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R. L. Stine (author and producer)
Robert Lawrence Stine (born October 8, 1943), known as R. L. Stine, and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer and producer. Stine, who is referred to as the “Stephen King of children’s literature,”...
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Wake in Fright
Wake in Fright (also known as Outback) is a 1971 Australian-American thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence and Chips Rafferty. The screenplay was written by...
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Enter the Devil (aka Disciples of Death)
Enter the Devil (re-issued as Disciples of Death) is a 1972 low budget American horror film co-written and directed by Frank Q. Dobbs. It stars Joshua Bryant (Black Noon, Salem’s Lot), Irene Kelly,...
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Horror High
Horror High (also known as Kiss the Teacher… Goodbye! and Twisted Brain) is a 1973 (released 1974) American horror film directed by Larry N. Stouffer (assistant director on Keep My Grave Open) from a...
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Scream Bloody Murder
Scream Bloody Murder (also known as Matthew; Claw of Terror; The Captive Female and, more recently, repackaged on DVD-R with the splendidly sleazy title Amputee With an Axe) is a 1972 horror film...
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Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby
Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby is a 1976 TV movie directed by Sam O’Steen, and a sequel to the 1968 film Rosemary’s Baby (which O’Steen edited). It has little connection to the novel by Ira...
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Lynn Lowry (actress)
Lynn Lowry is an American actress, best known for her appearances in cult horror and exploitation films during the 1970s. Born Linda Kay Lowry on October 15th, 1947, she made her first film appearance...
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The Hounds of the Baskervilles: Holmesian Horror in Film and TV (article)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories – and the ongoing industry spun off from them – have a curious connection to the horror genre. The image of the master detective, stalking the...
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Frankenstein: The True Story
Frankenstein: The True Story is a 1973 American made-for-television horror film loosely based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It was directed by Jack Smight, and the screenplay was...
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Evil Come Evil Go
Evil Come Evil Go is a 1972 American exploitation horror film written and directed by Walt Davis (Widow Blue/Sex Psycho) for adult movie producer Bob Chinn. It stars Cleo O’Hara, Sandra Henderson,...
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Mike Vraney (founder of Something Weird video)
Mike Vraney was the founder of Something Weird Video, an American film distributor company based in Seattle, Washington. On January 2, 2014, he died after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He was...
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Dave Allen (comedian)
David Tynan O’Mahony (6 July 1936 – 10 March 2005), better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian and actor, perhaps best known for his 1970s BBC TV series, which saw him sitting in a studio –...
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Halloween with the New Addams Family
Halloween with the New Addams Family was a 1977 comedy horror film. This NBC TV-movie was directed by David Steinmetz and George Tibbles from a screenplay by Davy Levy. It stars John Astin, Carolyn...
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Eerie Publications (publisher of comic magazines)
Eerie Publications was a publisher of black-and-white horror-anthology comics magazines. Less well-known and more downscale than the field’s leader, Warren Publishing (Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella), the...
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Don’t Look in the Basement
Don’t Look in the Basement (1972), also known as The Snake Pit and The Forgotten, is a Texas-shot horror film written and directed by S.F. Brownrigg. It stars Rosie Holotik, Anne MacAdams, Gene Ross,...
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Scum of the Earth (aka Poor White Trash Part II, 1974)
Poor White Trash Part II (1974), also known as Death is a Family Affair and Scum of the Earth, is a Texas-shot American horror film directed by S.F. Brownrigg, starring Gene Ross, Norma Moore, Ann...
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The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (TV series)
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein was a Canadian children’s television series produced by Hamilton, Ontario’s independent station CHCH-TV in 1971. It was syndicated to TV stations across Canada and...
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Don’t Open the Door
Don’t Open the Door (1974) also known as Don’t Hang Up, Seasons for Murder and The House of the Seasons is a Texas-shot American horror film directed by S.F. Brownrigg, starring Susan Bracken, Gene...
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Slime (toys and novelties)
Slime was a toy product manufactured by Mattel, sold in a plastic rubbish bin and introduced in the winter of 1976 consisting of a non-toxic viscous, oozing green material made primarily from guar...
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Keep My Grave Open
Keep My Grave Open, also known as The House Where Hell Froze Over, is a 1974 Texas-shot horror film directed by S.F. Brownrigg. It stars Camilla Carr, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Stafford, Gene Ross,...
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