Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter opens across the U.S. in 1974. The self-explanatory Hammer horror film is a critical and box office success and intended to be the first of a series of swashbuckling horror films, but financial problems at Hammer Films shut it down. The film nevertheless gains a cult following.
This Day in Halloween: Hammer's swashbuckling horror film "Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter" opens across the U.S. in 1974. / Illustration by Ryn Heller