'The Curse of Frankenstein' was Hammer film productions’ first
foray into Gothic horror in 1957. With its huge success came a revival
of this brand of horror that was first made commercially successful from
the 1930s to the 1950s, by Hollywood studio Universal. British
production company Hammer based much of their output on the iconic
screen monsters made famous by the American studio, but they would make
gorier affairs for shock value. They resurrected Dracula a year later in
1958’s 'The Horror of Dracula', continued with 1959’s 'The Mummy', and 1962’s 'The Phantom of the Opera'. The Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Mummy franchises would spawn many sequels.
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