Every Friday, on the Spectator Book Blog, we’ll be publishing the latest Bookends column from the magazine. For those who haven’t come across the column before, it’s a 250-word review of a
recent book – somewhat shorter than the rest of the reviews in the print edition – and well-suited to the blog format. Anyway, here’s the latest:
Flesh and blood
Flesh. Lots of flesh. That was the simple promise of a Hammer horror film. In this collection of classic Hammer posters (The Art of Hammer by Marcus Hearn, Titan, £24.99) we have
cleavages, writhing torsos and shining thighs aplenty. But it’s not just that kind of flesh. Over most of our female subjects leers a monster (usually played by the magisterial Christopher
Lee), threatening to butcher their curves and leave behind a carcass. Little wonder that the blood-red acrylic is applied so liberally.
More interesting, although generally less striking, are the posters that don’t follow the formula.
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