The Ghost of Cap’n Kidd (action figure)
The Ghost of Cap’n Kidd was an action figure that first hit the shops in 1975, as part of the Fighting Furies line from Matchbox. This series began in 1973, and had previously featured such pirate...
View ArticleThe Horrible Sexy Vampire
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...
View ArticleFlavia the Heretic [updated]
Flavia the Heretic (Italian: Flavia, la monaca musulmana, also released Flavia, Priestess of Violence! in the USA and in the UK as The Rebel Nun in the UK) is a 1974 French co-produced Italian...
View Article‘Horror Films’ by Alan Frank (book)
Horror Films, written by Alan Frank, was published in 1977 by Hamlyn Books. It was Frank’s third book on the genre, after Horror Movies and Monsters and Vampires, but while those two volumes were...
View ArticleRiz Ortolani (composer)
Riziero “Riz” Ortolani was an Italian film composer. Born on 25 March 1926, he recently died in Rome, aged 87 years-old. In the early 1950s Ortolani began his musical career as a founder and member of...
View ArticleRodan (movie monster)
Rodan (ラドン Radon) is a fictional Japanese mutated pterosaur introduced in Rodan, a 1956 release from Toho Studios, the company that produced the Godzilla series. Like Godzilla and Anguirus, he is...
View ArticleScum 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...
View ArticleChewits ‘Monster Muncher’
Chewits is the brand name of a British chewy, cuboid-shaped, soft taffy sweet manufactured by Cloetta since 1965. Chewits have been available in a variety of increasingly exotic flavours since their...
View ArticleFlavia the Heretic [updated]
Flavia the Heretic (Italian: Flavia, la monaca musulmana, also released Flavia, Priestess of Violence! in the USA and in the UK as The Rebel Nun in the UK) is a 1974 French co-produced Italian...
View ArticleRichard Lewis (author)
Richard Lewis was a novelist who emerged during the British horror fiction boom of the late 1970s, then vanished once that boom turned to bust. Over a few short years, he churned out several pulp in...
View ArticleKiss of the Tarantula (aka Shudder)
Kiss of the Tarantula (also known as Death Kisses and released in the UK as Shudder) is a 1976 US horror film directed by Chris Munger from a screenplay by Daniel Cady (Dream No Evil, Garden of the...
View ArticleDie Sister, Die!
Die Sister, Die! is a 1972 American horror film produced and directed by Randall Hood from a screenplay by Tony Sawyer. It stars Jack Ging, Edith Atwate, Antoinette Bower, Kent Smith. Robert Emhardt...
View ArticleNecromania: A Tale of Weird Love
Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love (aka Necromania) is a 1971 American adult movie with a horror theme written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr (Plan 9 from Outer Space, Night of the Ghouls, Orgy of...
View ArticleAttack of the Rats! Rodents in the Cinema
Some animals are guaranteed to inspire feelings of disgust and fear in cinema audiences, and not more so than the humble rat. While many people keep rats as pets, even they will see a difference...
View ArticleOrror (comic)
Orror (Italian: ‘horror’) was an Italian ‘adults only’ fumetti comic book published in two different series in the late 1970s. For the first series, publishers Edifumetto issued 21 issues from June...
View ArticleImages (1972)
Images is a 1972 horror film written and directed by Robert Altman, starring Susannah York, René Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais, Cathryn Harrison and John Morley. Cathryn (York), a writer...
View ArticleThe Fog (novel)
The Fog is a horror novel by English writer James Herbert, published in 1975 by New English Library (NEL). It is about a deadly fog that drives its victims insane when they come into contact with it....
View ArticleThe Axons (Doctor Who monsters)
The Axons appeared in The Claws of Axos, a Doctor Who story made in 1971 starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor. They featured only once in the classic series and have so far not been invited back in the...
View ArticleBell from Hell
Bell from Hell - original title: La Campana del Infierno and also released as A Bell from Hell, The Bell from Hell and The Bells - is a 1973 Spanish horror film directed by Claudio Guerin Hill and...
View ArticleLegend Horror Classics (magazine)
Legend Horror Classics was a British magazine published by Legend Publishing and which ran for thirteen issues between 1974 and 1975. The magazine was very much a second fiddle imitation of Monster...
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