Tyburn Film Productions was a British film production company founded by Kevin Francis[1] active between 1973 and 1989.[2]
The company was co-founded by Kevin Francis, son of director Freddie Francis, in 1971 with another partner whom Francis refused to identify with Francis becoming the sole owner in 1973.[3] Francis, as a horror fan, sought to make Tyburn a successor to Hammer Film Productions and Amicus Productions.[3] Tyburn hired Jimmy Sangster and Anthony Hinds to write screenplays for Tyburn based on their contributions to early Hammer films.[3] Of the theatrical films produced by Tyburn, only Persecution was able to attain distribution in the United States while Tyburn's subsequent films The Ghoul and Legend of the Werewolf were not.[4] Due to the lack of international demand for British horror productions Tyburn ceased development of any further theatrical films.[4]