- 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)
Val Lewton, RKO’s master of horror, was born Vladimir Ivanovich Leventon in Yalta on May 7th, 1904. Leaving their father, his mother moved with […]
French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor Robert Florey was born in Paris on the 14th of September, 1900. Florey moved to America in […]
Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale’s stunning sequel to his original 1931 Frankenstein, was released on the 6th of May, 1935, although it had originally […]
by Nige Burton The Val Lewton RKO psychological horror pictures of the 1940s tend to be universally regarded as some of the finer entries […]
Roger Corman’s The Terror, starring Boris Karloff and Jack Nicholson, was released on the 17th of June, 1963. A low budget shocker in more ways […]
Universal’s science fiction crime thriller, Night Key, was released on the 2nd of May, 1937. Starring Boris Karloff, the film took less than one […]
Valerie Hobson was born on the 14th of April, 1917. She appeared in two classic monster films in 1935 – as Elizabeth in The Bride […]
