- Aurora Monster Models – turning every boy’s dream into a nightmare!
- Johnny Eck – the famous Half-Boy from Freaks
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- Creature from the Black Lagoon (Universal 1954)
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- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
Arguably something of a misfire from the Hammer House of Horror… Directed and produced by Michael Carreras. Written by Henry Younger (Michael Carreras). Photography […]
Hammer’s final suspense thriller, Fear in the Night, was released in the UK on the 9th of July, 1972 (US release: October, 1974). Michael […]
Michael Henry Carreras, known for his involvement in so many Hammer classics as producer, director or screenwriter, was born on the 21st of December, […]
Hammer co-founder, producer and production manager Sir James Carreras MBE was born on the 30th of January, 1910. Having worked as manager of Manchester’s […]
One of Britain’s most important yet oft overlooked directors, Terence Fisher, was born in London’s Maida Vale on the 23rd of February, 1904. He became […]
