Review: 'The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography'

Hammer Studios became synonymous with horror for a number of reasons: its stylish yet lurid reinterpretations of Universal’s monsters, its groundbreaking bloodiness, the charismatic presence of Peter Cushing, the chilly presence of Christopher Lee. Just as integral to the studios’ personality are the women who so fulfilled certain physical requirements that the term “Hammer glamour” was invented to define/label them.