- Aurora Monster Models – turning every boy’s dream into a nightmare!
- Johnny Eck – the famous Half-Boy from Freaks
- Maria Ouspenskaya, the Russian actress who became The Wolf Man’s iconic Gypsy Woman
- Lon Chaney Jr
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (Universal 1954)
- Brides of Dracula, The (Hammer 1960)
- Ray Harryhausen
- Werewolf of London (Universal 1935)
- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
- Dracula AD 1972 (Hammer 1972) – why this much maligned classic is so important
Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale’s stunning sequel to his original 1931 Frankenstein, was released on the 6th of May, 1935, although it had originally […]
The Brides of Dracula (1960) is Hammer fans’ favourite film and, although this masterpiece is undoubtedly one of the finest films the studio ever […]
The 7th of June 1962 saw the initial release of Hammer’s smuggling adventure Captain Clegg (named Night Creatures in the USA), which appeared as […]
Universal’s Captive Wild Woman was released on the 4th of June, 1943, some eighteen months later than planned. Produced by Ben Pivar and directed […]
The Cat and the Canary is a confident movie. The timing of the clattering window shutter is too perfect, the cinematography too slick, the […]
The Cat Creeps was released on the 17th of May, 1946 as a double feature alongside She-Wolf of London. Starring Noah Beery Jr and […]
Monogram and Lugosi struck again in 1942, with The Corpse Vanishes, a frivolous wheeze about drop-dead gorgeous brides apparently dropping dead at the altar. […]
