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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 […]
Mark of the Vampire (also known as Vampires of Prague) was released on the 26th of April 1935, and starred Bela Lugosi, Lionel Barrymore, […]
The Jungle Captive, the third instalment in the trilogy of films focusing on Paula the Ape Woman, was released on the 29th of June […]
Invisible Ghost, directed by Joseph H Lewis and starring Bela Lugosi, was released on 25th April, 1941. The story of Invisible Ghost revolves around […]
Universal’s often-overlooked The House of Fear was released on the 30th of June, 1939. A marvellous little hour and five minutes’ romp, it tells […]
Herbert Bunston, a British stage and screen actor, was born on 15th April, 1874 in Dorset, England. Having attended Cranleigh School in Surrey, he […]
Valerie Hobson was born on the 14th of April, 1917. She appeared in two classic monster films in 1935 – as Elizabeth in The Bride […]
