Frankenstein in Film: Hammer Film Productions

More graphic than its Universal predecessor, Hammer Films ushered in a new era for horror beginning with its adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel

The world of horror underwent some serious transformations in the decade between the final Universal Frankenstein film and the first in Hammer Film Productions line of monster movies. Where the Universal touch was to have the violence more imagined than shown on screen, Hammer dove right into the blood and gore…