I Gave Ingrid Pitt a Piggy-Back

2024-09-03

Hammer Films enjoyed a rich heyday in the late 1960s and early 1970s making a series of late-night classics, such as The Vampire Lovers, Horror of Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde, and Dracula AD 1972. And Phil Campbell and Brian Reynolds were there, runners on set working with veteran actors such as Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton, and young Hammer stars such as Ingrid Pitt, Madeleine Smith, Dennis Waterman and Ralph Bates. Having written a wonderfully gossipy memoir ‘Running S...

And Phil Campbell and Brian Reynolds were there, runners on set working with veteran actors such as Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton, and young Hammer stars such as Ingrid Pitt, Madeleine Smith, Dennis Waterman and Ralph Bates.

Having written a wonderfully gossipy memoir ‘Running Scared’, Phil and Brian spill the beans on what it was like to join this factory of horror in the late 1960s…

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‘Running Scared’ by Phil Campbell and Brian Reynolds is packed with great stories and loads of wonderful photos. Check out PeverilPublishing.co.uk to get your hands on a copy.

Starring Phil Campbell and Brian Reynolds.

Music: Come Back To Us (Elias Trevino) and Dream On (Hirschmann) - Audio Network.

Produced by Greg Lewis.

Production manager: Jon Harry.

Other voices: Caoimhe Lewis.

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