Frenzy 1972 REVIEW

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks at Hitchcock's horror-thriller Frenzy 1972

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Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein: Five Characters in Search of a Killer Punchline

Guest writer KEVIN NICKELSON explains how Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein made film history

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Dracula’s Bela Lugosi haunted by mysterious woman and a dark past

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Film Reviews

Frenzy 1972 REVIEW

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks at Hitchcock's horror-thriller Frenzy 1972

Film Reviews

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein: Five Characters in Search of a Killer Punchline

Guest writer KEVIN NICKELSON explains how Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein made film history

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13 things you didn’t know about The Making of Dracula 1958

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES celebrates the 60th anniversary of Hammer’s Dracula UK premiere by unearthing 13 interesting facts around its production and release…

Horror Films

Happy 60th Birthday to Hammer’s Dracula (1958)!

Hammer's Dracula (1958) celebrates its 60th birthday. RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks back on its initial release and impact.

Horror Films

Dracula’s Bela Lugosi haunted by mysterious woman and a dark past

Guest writer MATTHEW E BANKS reveals a strange tale from Bela ‘Dracula’ Lugosi's past in Hungary

Film Reviews

‘Have a potato!’ – The Old Dark House (1932) REVIEW

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES reveals The Old Dark House aka what director James Whale did after 1931's Frankenstein...

Film Reviews

The Raven 1935 REVIEW: Karloff and Lugosi team up with Edgar Allan Poe!

Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi's second collaboration, the Edgar Allan Poe-inspired The Raven (1935). Review by RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES.

Film Reviews

The Black Cat 1934 REVIEW: Karloff vs. Lugosi, but who will triumph?

Titans of terror Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi are pitted against each other for the first time. RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks at 1934's The Black Cat.

Horror Films

Looking back on Young Frankenstein (1974) provides laughs, sincerity and pathos REVIEW

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES looks back on Mel Brook's horror comedy Young Frankenstein (1974)

Horror Films

10 things you didn’t know about Young Frankenstein (1974)

As Mel Brooks' stage musical Young Frankenstein makes its London debut, RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES presents fun facts about the original 1974 horror comedy.

Horror Films

12 greatest British talent who made Universal Horror a screaming success

British talent was behind most of the legendary Universal Monsters of the 1930s and 40s. DAVID SAUNDERSON tips his lid to them.

Horror Films

Universal horror films on blu-ray are 'a mixed blessing': REVIEW

The arrival of some of Universal's most beloved horror movies on Blu-ray is a mixed blessing, says RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES

Lionel Atwill, Horror Star’s Hollywood Sex Scandal

STEPHEN JACOBS delves into the sordid 1940s Hollywood sex scandal that engulfed English Universal Horror Star Lionel Atwill

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Universal horror films on blu-ray are 'a mixed blessing': REVIEW

The arrival of some of Universal's most beloved horror movies on Blu-ray is a mixed blessing, says RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES

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Chris vs Bela: The Ultimate Dracula Showdown

Who is your favourite Dracula? The Spooky Isles talks to horror film historian Alan Frank about the merits of two leading contenders for the King of the Vampires - Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi.

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13 things you didn’t know about The Making of Dracula 1958

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES celebrates the 60th anniversary of Hammer’s Dracula UK premiere by unearthing 13 interesting facts around its production and release…

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Remembering Channel 4’s Monster Horrors Season (1986)

RICHARD PHILLIPS-JONES commemorates a great horror season from his youth - 30 years ago this week!

Frenzy 1972 REVIEW

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein: Five Characters in Search of a Killer Punchline

13 things you didn’t know about The Making of Dracula 1958

Dracula’s Bela Lugosi haunted by mysterious woman and a dark past

‘Have a potato!’ – The Old Dark House (1932) REVIEW

The Raven 1935 REVIEW: Karloff and Lugosi team up with Edgar Allan Poe!

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Frenzy 1972 REVIEW

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein: Five Characters in Search of a Killer Punchline

13 things you didn’t know about The Making of Dracula 1958

Happy 60th Birthday to Hammer’s Dracula (1958)!

Dracula’s Bela Lugosi haunted by mysterious woman and a dark past

‘Have a potato!’ – The Old Dark House (1932) REVIEW

The Raven 1935 REVIEW: Karloff and Lugosi team up with Edgar Allan Poe!

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