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Well, the small screen’s current infatuation with horror shows no signs of abating and with the likes of The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Grimm and True Blood already doing huge business, and with NBC having Bryan Fuller’s upcoming Munsters reboot, Mockingbird Lane and Hannibal in the works, things are looking rosy for the relationship.
So with [...]
On this day in horror…
1880. American director Tod Browning is born. Undoubtedly best known for helming the 1931 version of Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, Browning also directed the controversial Freaks and London after Midnight, Mark of the Vampire, The Devil-Doll and more!
1973 marks the passing of horror legend Lon Chaney Jr. The son of Lon [...]
One year ago today, I submitted my first review for AndyErupts and a matter of days later, I found myself immersed in Anno Dracula, Kim Newman’s tale of Jack the Ripper operating in a Victorian England where Dracula has wed the Queen and vampirism is rife. It seems only appropriate that I mark today by [...]
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1980 marks the passing of noted horror director Terence Fisher. Fisher’s work in the genre includes: The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Island of Terror, The Devil Rides Out, The Gorgon, The Mummy and many more!
1982. German actor Curt Jurgens suffers a fatal heart attack on stage in Vienna. [...]
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1913 sees the birth of horror legend Peter Cushing OBE who starred in a slew of horror films, mainly for Hammer. Undoubtedly best known for his multiple roles as both Baron Frankenstein and vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, Cushing featured in such films as: The Mummy, The Revenge of Frankenstein, Dracula, [...]
When I spotted the title of this project, my interest was immediately piqued. I have suggested to Andy in the past that, maybe somewhat controversially, if you’re looking for horror, you don’t have to go any further than the Bible for inspiration. It is full of hellions, fallen angels, possessions, promiscuous women, brutal characters and [...]
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1930. Jesus Franco is born. More commonly known as Jess and noted for his near-pornographic horror work, writer, director and actor Franco has contributed to the genre such works as: Vampyros Lesbos, Bloody Moon, Devil Hunter, The Bloody Judge, A Virgin Among the Living Dead, Oasis of the Zombies, Necronomicon and [...]
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1958 sees the US theatrical release of Terence Fisher’s Dracula. Starring genre legends Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, this film was released in the US under the title Horror of Dracula and was the first of the Hammer Horror films.
1978. Former model Josie Maran is born. Maran has starred in 2006′s [...]
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1940. Lance Henriksen is born. The unmistakable Henriksen has starred in more than 180 roles, including notable genre performances in such films as: Near Dark, Aliens, The Terminator, The Pit and the Pendulum, Pumpkinhead, Omen II and many many more!
1957. Richard E. Grant is born. Grant has starred in horror films [...]
We’ve been following news of animated horror comedy Hotel Transylvania for a while. Now, we can bring you a full length trailer and brand new poster below, fiends!
If you’ve not been keeping up with this computer animated 3D film produced by Sony for Columbia Pictures and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory), the synopsis is [...]