Hammer Horror had its share of classic movies, but what are its most memorable monsters? Hammer Horror movies began their run in earnest with 1955's The Quatermass Xperiment , a chilling sci-fi tale that became an unexpected smash. Soon after, they sourced another unexpected box-office hit with the first of their Christopher Lee Dracula movies .

The Horror of Dracula not only made Lee a star (and unexpected sex symbol), it also set Hammer's Gothic Horror formula in stone. The British production company would become a major name in the genre for the next 20 years, pumping out low-budget chillers that featured more spicy content and violence than the average horror film of that era.

Sadly, Hammer's style became quite creaky by the 1970s, and they even made Lee's Dracula into a

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