![The Black Cat (Universal 1934)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Black-Cat-The-main-170x120.jpg)
When Universal teamed Karloff and Lugosi in all but billing for their Edgar Allan Poe inspired The Black Cat, released on the 7th of […]
![The Phantom of the Opera (Universal 1925)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Phantom-of-the-Opera-The_08_main-170x120.jpg)
Universal’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) had proved immensely successful for both the Laemmles and its star, Lon Chaney. Chaney’s grotesque make-up for […]
![The Raven (Universal 1935)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Raven-The_main-170x120.jpg)
Universal’s classic Edgar Allan Poe-inspired horror film, The Raven, was released on the 22nd of July, 1935. Although Bela Lugosi carried the lead role […]
![Peter Lorre](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Peter-Lorre-main-170x120.jpg)
Austro-Hungarian actor Peter Lorre was born László Löwenstein of Jewish descent on the 26th of June, 1904 in the town of Rózsahegy, Hungary, now […]
![The Oblong Box (AIP 1969)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Oblong-Box-The-main-170x120.jpg)
The Oblong Box was released by AIP on the 11th of June, 1969, and was Vincent Price’s thirteenth Edgar Allan Poe film, as well […]
![House of Usher (AIP 1960)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/House-of-Usher_main-170x120.jpg)
Roger Corman’s horror movie House of Usher was released on the 22nd of June, 1960. Based on the Edgar Allan Poe short story The […]
![Masque of the Red Death (AIP 1964)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/masque_of_red_death_main-170x120.jpg)
Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death was released on the 24th of June 1964. The British film stars Vincent Price as Prince […]