#11 Hammer Monsters

Echoing the success of the Universal Monsters, Hammer Films’ colorful takes on Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolf Man lead to a splashy, successful comeback—with two of those “rebooted” characters landing multiple sequels that helped make the studio’s name synonymous with Gothic horror. But how do The Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula, and The Curse of the Werewolf compare to their black-and-white American counterparts of over a decade earlier? Is bloodier and British better? (40m.)