Popular Articles
- 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)
- Brides of Dracula, The (Hammer 1960)
- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
- Dracula AD 1972 (Hammer 1972) – why this much maligned classic is so important
- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
barbara shelley Archives - Classic Monsters
Barbara Shelley
Barbara Shelley was born Barbara T Kowin in Marylebone, London on the 13th of February, 1932. She began her career as a model before […]
Gorgon, The (Hammer 1964)
Hammer studios turned to Greek mythology to find the source for The Gorgon. In the small German village of Vandorf, authorities are puzzled by […]
Dracula Prince of Darkness [...]
At the end of Christopher Lee’s dramatic, dusty demise as the titular character in Hammer’s Dracula (1958), we see that count’s ashes divinely scattering […]
Shadow of the Cat, [...]
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 […]
