On this day in horror…
1914. B-movie director William Castle is born. Castle directed such genre offerings as: House on Haunted Hill, The Tingler, Macabre, 13 Ghosts and Homicidal.
1974 marks the passing of Bud Abbott. Famous for being one half of American comedy duo Abbott and Costello who featured in such films as: Abbott and Costello [...]
On this day in horror…
1874 sees the birth of Peter Robinson. At 5’3″ and 58lbs, Robinson was a circus performer dubbed “The Human Skeleton”. His contribution to the genre comes from his role in Tod Browning’s Freaks, a 1932 horror film starring mainly circus performers, which was extremely controversial for its time and was in [...]
This year sees the release of the Canadian-made horror film Cell 213.
The film sees Eric Balfour (Skyline, Texas Chainsaw 2003) and Michael Rooker (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Slither and The Walking Dead) involved in a story where the forces of good and evil are, once again, at loggerheads over the soul of a lawyer [...]
