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Deranged killers, gore, Poe, and plenty of Brad Dourif. Some are helmed by respected, familiar names, others are more obscure. All, Id argue, deserve a bit more love and attention. Ad content continues below Watch Two Evil Eyes on Amazon. Watch Cat in the Brain on Amazon. Watch Jacobs Ladder on Amazon. Watch Hardware on Amazon. Were big fans ofNightbreedandhave written about it in more detail here. David Cronenberg is unforgettably flesh-crawling as a psychiatrist more crazy than his patient, Boone (Craig Sheffer)....

Every so often, a geek gem is brought in for appraisal on the long-running BBC antiques show. Theres clearly something wrong with us. It came complete with blue pencil marks next to Hartnells lines, and its provenance was proven. Valuation:150k to 200k It could have all gone in a skip. The first was a mask worn by David Prowse as Darth Vader in the originalStar WarsfilmA New Hope. His grandson is going to inherit it, and more such gems (see below)....

Frankensteins monster has fought werewolves, vampires, cowboys, masked wrestlers, and rubber suited hellbeasts. Along with Dracula, the most enduring horror icon of horror fiction is certainly Frankensteins Monster. There were even a few versions of Mary Shelleys classic novel before James Whale got his camera rolling. Here are thirteenotherversions of the Doctor and his Creation that shouldnt be forgotten. Ad content continues below 13. In 1910, director J. Searle Dawley shot a fifteen minute short film simply entitledFrankenstein....

Its hard to be the less successful brother, and thats pretty much what CapcomsDarkstalkersseries is. The series was created in the mid-90s as Capcoms next step in fighting game domination. They hadStreet Fighter IImaking them all the money in the world, but they beat that horse to death. it’s possible for you to still find Darkstalkers games to play! Considering the play these characters would get as part of Capcoms menagerie, it was definitely for the better....

It all worked, creating a legacy of horror unmatched in modern film history. Hammers main focus was on the classic monsters with Lee and Cushing starring in aDraculacycle that rivaled Universals. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, one of which,Dr. Kali, Devil Bride of Dracula In 1975, Hammer Films was desperately trying to keep afloat. Funding was drying up but concepts were flowing fast and furious from the bloodiest studio in the world....

From Dracula and the Wolf Man to Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. We worked out a timeline for the first shared cinematic universe. Still, there had to be some reasoning there someplace, right? No matter how much disbelief had to be suspended in the process. (Dracula) 1871:The ship carrying the noblemans furniture arrives in England. The entire crew is dead. Count Dracula, as hes known, arrives in London. Coincidentally the town is overrun with rats, and several deaths occur resulting from a mysterious blood disease....

Zombies overtook Riverdale in Afterlife With Archie and set the stage for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Afterlife with Archiequickly went from high-concept gimmick to the most consistently entertaining comic on the market today. into story points that take the readers into shocking and unexpected places. And it is wonderful. Spoilers follow from this point on. Going against the basic rules of witchcraft and nature, she does so using the Necronomicon....

Hey, remember that time Dracula fought the Hulk? Well, you’re in luck, because we do! The very name conjures images of sexuality, corruption, and decadence. But films, novels, and television arent the only genres that have contained Draculas bloodlust. Comic books have been a compelling source for new Dracula material. Marvel Comics in particular have been a happy hunting ground for the Lord of the Vampires. In 1972,writer Gerry Conway and artist Gene Colan introducedTomb of Draculaand a legend was born....

We give this forgotten chapter in the Ghostbusters legacy the respect and acclaim it truly deserves. There was a time when no one cared aboutGhostbusters. It was the late 90s the pre-Pokemon, post-Mighty Morphin Power Rangersdays to be exact. Which is why we have this: an awkwardly timed, tonally disruptiveGhostbustersanimated series. Living up to its name,Extreme Ghostbusterswas extreme indeed. One glance at its radically-inclusive team lineup is all you’re gonna wanna notice that....

Can anything truly top a Power Rangers episode with a monster named Pumpkin Rapper? Isnt every episode ofPower Rangersbasically a Halloween episode? I mean there are monsters aplenty and the main characters wear special outfits to hide their identities. I guess that helps for reruns but come on, give us Halloween! Also, a lot of these episodes didnt even air around Halloween. One aired in August! Oh well, we wont hold that against them....

Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolf Man…we’re not talking about Universal. These are the best Hammer horror had to offer! Halloween is here, and if any movie company speaks to that classic Halloween aesthetic, its Hammer Films. Back in the day, Hammer Films were thehorror moviesyour parents didnt want you to watch. For now, let us focus on Eddie Powells Mummy in 1967sThe Mummys Shroud. This film isnt one of Hammers finest....

Long before the MCU and the DCEU, Universal’s Wolf Man helped create the original shared cinematic universe. But dont forget that it was Universal Pictures who were responsible for the first shared cinematic universe. And it really all goes back to one monster in particular: Lon Chaney Jr.s eternally cursed Wolf Man. And with those eventual follow-ups and sequels, there came a new key in of monster movie. But the monsters as always proved impossible to stay dead....

From the mesmerizing Countess Maja to the captivating Carmilla Karnstein, lesbian vampires embody immortal sin. Vampire lesbians, is there any creature more seductive, hypnotic or seductively sinful? Saphic sanguinarians started staking their claim in Joseph Sheridan le Fanus novellaCarmilla(1872). Charles Busch lightly spoofed them in the downtown stage playVampire Lesbians of Sodom. We see a dodgy Lugosi lookalike in a coffin and Van Helsing being arrested for his murder. Watch Draculas Daughter on Amazon....