![Jack P Pierce](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Jack-P-Pierce_main-170x120.jpg)
Monster make-up maestro Jack P Pierce was born Janus Piccoula, on the 5th of May, 1889, in Valdetsyou, Greece. Immigrating to the United States […]
![House of Dracula (Universal 1945)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/House-of-Dracula_07_main-170x120.jpg)
House of Dracula (1945) was the natural result of the success of the previous year’s monsterthon, House of Frankenstein. Universal were determined to wring […]
![The Return of the Vampire (Columbia 1944)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Return-of-the-Vampire-The_03-main-170x120.jpg)
More Victoria Wood than victorious vampire flick, The Return of the Vampire was also the return of Bela Lugosi. The ageing star had long […]
![Son of Dracula (Universal 1943)](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Son-of-Dracula-18_main-170x120.jpg)
Universal had been keen to make sequels featuring almost all of their classic monsters. Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy and the Wolf Man had all […]
![Curt Siodmak](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Curt-Siodmak-170x120.jpg)
Curt Siodmak was born Kurt Siodmak in Dresden, Germany, on the 10th of August 1902, and would go on to define the identity of […]
![Evelyn Ankers](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Evelyn-Ankers-170x120.jpg)
Evelyn Ankers, star of numerous horror movies throughout the 1940s, was born in Valparaiso, Chile on the 17th of August, 1918, to English parents. […]
![Lon Chaney Jr](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Lon-Chaney-Jr_main-170x120.jpg)
by Jamie Jones Lon Chaney Jr was born Creighton Tull Chaney on the 10th of February, 1906 in Oklahoma City. It’s a scene that […]