- 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)
- Dracula AD 1972 (Hammer 1972) – why this much maligned classic is so important
- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
- Brides of Dracula, The (Hammer 1960)
- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
On 2nd May 1974, Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell enjoyed its cinematic release. Directed by Hammer stalwart Terence Fisher, the film featured Peter […]
Universal’s 1941 film, The Black Cat, was released on 2nd May 1941. Having nothing to do with the 1934 Karloff / Lugosi film of […]
The classic English mystery thriller The Ghost Train was released on 3rd May 1941. Based on the play by Arnold Ridley, and directed by […]
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, […]
Hammer’s version of The Hound of the Baskervilles was released on 4th May 1959. Based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and […]
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 […]
American drive-in shocker How to Make a Monster was released on the 1st of July, 1958. Capitalising on the success of I Was a […]
