![Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (Galaxy 1989)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Halloween-5_Main-170x120.jpg)
With the 1980s heading towards their close, many felt the slasher genre had begun to outstay its welcome. Halloween had come first, but the […]
![Halloween (Compass 1978)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Donald-Pleasence-MAIN-170x120.jpg)
Donald Henry Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire on the 5th of October, 1919. His acting career began with a placement at the Jersey […]
![Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (Dimension 1995)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Main-170x120.jpg)
With its predecessor, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers having detonated at the box office like the dampest of squibs in 1989, producer […]
![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 […]
![White Zombie (Halperin 1932)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/White-Zombie_main-170x120.jpg)
Independent horror movie White Zombie was released on the 4th of August, 1932. The film was directed by Victor Halperin, and produced by his brother Edward, […]
![Halloween II (Dino De Laurentiis 1981)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Halloween-II_13-170x120.jpg)
With the unprecedented success of 1978’s indie shocker Halloween, executive producer Moustapha Akkad naturally wanted more. A reasonably reluctant John Carpenter and Debra Hill […]
![Halloween (Compass 1978)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Halloween_03-170x120.jpg)
When John Carpenter and Debra Hill unleashed their classic prototype of the slasher movie, Halloween, on an unsuspecting audience in 1978, cinemagoers didn’t quite […]