- 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)
- Brides of Dracula, The (Hammer 1960)
- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
- Dracula AD 1972 (Hammer 1972) – why this much maligned classic is so important
- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
Dracula’s Daughter, Universal’s first follow-up to their original classic monster success story, was released on the 11th of May, 1936. A sequel to the […]
When Universal teamed Karloff and Lugosi in all but billing for their Edgar Allan Poe inspired The Black Cat, released on the 7th of […]
Universal’s Black Friday, released in 1940, is a slick, science fiction thriller starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Much has been made over the […]
Universal’s Captive Wild Woman was released on the 4th of June, 1943, some eighteen months later than planned. Produced by Ben Pivar and directed […]
Universal’s first full moon foray into the world of the luckless lycanthrope came with their Werewolf of London, released on the 3rd of June, […]
With 1942’s Night Monster, Universal created a superb example of the quintessential haunted house movie, and even threw in Bela Lugosi for good measure. […]
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 […]
