The Best Hammer Horror Movies & Where To Watch Them

Hammer is a legendary British production company and has carved out a special place in cinematic horror. Founded in 1934, Hammer’s early years saw it produce spy, thriller, and historical movies. But in the 1950s and the 1960s, the studio made its name for itself with gothic adaptations of classic stories that have stood the test of time. Just as Hammer seized the baton from the Universal monster movies that had previously dominated horror, Hammer’s style of gothic menace had a shelf life. Its heyday couldn’t survive the mid-1970s when The Exorcist heralded a new era of horror far removed from vampires staked in candle-lit crypts.