- 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)
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The Brides of Dracula (1960) is Hammer fans’ favourite film and, although this masterpiece is undoubtedly one of the finest films the studio ever […]
Hazel Court was born in Sutton Coldfield, England on the 10th of February, 1926, and studied drama in nearby Birmingham. Making her screen debut […]
Supremo horror script writer and creator of Professor Bernard Quatermass, Thomas Nigel Kneale, was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England, on the 18th of April, 1922. […]
Michael Henry Carreras, known for his involvement in so many Hammer classics as producer, director or screenwriter, was born on the 21st of December, […]
English cinematographer Jack Asher BSC was born on the 29th of March, 1916, in London. Best remembered for his work with Hammer, Asher lent […]
Robert Oliver Reed was born in Wimbledon, England on the 13th of February, 1938, the grandson of RADA founder Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He […]
Hammer make-up supremo Philip Leakey was born on the 4th of May, 1908 in London, England. Leakey became the first make-up artist ever to […]
