Hammer Film Productions is a UK-based film company founded in 1934 known for its Gothic "Hammer Horror" films from the 1950s-1970s which dominated the horror genre. They found success through partnerships with major US studios that gave their low-budget but suspenseful films featuring Frankenstein and Dracula sequels worldwide distribution. The document seeks inspiration from Hammer Films' ability to satisfy horror audiences on a small budget through simple yet effective use of props and effects to create thrills.

2.  Hammer Film Productions is a film
production company based in the United
Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is
best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer
Horror" films made from the mid-1950s until
the 1970s.

3.  During its most successful years, Hammer
dominated the horror film market, enjoying
worldwide distribution and considerable
financial success. This success was due, in
part, to distribution partnerships with major
United States studios, such as Warner Bros.

4.  We saw inspiration from Hammer Films due to their
horror based films, most notably the sequels they
produced of ‘Frankenstein’, and ‘Dracula’. These films
are the films we seek inspiration from in the making of
our film opening due to their low-budget, simple, yet
typical horror storyline that builds suspense and
satisfies the targeted audience and genre through the
thrills they create in their basic but effective use of
effects and props.