The Woman in Black is produced by Hammer Film Productions, the legendary British film studio that began a comeback in 2007. Here are three of the films that once made Hammer a byword for horror.
1. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Hammer’s first gothic horror film was the blueprint for the hundreds that would follow. The director, Terence Fisher, worked wonders with minimal resources. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee took their first steps towards legendary status as Victor Frankenstein and the monster, respectively. For the first time, the blood was as red as could be.
2. Dracula (1958)
Fisher, Lee, and Cushing built on that momentum and translated Bram Stoker’s vampire saga into moving, and exceptionally colourful, pictures. Compared to past versions, the extra violence and the eroticism were striking. Like The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula was an enormous success. Both films were followed by a long series of sequels.
3. The Mummy (1959)
Hammer specialised in reanimating the great monsters that had made money for Universal back in the 1930s and 1940s: in addition to Dracula, Frankenstein, the Werewolf, and the Phantom of the Opera, that list included the Mummy. Yet again, this Fisher-Lee-Cushing film spawned sequels galore.
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