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Hammer’s version of The Hound of the Baskervilles was released on 4th May 1959. Based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and […]
Frankenstein Created Woman, the fourth film in Hammer’s Frankenstein series, was released on the 18th of May, 1967. Directed by Terence Fisher, it stars […]
Hammer’s Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, the fifth entry in their Frankenstein series, was released on the 22nd of May, 1969. Directed by Terence Fisher […]
The third offering in Hammer’s Frankenstein series was The Evil of Frankenstein, which was released on the 1st of June, 1964. Originally intended for […]
British character actor Michael Ripper, the Hammer stalwart who appeared in more of their films than any other actor, was born in Portsmouth, England, […]
Born on the 19th of June, 1920, David Peel studied at RADA before launching his career as a stage actor. A range of Shakespearean […]
American writer and producer Milton Subotsky, known in the horror world primarily for being one of the founders of Amicus Productions, was born in […]
