May 8, 2021

This Day in Halloween: Hammer films' "The Evil of Frankenstein" opens across the U.S. in 1964. / Illustration by Angela Smith

The Evil of Frankenstein opens across the U.S. in 1964. The third in Hammer’s Frankenstein film series is notable for featuring a creature that resembles the square-headed design of Jack Pierce from the original Universal films, thanks to a distribution deal between the two companies.