- 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)
- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
- Dracula AD 1972 (Hammer 1972) – why this much maligned classic is so important
- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
- Them! (Warner Brothers 1954)
1935’s Mystery of the Mary Celeste (or, if you prefer the US title, Phantom Ship) was the second movie from Hammer Film Productions, and […]
With the 1980s heading towards their close, many felt the slasher genre had begun to outstay its welcome. Halloween had come first, but the […]
Ellen Miriam Hopkins was born in Savannah, Georgia on the 18th of October, 1902. Her childhood experiences as a choirgirl provided training of a […]
Donald Henry Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire on the 5th of October, 1919. His acting career began with a placement at the Jersey […]
Born in Whitechapel, London on the 6th of October, 1907, Philip Martell studied at the Guildhall School of Music. He joined Hammer in 1954 […]
Roy Ward Baker was born Roy Horace Baker in London on the 19th of December, 1916. Partially educated in France, he spent five years […]
Turhan Gilbert Selahattin Sahultavy – better known as Turhan Bey – was born in Vienna, Austria on the 30th of March, 1922, his father […]