Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/14/89)
Really-From: tamar@attunix.att.com Listening to Kate over the weekend, a friend and I were musing over whether "Hammer Horror" referred to the English Hammer Mystery Movies that were popular at one point. I have never seen one but my friend has and said they are pretty good. Also, this same friend then asked if "Kashka from Baghdad" was about a gay couple. This is apparently a popular theory. Can any Love-Hound shed some light on these thoughts? Sorry if this has been discussed before. I've been a silent Love-Hound for years and don't recall seeing it. Tamar
Love-Hounds-request@GAFFA.MIT.EDU (08/16/89)
Really-From: isg100!otter!dps@ncr-sd.sandiego.ncr.com (Duncan Smith) Tamar, _Hammer_Horror_ is indeed an homage to the Hammer films. Note that they were horror films, not mysteries. As I recall the lyrics, the song melds together the essential elements of such a film. They were very popular during the sixties and early seventies, when Kate was a young girl. They starred such names as Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee and were frequently about some creepy old country house were devilish goings on were to be encountered. Some of the genre are now regarded as classics, e.g. 'Night of the Daemons.' The voiceover at the start of HoL is actually a line from one of these films (Maybe the one I mentioned.) Duncan Smith