Fact file:
-Hammer films 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. Hammer also produced films
in the genres of science fiction, thriller, film Noir and comedies.However, during the most
successful years hammer was successful in the horror genre market dominating
worldwide distribution and good financial success. The success was partly due
to partnerships of the well known, famous United States studios of Warner Bros.In May 2009. Hammer films
began to up their game so they announced plans to spend some $50m (£25m) on new
horror films. The new owners also acquired the Hammer group's film library,
consisting of 295 movies. Since then it has produced
the feature films Let Me In (2010), The Resident (2011)
and The Women In Black (2012)
List of successful films produced
by Hammer film productions!
-The Curse of
Frankenstein
-Dracula
-The Mummy
-Frankenstein
- Hammer
consolidated their success by turning their most successful horror films into
series. (Six sequels to The Curse of Frankenstein were
produced between 1959 and 1974)
-Cave
Girls
-Psychological
thrillers
-The Karnstein Trilogy
-In April 2012, the company
announced it was to make a sequel to the The Woman in Black titled The Woman in Black: Angels of Death. Also in 2012, two more films going into production during
2012, entitled The Quiet Ones and Gaslight.
Critical response:
-The Hammer Horror films were often praised by critics for their visual style, although rarely taken seriously: "Altogether this is a horrific film and sometimes a crude film, but by no means an unimpressive piece of melodramatic storytelling" - critic of Dracula in The Times in 1958.
-Kim Newham, have praised Hammer Horror more fully, enjoying their atmosphere, craftsmanship and occasional Camp appeal.
-Terence Fisher's The Curse of: Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Mummy (1959)
"are among the loveliest-looking British films of the decade... The early Hammer films offer a last gasp of British romanticism, the solid sets drenched in a soft brilliance of shadows, of greys, reds and blues".
"are among the loveliest-looking British films of the decade... The early Hammer films offer a last gasp of British romanticism, the solid sets drenched in a soft brilliance of shadows, of greys, reds and blues".
Another example is TWISTED PICTURES!
Twisted Pictures is an American independent production company, which is popular in creating films of the horror genre. The company was founded in 2004 by Evolution Entertainment's Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Gregg Hoffman who are told be the best known for producing the Saw film series which was a popular and big hit.Twisted Pictures was formed after the box office success of Saw in 2004, which lead to a nine-picture distribution deal with Lionsgate. This lead to the company on to producing six sequels in the Saw film series. In June 2007, the company formed a joint venue with RKO Pictures to remake four films out of RKO library, which include, Five Come Back (1939), I Walked with a Zombie (1943), The Body Snatcher (1945), and Bedlam (1946). Then, In October 2009, Twisted Pictures landed a deal with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre rights-holders Bob Kuhn and Kim Henkel after discussions with Platinum Dunes fell apart. The deal is for multiple films. On June 28, 2012, Twisted Pictures opened a new television division. The first production of Twisted Television is a television anaption of Anger Management. "We are thrilled to be able to finance and produce cutting edge, story driven genre films and know we have the proven marketing and distribution expertise of Lions Gate behind us" said Burg Koules and Hoffman. "The isn't another distribution company in the business who better understands how to reach out to the vast audience of genre fans who want to see the uncompromising style of film we are commited to making".
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