The document provides background information on Hammer Films, a British film production company known for its horror films from the 1950s-1970s. It discusses the company's origins in 1934 and early struggles before finding success in the late 1940s/early 1950s with films directed by Terence Fisher. It also summarizes key directors, actors, films produced by Hammer including Dracula Prince of Darkness from 1966, and notes their mainly male audience and marketing techniques during the 1970s.