- 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)
- Brides of Dracula, The (Hammer 1960)
- Dracula AD 1972 (Hammer 1972) – why this much maligned classic is so important
- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
Douglas Walton was born John Douglas Duder in Toronto, Canada on the 16th of October, 1910. Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Walton) and Lord Byron […]
When Dwight Frye delivered his memorable performance as the half crazed Renfield in Universal’s 1931 production of Dracula, little did he realise that it […]
Edward Erskholme Clive was born on the 28th of August, 1879 in Blaenavon in Monmouthshire, Wales. He studied at St Bartholemew’s Hospital in London […]
The American actor Edgar Barrier was born on the 4th of March, 1907 in New York City. He appeared on radio, stage and screen […]
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born in London on the 1st of April, 1875. Brought up in poverty, he travelled widely as a war […]
Edward Van Sloan was born Edward Van Sloun, of German stock, in Chaska, Minnesota, on 1st November, 1882. Moving to San Francisco with his […]
Elena Verdugo was born on the 20th of April, 1926. She began her film career at the tender age of five in Cavalier of […]
