- 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)
Universal had enjoyed huge success with The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925), both starring Lon Chaney, and […]
In the first speaking role of his second career, Boris Karloff hissily lisped his way through the title role of MGM’s The Mask of […]
Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death was released on the 24th of June 1964. The British film stars Vincent Price as Prince […]
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 […]
1935’s Mystery of the Mary Celeste (or, if you prefer the US title, Phantom Ship) was the second movie from Hammer Film Productions, and […]
Universal released Night in Paradise on the 3rd of May, 1946. Directed by Arthur Lubin, the film tells the tale of story-teller Aesop who, […]
With 1942’s Night Monster, Universal created a superb example of the quintessential haunted house movie, and even threw in Bela Lugosi for good measure. […]
