![Roy Ward Baker](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roy-Ward-Baker-MAIN-170x120.jpg)
Roy Ward Baker was born Roy Horace Baker in London on the 19th of December, 1916. Partially educated in France, he spent five years […]
![Friday the 13th (Paramount 1980)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Friday-the-13th_main-170x120.jpg)
Friday the 13th, the film many consider the first of the ‘slasher’ movies, was released on the 9th of May, 1980. Directed by Sean […]
![Tales From the Crypt (Amicus 1981)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Tales-from-the-Crypt-170x120.jpg)
Tales From the Crypt, made by Amicus in 1972, is probably one of the finest of the episodic anthologies for which they pretty much […]
![I, Monster - 1971 Amicus](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/I-Monster_main-170x120.jpg)
With 1971’s I, Monster, Amicus opted for a full-length single narrative feature rather than their usual horror vignette approach. Milton Subotsky’s screenplay is probably […]
![Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 AD (Amicus 1966)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Daleks-Invasion-Earth_main-170x120.jpg)
Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 AD was released on the 5th of August, 1966 by Amicus Productions, and placed Peter Cushing in the role […]
![Max J Rosenberg](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Max-J-Rosenberg_main-170x120.jpg)
American film producer Max J Rosenberg, one half of Amicus productions, was born on the 13th of September, 1914, in The Bronx, New York […]
![Roy Ashton makes up Peter Cushing for Tales from the Crypt (Amicus 1972)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Roy-Ashton-Peter-Cushing-170x120.jpg)
Master Monster Maker (Howard) Roy Ashton was born on the 16th of April, 1909 in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a tenor, and associated for […]