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Frankenstein and Vasaria – The Fictional Locations of the Early Universal...
Although the continuity is a little wayward, the events of many of the Golden Age of Universal horror films actually take place in one of two fictional locales – the village of Frankenstein and that...
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Conjure Wife (novel)
Conjure Wife (1943) is a supernatural horror novel by Fritz Leiber. Its premise is that witchcraft flourishes as an open secret among women. The story is told from the point of view of a small-town...
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The Synth of Fear: Horror films with synthesizer scores
Keith Emerson’s sound-man at work… Electronically produced sound has been available to adventurous film composers since the silent era. Among the earliest electronic instruments were the Ondes-Martenot...
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Bloodlust! (film)
‘He hunted humans for the sheer sport of killing… and made his island paradise into a Hell on Earth!’ Bloodlust! (also known as Bloodlust and Blood Lust) is a horror/thriller film co-written,...
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Bud Westmore – make-up artist
Bud Westmore (13 January 1918 – 24 June 1973) was a make-up artist in Hollywood and son of George Westmore, a member of the Westmore family prominent in Hollywood make-up. He is credited on over 450...
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Voodoo Island
‘The weird jungle of cobra plants that feed on women – and rip women apart!’ Voodoo Island is a 1957 horror film directed by Reginald Le Borg and written by Richard H. Landau. The cast includes Boris...
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Les Baxter – composer
Les Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer. Although he is best know as a practitioner of exotica music, he also scored several films, many of which were...
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Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold – book
Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953 – 1968 is an academic book written by Kevin Hefferman and published by Duke University Press in 2004. In the first...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Nazisploitation Cinema
It’s hardly surprising that the most notorious, indefensible, loathsome and reprehensible movies ever made are those that exploring nasty Nazi sex and violence fantasies. Even the most liberal of...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy is a 1955 film directed by Charles Lamont (Francis in the Haunted House) from a story by Lee Loeb and a screenplay by John Grant for Universal International....
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Feline Fear! Cats in Horror Films
In the lacklustre Milton Subotsky production The Uncanny, Peter Cushing plays a man desperate to expose a sinister cat conspiracy against the human race: ‘They prowl by night… lusting for human...
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Ghastly Graham Ingels – artist
Graham J. Ingels (June 7, 1915 – April 4, 1991) was a comic book and magazine illustrator best known for his work in EC Comics during the 1950s, notably on The Haunt of Fear and Tales from the Crypt,...
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The Addams Family
The Addams Family is a group of fictional characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. The Addams Family characters include Gomez, Morticia,Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday,...
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Famous Monsters of Filmland
Famous Monsters of Filmland is a horror genre-specific film magazine started in 1958 by publisher James Warren and editor Forrest J Ackerman. Famous Monsters of Filmland inspired the creation of many...
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The Man Who Turned to Stone
‘Human or inhuman? No woman is safe…!’ The Man Who Turned to Stone is a 1957 science fiction horror film directed by László Kardos from a screenplay by Bernard Gordon [as Raymond T. Marcus] (Earth vs....
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Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
‘Blood-hungry spawn of the world’s most bestial fiend!’ Daughter of Dr. Jekyll is a 1957 American horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (The Black Cat; The Strange Woman; The Man from Planet X) from...
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Monster Parade – magazine
‘Tales to give you nightmares!’ Monster Parade was an American horror magazine issued by Irwin Stein’s Magnum Publications in 1958 and 1959. It was an attempt to cash-in on the success of Warren’s...
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Borley Rectory –‘The most haunted house in England”
The rectory in 1892 Borley Rectory was a Victorian mansion that gained fame as allegedly “the most haunted house in England”. Built in 1862 to house the rector of the parish of Borley, Essex, and his...
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Donovan’s Brain – film
‘A dead man’s brain told him to kill kill kill..’ Donovan’s Brain is a 1953 American science fiction horror film directed by Felix E. Feist from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hugh Brooke, based on the...
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Monster from Green Hell
‘The mammoth monster that terrified the Earth! Too awesome to describe! Too terrifying to escape! Too powerful to stop!’ Monster from Green Hell is a 1957 science fiction horror film directed by...
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