- Aurora Monster Models – turning every boy’s dream into a nightmare!
- Johnny Eck – the famous Half-Boy from Freaks
- Lon Chaney Jr
- Maria Ouspenskaya, the Russian actress who became The Wolf Man’s iconic Gypsy Woman
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (Universal 1954)
- Werewolf of London (Universal 1935)
- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
- Dracula AD 1972 (Hammer 1972) – why this much maligned classic is so important
- Brides of Dracula, The (Hammer 1960)
- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
American director Erle C Kenton, who made more than a passing impression on the golden age of classic monsters, was born Erle Cauthorn Kenton […]
Universal’s sci-fi espionage movie Invisible Agent received its premiere on the 31st of July, 1942. Directed by Edwin L Marin, the film gives the […]
British character actor Holmes Herbert was born Horace Edward Jenner on the 30th of July, 1882, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. It is often believed […]
Raymond Massey was born in Toronto, Ontario on the 30th of August, 1896. Born into a wealthy business family, the young Raymond studied at […]
Cult classic shocker The Tingler was released by Columbia Pictures on the 29th of July, 1959, allowing Vincent Price to further cement his reputation […]
The Maze, director William Cameron Menzies’ 3-D atmospheric horror film for Allied Artists, was released on the 26th of July, 1953. Starring Richard Carlson […]
Maria Ouspenskaya, the willowy Eastern European actress who never weighed more than 90lb all her life, created one of the most satisfying characters in […]
