Horror films and westerns are two of cinema’s great mainstays, having established their distinct identities and sets of conventions in the earliest days of the medium. So distinct from each other, in fact, as to seem entirely incompatible – as… Read More ›
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, and author. With a career spanning nearly seventy years, Lee initially portrayed villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a… Read More ›
Pacemaker Pictures Inc. was an American distribution company that specialised in releasing imported European horror movies with lurid advertising campaigns, often many years later than their initial production/release. The company had been operating since 1952 but their first horror release was… Read More ›
‘Great for ghoulish fun… anywhere!’ The Frankenstein Monster Speaker is a 1960s novelty horror-themed item. There’s no mention of Universal on the packaging so perhaps these were swiftly withdrawn and why they are now so collectible? Only $5.98 at the… Read More ›
Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her appearances in such films as Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Airport 1975… Read More ›
Las Vampiras (translation: “The Female Vampires”) is a 1968 Mexican masked wrestler horror movie directed by Federico Curiel (The Curse of Nostradamus; The Empire of Dracula; The Mummies of Guanajuato) from a screenplay co-written with Adolfo Torres Portillo (Hellish Spiders; Diabolical Pact)…. Read More ›
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! was the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon series, Scooby-Doo. Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the cartoon premiered on CBS September 13, 1969, and ran for two seasons for a total… Read More ›
