There is a beauty, style, and look to classic Hammer horror
films that only that studio contains. There are only a handful of times in the
history of cinema that a studio has defined themselves so steadfast, even when
they experiment, one can immediately tell who made it by the style and tone.
Hammer is one of those. For this latest franchise article, we were asked to
cover some of the major Hammer studio releases and it seemed only fitting to
start with the one that most people recognize: Dracula. Spanning multiple
decades, the Dracula series is often
times as iconic as the original Universal series and it certainly helped
solidify both Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee as genre cornerstones.
Truthfully, it was a pleasure to be asked to go back and watch this franchise
once again and write this series of articles. Not that my words do it much
justice, but even if I can inspire one to revisit the films, then I will have
done my duty.
Due to the length of this franchise, it only made sense to
split it up into multiple articles to prevent having one massive piece that
people will tire of reading by the time they reach the third or fourth film.
Since there are nine entries, it made sense to evenly split the articles into
three films each. For this third and final part of the article, we will be
covering the seventh, eighth, and ninth entries into the series.
