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Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s.
Jan 12, 2021 · In 1934, theatre owner Enrique Carreras and William Hinds decided to come together to form a film distribution company named Exclusive films. While their plans were somewhat foiled by the chaos that ensued during World War II, the company resurfaced in 1947 as Hammer Film Productions.
Incorporated in November 1934 to take advantage of the then-current boom in British film production, Hammer is one of the oldest film companies in the world. It produced a handful of popular features in the 1930s before a financial crisis in the British film industry halted further productions.
Founded in 1934, Hammer was a trailblazer in the Gothic Horror genre in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Embark on a chilling journey through time with glimpses from our archives. After a hiatus that left many fans yearning for more, the iconic Hammer Films is making a grand and eerie comeback.
Aug 10, 2010 · The now legendary film company Hammer made such classics as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958), plus their numerous sequels and subsequent remakes of old Universal Gothic chillers (The Curse of the Werewolf, The Mummy, The Phantom of the Opera), as well as making international stars out of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee ...
This list includes every feature film that Hammer Film Productions has made since 1935. The studio did not release any films from 1937 to 1946, in 1975, from 1977 to 1978, from 1980 to 2007, in 2009, in 2013 or from 2015 to 2017.
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When two titles are shown for a single film, the first title is that as released in the U.K., the second in the U.S. During its most productive period of activity (1947−1979), Hammer released 158 films, 50 of which can be regarded as falling within the horror genre.
