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- 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)
- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
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- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
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Hammer’s final suspense thriller, Fear in the Night, was released in the UK on the 9th of July, 1972 (US release: October, 1974). Michael […]
Return of the Terror, First National’s reworking of the first horror talkie, 1928’s The Terror, was released on the 7th of July, 1934. The […]
The Devil Rides Out was released by Hammer on the 7th of July, 1968, granting Christopher Lee a rare opportunity to play the hero. […]
Universal’s Jungle Woman was released on the 7th of July, 1944, marking the second appearance of Acquanetta as Paula Dupree, the Ape Woman. Directed […]
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 third in the Kharis series, Universal’s The Mummy’s Ghost was released on the 7th of July, 1944, and provided Junior Chaney’s second outing under […]
Jean Cocteau, the French poet, novelist, artist and filmmaker, was born on the 5th of July, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte near Paris. Born into a […]