Movie poster from Old Books and Things
Bray Studios was founded in the UK by J.R. Bray in 1914. During the "Bray Years" many classic Hammer horror films were created there, including The Curse of Frankenstein, The Mummy and Dracula. The films were immensely popular with audiences and panned by critics:
"Well, no one can say the customers won't have had their money's worth
by now. In fact, someone will almost certainly have been sick. We must
have a great deal more restraint, and much more done by onlookers'
reactions instead of by shots of 'pulsating obscenity', hideous scars,
hideous sightless faces, etc, etc. It is keeping on and on in the same
vein that makes this script so outrageous. (But) I have a stronger stomach than the average for viewing purposes."
Audrey Field, reviewer
1955
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