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August 10, 2019
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The Wolf Man Transforms
The Universal cycle of horror movies created some of the most memorable monsters in the world. Between 1931 and 1948, iconic creatures of the night…
June 23, 2020
Film Review
Synthetic Flesh, Secret Agents and Psychotic Killers:
Scream & Scream Again was possibly the weirdest film ever to come out of Amicus
June 23, 2020
Actor Overview
Hayden’s Horrors
There are at least two iconic images from the British horror cinema of the ‘70s featuring Linda Hayden.
June 23, 2020
Film Review
Look for The Fog
Avco-Embassy Pictures announced in 1979 that their next project would be the first in a two-picture deal (the second being Escape from New York) from the creator of Halloween, and that film’s title would be The Fog.
June 23, 2020
Collecting
The Thirteen Monsters of Aurora
Cast your mind back to a forgotten day, a forgotten time. A time when children safely played outside, a time when CD’s, video games, mobile phones and DVD’s were a fantasy of science fiction.
June 23, 2020
Film Review
When The (Gill) Man Comes Around:
Even before it became a critical and commercial success on its original 3-D theatrical run, The Creature From The Black Lagoon was being groomed as the first (and only) Universal genre franchise in the wake of the monster-neutering Abbot and Costello cycle.
June 23, 2020
Film Review
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition:
“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” – Edgar Allan Poe
June 23, 2020
Magazine Review
An Homage to House of Hammer Magazine
A whole horde of horror film magazines have come and gone over the years but few manage to achieve the iconic stamp of approval from discerning genre aficionados.
June 23, 2020
Film Review
Maidenly Musings on Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
After three successful Dracula features, Hammer bring back everyone’s favourite blood-lusting vampire for a fourth instalment in Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968).
June 23, 2020
Collecting
Story of a Collector
Suddenly I was confronted by a huge colour photo of Christopher Lee as Dracula, red eyes blazing, staring out at me from the cover of a new poster magazine. Since it was marked “For Adults Only”…
June 3, 2020