Well folks, I don't know how much this is going to mean to some of you, but for me... this little tidbit got me foaming at the mouth. The idea that Tim Burton set out to shoot this movie in a HAMMER film style... well, that's just one of them there fantastic gleegasms that excites me.
What does HAMMER film style mean?
Alright, a brief little history lesson for those of you that are not familiar with this, the second age of horror. (My point of view, not history's) I imagine almost all of you are familiar with the classic Universal Horror films from the thirties and forties. Well beginning in the 1950's a british production entity known as HAMMER FILMS began making these horror films. They really took off with THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN in 1957. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, they began the process of remaking the long and historic run of uber-cool movies. From FRANKENSTEIN to the amazing DRACULA series to THE MUMMY to the QUATERMASS films... Hammer created a look and atmosphere that you could just instantly feel the creaking of the boards and the howling of the wind. It was an auteur studio, producing fantastic horror films that.... Well ROCK! My main hope is that we get a James Bernard style score from Danny Elfman. Or the breathless sense of adventure or the feeling of doom.... Oh man, this could be sooooooo cooooooool!!!
Alright, a brief little history lesson for those of you that are not familiar with this, the second age of horror. (My point of view, not history's) I imagine almost all of you are familiar with the classic Universal Horror films from the thirties and forties. Well beginning in the 1950's a british production entity known as HAMMER FILMS began making these horror films. They really took off with THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN in 1957. Directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, they began the process of remaking the long and historic run of uber-cool movies. From FRANKENSTEIN to the amazing DRACULA series to THE MUMMY to the QUATERMASS films... Hammer created a look and atmosphere that you could just instantly feel the creaking of the boards and the howling of the wind. It was an auteur studio, producing fantastic horror films that.... Well ROCK! My main hope is that we get a James Bernard style score from Danny Elfman. Or the breathless sense of adventure or the feeling of doom.... Oh man, this could be sooooooo cooooooool!!!
Il Matto here. Friday night on Craig Kilborn's show, Christina Ricci said that Sleepy Hollow is in the style of the Hammer horror films, and that she plays the role of the American actress with the bad British accent. While she declined to speak in that accent, she did mention that the over the top dialogue includes such lines as "I rue the day I met you!"
