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The Hounds of the Baskervilles: Holmesian Horror in Film and TV – article

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories – and the ongoing industry spun off from them – have a curious connection to the horror genre. The image of the master …

Ho, Ho, Horror! Christmas Festive Fright Films – article

Christmas is generally seen as a jolly old time for the whole family – if you are to believe the TV commercials, everyone gets together for huge communal feasts while …

THE GORILLA Reviews of 1939 comedy horror with Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill

The Gorilla is a 1939 comedy horror film directed by Allan Dwan from a screenplay by Rian James and Sid Silvers for Twentieth Century-Fox. The movie stars the Ritz Brothers, …

“From Hell…” Jack the Ripper on Screen – article

Jack the Ripper. The very name conjures up clichéd images of fog-shrouded streets, grisly murder and chirpy, voluptuous Cockney street girls spilling out of East End dens of inequity to …

José Ramón Larraz – filmmaker

José Ramón Larraz (born 1929 in Barcelona) was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror films such as the cult classic Vampyres (1974). He died in Malaga on 3rd September 2013 whilst working on a remake of …

TERROR TALES – Pulp magazine

Terror Tales was the name of two American publications: a pulp magazine of the weird menace genre, and a horror comic in the 1960s and 1970s. Terror Tales was originally published by Popular Publications. The first issue was published in September …

THE CAT CREEPS (1930) Reviews and overview

The Cat Creeps is a 1930 horror/thriller directed by Rupert Julian and John Willard and produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr for Universal Pictures. As with many films of the late silent/early talkie …

Richard Matheson – author and screenwriter

Richard Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He may be known best as the author of I Am Legend, …

THE TERROR (1938) Reviews and overview

“Mad, who said I was mad? Mad? They’re all mad” The Terror – also known as Edgar Wallace’s The Terror – is a 1938 British black comedy crime film with a macabre old dark house sub-plot about satanic …

THE GHOUL Boris Karloff horror classic – review and free online

‘Weird happenings in a house of mystery…’ The Ghoul is a 1933 horror film about an Egyptologist who returns from the dead to take revenge on those who have violated …

The Werewolf of Paris – novel, 1933

The Werewolf of Paris is a 1933 horror novel as well as a work of historical fiction by Guy Endore. The novel follows Bertrand Caillet, the eponymous werewolf, throughout the tumultuous …

Rondo Hatton – actor

Rondo Hatton was born with a genetic condition, that of acromegaly which affects the pituitary gland (not the last actor to be afflicted – Richard Kiel – most famous as …

Stuart Freeborn – make-up artist

Stuart Freeborn (5 September 1914 – 5 February 2013) was a veteran British motion picture make-up artist who died recently. He has been referred to as the “grandfather of modern make-up design” and is perhaps best …

THE MUMMY (1932) Reviews and overview

‘A love that defied time drives a beautiful girl to her doom’ The Mummy is a 1932 American supernatural horror film from Universal Studios directed by former cinematographer Karl Freund …

WEREWOLF OF LONDON Reviews and overview

Werewolf of London is a 1935 horror film starring Henry Hull and Valerie Hobson, produced by Universal Pictures. Our review: Aristocratic botanist, Dr Glendon (Henry Hull), ventures into the foothills …

THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933) Reviews and overview

The Invisible Man is a 1933 science fiction film based on H.G. Wells’ 1897 novel The Invisible Man. The movie was directed by James Whale (Frankenstein; The Old Dark House; Bride …

THE MONSTER WALKS (1932) Reviews and free to watch online in HD

The Monster Walks is a 1932 American horror film directed by Frank R. Strayer (Blondie franchise; The Ghost Walks; Condemned to Live; The Vampire Bat; Murder at Midnight). The Astor Pictures production …

THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1939) Review and overview

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1939 American monochrome film starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo and Maureen O’Hara as Esmeralda. It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Pandro S. Berman. The film is considered by many reviewers to be the best of the many …

THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932) Reviews and overview

‘Beware the night!’ The Old Dark House is a 1932 American comedy horror film directed by James Whale (The Invisible Man; Bride of Frankenstein; Frankenstein). The Universal production is based on …

MARK OF THE VAMPIRE Bela Lugosi! Lionel Atwill!

Mark of the Vampire is a 1935 American horror film, starring Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, and Jean Hersholt and directed by Tod Browning. It is a talkie remake of Browning’s 1927 silent London After Midnight with the characters’ names …

MANIAC (1934) Reviews and free to watch online

Maniac is a 1934 American horror film directed by Dwain Esper (Reefer Madness) and written by Hildegarde Stadie, Esper’s wife, as a loose adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story ‘The Black …

THE CAT AND THE CANARY Reviews of Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard comedy classic

The Cat and the Canary starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard is a 1939 comedy horror film remake of the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary, which was based on the 1922 play of the same name by …

FREAKS (1932) Reviews and overview

Freaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival (funfair) performers. The film was based on Tod Robbins’ 1923 short story “Spurs”. …