- 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)
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- 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 […]
When Hammer released their production of Dracula on 22nd May, 1958, they managed to redefine not only Bram Stoker’s iconic novel, but also the […]
Peter Cushing, OBE, was born Peter Wilton Cushing on the 26th May 1913, in Kenley, Surrey, England. Finding fame on both sides of the […]
Tod Browning was born Charles Albert “Tod” Browning in Louisville, Kentucky on 12th July, 1880, the second son of Charles Albert and Lydia Browning. […]
Born in Charleston, South Carolina on 1st February, 1906, Helen Chandler had established herself as a hugely popular stage actress by the late 1920s, […]
Born Rauff de Ryther Daun Acklom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1902 (sometimes listed as 1900 or 1905), David Manners became one of the […]
When Dwight Frye delivered his memorable performance as the half crazed Renfield in Universal’s 1931 production of Dracula, little did he realise that it […]
