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Good points from Doc Faustus
Also, I think visually they were pretty stunning. The cinematogrphy was excellent and in my opinion they were on of the first series of Horror films that made full use of colour.
The colours in their films are so Rich (I know they made a lot of B/W too but I talking about the horror of their Heyday). They look amazing - hyper real. No blood is that red - the Frankensteins Lab is a kaleidoscope of coloured bottles etc.
Also they had a great cast of Regulars not just the Obvious Lee/Cushing but people like Michael Ripper/Ralph Bates and more.
They made great use of thei limited budgets and Locations/sets. The films never looked cheap at all.
My only fault in with the Hammer films is that at the end of the 60's/start of 70's some of the series became a bit formulated - and just adding a bit more nudity/gore to try and compete with the harder hitting films of the 70's.
The something very naive about Satanic Rites/Monster and hell when u compare it to its American Contempories Last House and Texas Chain saw. That being said even the weaker Hammer films are great in my opinion.
They made a lot of comedies/film noir too which don't get much attention..
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