- 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)
Tim Burton’s 1994 comedy-drama biopic Ed Wood brought the story of one of Hollywood’s true cult idols into the spotlight, for once drawing the […]
Dracula AD 1972 has always been seen as one of the worst movies Hammer ever brought to the screen. Roundly derided in its day – […]
Of all our favourite classic monsters, Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera has proved almost as enduring as Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster. Filmed […]
Based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s story The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, Sherlock Holmes mystery The Pearl of Death was the ninth outing for […]
The first serialised part of the novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, which would become The Phantom of the Opera, was published in Le Gaulois […]
The first serialised part of the novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, which would become The Phantom of the Opera, was published in Le Gaulois […]
The dark comedy classic Arsenic and Old Lace brought Joseph Kesselring’s acclaimed Broadway play to the big screen. Directed by Frank Capra, the movie […]
