Offscreen Notes

Jimmy Sangster Dies (2 December 1927 - 19 August 2011)

August 19th, 2011

One of the venerable figures of the great British studio Hammer has passed away at age 83. Sangster’s name was associated as either writer or director with some of the most important British horror and thriller films of his generation, and worked with all the great Hammer pros (Lee, Cushing, Fisher, Reed, etc.).

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