The horror classic Carrie is one of 25 titles joining the National Film Registry for 2022, the Library of Congress...
Young Frankenstein is released in 1974. Writer/director Mel Brooks’ spoof of Universal’s Frankenstein movies is the first Hollywood film to...
Jimmy Sangster is born in Kinmal Bay, Wales in 1927. One of Hammer Films’ main architects, the writer/director/producer shepherded movies...
Frankenstein: The True Story miniseries premieres on NBC in 1973. The two-part TV movie/miniseries featuring James Mason and Jane Seymour...
Hammer Film Productions is founded in London in 1934. Though the company dabbled in various genres, it is best known...
Shock Theater is released by Screen Gems for TV syndication in 1957. The packaging of 52 Universal horror and spy...
A nightmare on a stormy night in the Alps is usually considered Mary Shelley’s inspiration for her classic Frankenstein. But...
Luigi Galvani is born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) in 1737. The doctor, scientist and philosopher is known for...
Mary Shelley created a monster. Both of them are having anniversaries this month. Shelley composed one of the most influential...
Author Mary Shelley is born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in London in 1797. Though she wrote several novels during her career,...