Horror of Dracula (1958) / The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - June 3, 1958

Hammer Film's Dracula, known on this side of the pond as Horror of Dracula, was no sophomore slump for the studio that redefined cinematic Gothic Horror. It was an artistic and box office smash that made Christopher Lee a star and horror icon.

The Thing That Couldn't Die, however, suffers in comparison. This black and white cheapie, shot in a mere 14 days on the Universal backlot, was mercilessly lampooned on Mystery Science Theater 3000, which is where most people might know it from. Yet I do not remember it as being all that bad of a movie, though. 

I am not saying it is all that good, either. I just remember it as being a passable time-waster enlivened by brief creepy moment, or two.