Nov. 5, 2020

This Day in Halloween: Hammer Film Productions is founded in London in 1934. / Illustration by Justin Pakneshan.

Hammer Film Productions is founded in London in 1934. Though the company dabbled in various genres, it is best known for 20 years of horror films produced between the late 1950s and mid-1970s. The films were known for vivid color, stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, and buxom women.