FEW names in horror command more respect than Hammer.


The director John Carpenter has said that seeing "The Curse of Frankenstein," the first gothic hit by Hammer Film Productions, as a kid transformed him.

Another esteemed veteran of the genre, Joe Dante, said the same movie lived up to its tag line promise to "haunt you forever.

" And Martin Scorsese has described an obscure sequel, "Frankenstein Created Woman," as "close to something sublime. ...

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