He began working on an anthology called The Devil and all his Works, based on Wheatley’s occult novels, the first of which was To the Devil… a Daughter.Ĭarreras found it difficult to raise the money for the series as Hammer’s usual financial backers were either nowhere to be found or investing in their own production companies. In an attempt to turn it around, Carreras envisaged the future of the company as made for TV programmes and big budget film productions. Michael Carreras took ownership of Hammer from his father in 1972 but the company was completely broke. This was most opportune for Hammer, who then had sole rights to eight of Wheatley’s Black Magic books. However, Charlemagne Productions made a film called Nothing but the Night (UK, Peter Sasdy, 1973) which bombed at the box office and took Lee’s company down with it. Lee had set up his own film company called Charlemagne Productions who were planning on making The Haunting of Toby Jugg and To the Devil… a Daughter. Delighted with The Devil Rides Out (UK, Terence Fisher, 1968), Wheatley had given Lee free use of his work. I n 1971, Christopher Lee and former Hammer producer Anthony Keys were working on a series of films based on Dennis Wheatley’s Black Magic books.
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