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- Lon Chaney Jr
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- Creature from the Black Lagoon (Universal 1954)
- Werewolf of London (Universal 1935)
- Brides of Dracula, The (Hammer 1960)
- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
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- This Island Earth (Universal 1955)
Universal’s classic Edgar Allan Poe-inspired horror film, The Raven, was released on the 22nd of July, 1935. Although Bela Lugosi carried the lead role […]
In John Gilling’s atmospheric 1966 thriller The Reptile, a small village in Cornwall is suffering from an outbreak of mysterious deaths that are simply […]
Return of the Ape Man was released by Monogram on the 17th of July, 1944. Starring Bela Lugosi and John Carradine, the film also […]
Return of the Fly, 20th Century Fox’s sequel to their original The Fly (1958), was released on the 15th of July, 1959. Vincent Price […]
Return of the Terror, First National’s reworking of the first horror talkie, 1928’s The Terror, was released on the 7th of July, 1934. The […]
More Victoria Wood than victorious vampire flick, The Return of the Vampire was also the return of Bela Lugosi. The ageing star had long […]
The success of Universal’s Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) inevitably led to a sequel, and Revenge of the Creature duly followed just five […]