AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 8 of Hearts

 As this pack winds down they do look to be throwing out some better cards. I still would like more information about the film. In this case and English title and release year would be nice. Still, cool card.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 7 of Hearts

Now this is a killer poster. You get the idea that there are hot chicks who are blood suckers. That's so much better than my sister who is a nasty blood sucking monster.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 6 of Hearts

Another poster for the most horrifying movie in history, a movie about algebra, scary.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 5 of Hearts

 Here we have the first Asian poster in the deck. I think this is Japanese, but I don't know.inclusion is a good thing

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 4 of Hearts

 More snowman. This film just sounds a little off to me and it's not right to watch it until after thanksgiving. This is another two color poster using the white of the paper as a color. Not the best card.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 3 of Hearts

 Here we have a 'The Plague of the Zombies' poster using orange and black, Halloween colors, and I again love to see these old posters that take me back to my youth spending some hours in the high school print shop. 

This is still a movie that has been covered by this pack but at least the image is new. 

Not the best card but not bad. 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 2 of Hearts

 Two of hearts is another Dracula Prince of Darkness poster using primary colors and looking like a comic book. Meh, not that great.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - Joker of Clubs

 I think the joke here is that this is a double feature poster without a double feature. Not a bad card but there are better in this deck.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - Ace of Clubs

Hammer's 1966 'The Plague of the Zombies' has a real click bate poster. There is no nudity in this film. There is some zombie action and this is a horror film from the past that will really bring the spook fest. 

Great card.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - King of Clubs

 From what I understand this is just the foreign language version of Dracula's poster and I don't know why I should care about it. It is cool but still not sure why.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - Queen of Clubs

Countess Dracula is a 1971 PG film with boobs. I mean naked boobs. The poster here looks like a two color printing on yellow paper and I love that cool printing technique. Cool card.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - Jack of Clubs

 Looking very much like the king of diamonds the Jack of clubs here is another poster for 'The Mummy's Shroud'. I mean, you could play a drinking game with these cards. Shuffle them and pull a movie. Pull the same movie twice and you have to take a drink.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 10 of Clubs

 This is a really strange landscape poster for "Vampire Circus" which reminds me of the film Heavy Mettle. If this poster where the only thing I saw for this film I would have thought it was about LSD.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 9 of Clubs

This is another two color poster, which would have been a good theme for this suit, and I love the way the use blue. I t is hard for me to feel fear when I hear "The Abominable Snowman" but then when you've met my sister there just aren't as many monsters in the world.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 8 of Clubs

 'Dracula Prince of Darkness' must have been a big thing for Hammer. 'The  Plague of the Zombies' feels like an odd B feature for this classic. I will point out that this is a two color poster using the white of the paper to make it work. 

I love to see these old printing techniques. They went out of style a long time ago and I think Jaws put the last nail in their coffin. Still brings me back.   

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 7 of Clubs

Okay, the seven of clubs here feels like a fail. I mean, now the repetitive movie posters just feels lazy and this one isn't that interesting.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 6 of Clubs

More 'Hands of the Ripper' I can't really talk too much about the movies if they keep showing me the same ones. I feel like these cards are  missing the point.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 5 of Clubs

Hammer's 1965 'The Devil's Bride' sounds like what happens if my sister comes out and says she is getting back with her old girlfriend. Then you look at the cover and think 'none of them are big or evil enough to be my sister.' This looks like a fun film and this is a good poster.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 4 of Clubs

 The four of clubs here has managed to cover two of the three most classic monsters and both films have chicks on the poster. This would be a great double feature for Halloween or bro night. I can just taste the beer now.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 3 of Clubs

 I believe there are eight sequels to the Hammer Dracula so why this one has come up three times by the fifteenth card I've looked at is past me. It does make the cars look a little lack luster.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 2 of Clubs

 The 2 of clubs is another poster for the double feature of "Rasputin the Mad Monk" and "The Reptile". A portrait poster was on the six of diamonds.  

This is a better poster, but I would have hoped for something new.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - Ace of Diamonds

The Ace here looks like another poster of Dracula Prince of Darkness. It is something of a lazy shot to have a poster of the same film. Dracula is the ace for sure, but they could have used another one of his movies.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - King of Diamonds

The King of Diamonds is a mummy? I guess, because this is a french poster for Hammer's 1967 "The Mummy's Shroud". I've never heard of this film before, but I do have to admit that mummies are classic Halloween monsters.

Cool card.
 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - Queen of Diamonds

 'Twins of Evil' sounds like the kind of exploitation film that is almost pornography. This 1971 Hammer horror flick has a number of sexy points, but does not show you what you want from what the IMDB page says. 

The film sounds underwhelming, but it is the crappy horror movie season so it's time to pull it out with the boys.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - Jack of Diamonds

 These movies always get it wrong. My sister does not appear to people as a goat. She appears as a hippo... I guess it would be expensive to get a hippo and they are really hard to direct. 

Anyway, 'The Devil Rides Out' is a tail with strong religious undertones with my sister worshiping cults and angels and devils running about. 

Great for your spooky season. 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 10 of Diamonds

 Hammer's 1971 'Hands of the Ripper' is a film about Jack the Ripper's daughter continuing her old man's work. Hammer horror films are a real trip from what I understand, but I would have liked a different poster for this one.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 9 of Diamonds

  I have never before heard of Hammer Films 1967 film Frankenstein Created Woman. It sounds like a film that would be best watched to beer and pizza with a little whiskey to start you off.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 8 of Diamonds

 

"X the Unknown"! someone made a movie about Algebra? Now that is terrifying. In reality this 1956 film is about a radio active monster which is much less scary than Algebra. I think it's an atomic version of the blob.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 7 of Diamonds

 Saluting these two 1971 Hammer films the seven of diamonds is a plane black and white card. If the whole suit was black and white cards it would be a little better visually.

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 6 of Diamonds

 Another double feature Hammer poster. I'm not sure why they didn't just use one poster and not the double, but I guess the double is more appealing. 

I will also have to point out that the six and the nine for this deck are the same. I know this is common but I would rather see a draftsman's nine which can be distinguished from a six no matter what direction it is seen in. 

AQUARIUS Hammer House of Horror Playing Cards - 5 of Diamonds

The five of diamonds here is the french cover art for Hammer's 1966 'Dracula: Prince of Darkness'. Why it's a five I don't know, but I guess it could be the five points made by the four teeth and the bat but who really knows. 

The cards would be better with a few more facts about the film. Horror fans will love every card in this deck but this card is less than spot on.