![Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Universal-International 1948)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Abbott-Costello001_main-170x120.jpg)
Director Charles Barton’s Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the first of that famous comedy duo’s encounters with monsters, was released on the 15th of […]
![Aurora Monster Models](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Auror-Monster-Kits-main-170x120.jpg)
by Nige Burton The first of the Aurora monster models was Frankenstein, although the kit was, of course, of the Monster. From a sculpture […]
![Dracula (Hammer 1958)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Dracula-Hammer_main1-170x120.jpg)
When Hammer released their production of Dracula on 22nd May, 1958, they managed to redefine not only Bram Stoker’s iconic novel, but also the […]
![Dracula Universal 1931](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Dracula-poster_Main1-170x120.jpg)
Dracula Universal 1931 – the film that gave birth to the most iconic image of Dracula the world has ever known, granted a little […]
![Dracula AD 1972 (Hammer 1972)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Dracula-AD-1972_main-170x120.jpg)
Dracula AD 1972 has always been seen as one of the worst movies Hammer ever brought to the screen. Roundly derided in its day – […]
![Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (Hammer 1968)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Dracula-Has-Risen-from-the-Grave_main-170x120.jpg)
Hammer’s third entry proper in their Dracula saga came on the back of their Queen’s Award to Industry. James Carreras had sold the package […]
![Dracula Prince of Darkness (Hammer 1965)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Dracula-Prince-of-Darkness_main-170x120.jpg)
At the end of Christopher Lee’s dramatic, dusty demise as the titular character in Hammer’s Dracula (1958), we see that count’s ashes divinely scattering […]