El Retorno del Hombre Lobo (Return of the Wolfman) is a 1981 Spanish horror film that is the ninth in a long series about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul Naschy. It was briefly released theatrically in the US in 1985 by The Film Concept… Read More ›
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Tender Dracula
Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker (French: Tendre Dracula or, alternately, La Grande Trouille) is a 1974 French horror film directed by Pierre Grunstein. It stars Peter Cushing, Alida Valli, Miou-Miou, Bernard Menez and Nathalie Courval. The plot involves two writers who take their girlfriends… Read More ›
Sphere horror pulp fiction
Sphere horror paperbacks were published in the UK during the 1970s and 1980s. They were hugely popular and many - such as Lust for a Vampire, Blind Terror, The Ghoul, Squirm and Dawn of the Dead - were movie tie-ins and… Read More ›
Frankenstein - 2004 TV mini-series
Frankenstein is a 2004 U.S. television mini-series directed by Kevin Connor (At the Earth’s Core, Motel Hell) from a screenplay by Mark Kruger based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It follows the original book more closely than other adaptions. It stars Alec Newman, Luke Goss (Unearthed), Julie Delpy, Nicole Lewis, Monika… Read More ›
The Horrible Sexy Vampire
‘It’ll rock you in your seats!’ The Horrible Sexy Vampire is a 1970 Spanish horror film (original title: El vampiro de la autopista “The Vampire of the Highway”) written and directed by José Luis Madrid (Seven Murders for Scotland Yard). It stars Waldemar… Read More ›
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American Pre-Code horror film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March. The film is an adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), the Robert Louis Stevenson tale of a man who takes a potion which turns him… Read More ›
The Hierarchy of Hell: Who’s Who in The Underworld
From the earliest times, mythical demons have inhabited all faiths and religions but Christianity really grasped the nettle whole-heartedly, with various writers recording ever-more elaborate inhabitants of Hell and going to great lengths to explain their roles and where specifically… Read More ›