- 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)
Hamilton K Deane-Roe (Hamilton Deane) was born in 1880 in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, and lived close to both Bram Stoker, and Stoker’s […]
Special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen was born Raymond Frederick Harryhausen on the 29th of June, 1920 in Los Angeles, California. With the talents of […]
Born in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) on the 11th of November, 1918, Peter Knego found himself under pressure from his navy captain father to […]
British character actor Michael Ripper, the Hammer stalwart who appeared in more of their films than any other actor, was born in Portsmouth, England, […]
Born on the 19th of June, 1920, David Peel studied at RADA before launching his career as a stage actor. A range of Shakespearean […]
Austro-Hungarian actor Peter Lorre was born László Löwenstein of Jewish descent on the 26th of June, 1904 in the town of Rózsahegy, Hungary, now […]
by Nige Burton The first of the Aurora monster models was Frankenstein, although the kit was, of course, of the Monster. From a sculpture […]
