It's coming for you from space to wipe all living things from the face of the earth.

Through the mid-1950s, British film production company Hammer were on the up.

In 1955, they released their first sci-fi horror film,

an adaptation of Nigel Neal's BBC television serial, The Quatermass Experiment.

The film was an unexpectedly popular hit and immediately led to Hammer producing more sci-fi horror films,

X the Unknown the following year, and Quatermas II the year after.

During production of Quatermas II, Hammer began developing their next project, another sci-fi horror

film, but this time one that was a little bit more classic and gothic, a new adaptation of

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

More than a hundred years ago in a mountain village in Switzerland lived a man whose

strange experiments with the dead have since become a legend, a legend that is still told with horror the world over.

It had been 20 years since the heyday of Gothic Universal Monster movies, and sci-fi horror films about radioactive bugs and alien invaders were now more

in vogue.

But this was all about to change.

Hammer and director Terence Fisher pulled off a new, fresh take on Mary Shelley's story,

one that added more frights, more sadistic kills, and more gore than audiences had ever seen before.

This is Frankenstein, who revolted against nature, who experimented with the devil and

was forever cursed. The curse of Frankenstein introduced international audiences to actors Peter

Cushing and Christopher Lee. It was shot in Eastman color with bursts of Kensington

Gore, making it one of the first notable Gothic horror movies in color.

The rest is history. Thanks to the success of the Curse of Frankenstein, Hammer would continue to bring their signature, sumptuous, blood-drenched style to classic monsters, and for the next 20 years, would dominate the market for British Gothic horror.

Look out! Look at you. Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of man-made monsters,

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