Jules picks up where he left off in October by running through some of the choice horror offerings from the fantastic Hammer back catalogue. You can check out the rest of our “31 Days of Hammer” by CLICKING HERE. Released: 1966 Starring: Ray Barrett, Jennifer Daniel, Noel William, Jacqueline Pearce, Michael Ripper Director: John Gilling After making their name with modern reworkings of classic horrors like vampires, mummies and werewolves, Hammer by the mid-sixties were spreading their wings more and with The Reptile, made their first attempt at creating a nightmare creature all of their own. To be fair, it’s not a million miles from a straight-up werewolf film, but with enough original touches, not to mention a striking monster design, to set John Gilling’s story out on its own. What looks like the Black Death is picking of the inhabitants of a rural Cornwall village. One of the victims is the brother of Harry Spalding (Ray Barrett), who comes to take over his cottage with his wife Valerie (Jennifer Daniel), only to find that there is more to his death than it seemed. Meanwhile across the moor, the sinister Dr Franklyn (Noel William) and his strange daughter Anna (Jacqueline [...]