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Dracula
The huge box office success of The Curse of Frankenstein
lead to the inevitable desire for a sequel in The
Revenge of Frankenstein, and an attempt to give the
Hammer treatment to another horror icon.
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Vampire Circus - Hammer
Film
Dracula was yet
another successful film character for Universal, and the
copyright situation was even more complicated than
Frankenstein.
A full legal agreement between Hammer and
Universal was not completed until 31 March 1958 — after
the film had already been shot — and was 80 pages
long.
Meanwhile, the financial arrangement between AAP and
Hammer had broken down when money promised by AAP had
not arrived. Hammer began looking for alternatives, and
with the success of The Curse of Frankenstein signed a
deal with Columbia Pictures to distribute the sequel
The
Revenge of Frankenstein and two films from the defaulted AAP deal
The Camp on Blood Island and The Snorkel.
Hammer's financial success also meant the winding down
of the parent film distribution company Exclusive,
leaving Hammer to concentrate solely on filmmaking.
Hammer Film Productions - National Film
Finance Council
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