under the ownership of British theater producer John Gore, the new team aiming to “celebrate and preserve the unmatched legacy of Hammer and to usher in a new era of storytelling.”
But what about the Hammer Horror classics? Does John Gore plan on resurrecting any of those classic movies with brand new remakes? Gore teases his plans in a new chat with Variety.
“It’s very hard to contemplate how we would just do a straight remake of something that is a classic,” Gore explains. But he does mention three Hammer classics he’d love to breathe new life into.
1) The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
“The Cushing Frankenstein has never been redone — where Frankenstein is evil. In most films, Frankenstein is a tortured scientist but the evil Frankenstein is something I’d like to look at.”
2) Countess Dracula (1971)
“It was great, but it wasn’t such a tentpole in terms of the Hammer catalogue.”
3) The Devil Rides Out (1968)
“That film has real power to it. Christopher Lee spent years talking about how that was for him the most terrifying experience.”
Speaking more broadly about the vast catalogue of Hammer Films classics that the studio released over the years, Gore tells Variety: “I feel great responsibility in bringing this stuff back.”
Stay tuned for more on the future of Hammer and read the full chat on Variety.
