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More Victoria Wood than victorious vampire flick, The Return of the Vampire was also the return of Bela Lugosi. The ageing star had long […]
The success of Universal’s Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) inevitably led to a sequel, and Revenge of the Creature duly followed just five […]
By the time The Satanic Rites of Dracula was in production, many had fallen out of love with Hammer’s beloved bloodsucker franchise, not least […]
Sherlock Holmes mystery The Scarlet Claw – the sixth in the series for Universal – was released on the 26th of May, 1944, and […]
There is a belief, even among the most devout fans of Hammer horror, that as their Dracula franchise progressed, the films became steadily worse. […]
The Universal murder-mystery Secret of the Blue Room was released on the 20th of July, 1933. Steadfast Universal stars Lionel Atwill and Gloria Stuart […]
Hammer’s The Shadow of the Cat was released on the 1st of May in 1961. Directed by John Gilling, and starring André Morell and […]