Pete & Chris

James S. Baker
6 min readApr 17, 2022

Not long ago, Julia came by a copy of the premier issue of CLARET, a lavishly produced magazine for connoisseurs. Not of wine, but HAMMER HORROR films of the 1950s-1970s. The freely flowing RED liquid of the title refers to the BLOOD that gushed in these films, the most memorable often featuring CHRISTOPHER LEE and/or PETER CUSHING.

CLARET #1 recently prompted us to watch the old movies that inspired this magazine. We’ve so far watched…

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