Frankenstein

Stan Winston’s Oscar-Winning Legacy Endures

M. L. Myers

Halloween Every Night

April 7, 2021 0 3910

Stan Winston’s work is still seen on TV everyday. The monsters, robots and dinosaurs that run amok on cable are...

Feb. 22, 2021

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

February 21, 2021 0 1834

Actor Dwight Frye is born in Salina, Kansas in 1899. Frye is best known for his weird character roles in...

Feb. 10, 2021

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

February 9, 2021 0 1400

Lon Chaney Jr. is born in Oklahoma City in 1906. The son of the silent film star began his film...

Dec. 15, 2020

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

December 15, 2020 0 1586

Young Frankenstein is released in 1974. Writer/director Mel Brooks’ spoof of Universal’s Frankenstein movies is the first Hollywood film to...

Dec. 1, 2020

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

December 1, 2020 0 1637

House of Frankenstein opens across the U.S. in 1944. The near last of the original Universal franchise features Glenn Strange...

Sept. 9, 2020

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

September 9, 2020 0 1904

Luigi Galvani is born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) in 1737. The doctor, scientist and philosopher is known for...

Aug. 30, 2020

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

August 29, 2020 0 1954

Author Mary Shelley is born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin in London in 1797. Though she wrote several novels during her career,...

Aug. 12, 2020

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

August 12, 2020 0 2065

Dan Curtis is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1927.  The writer/director/producer is known for his horror-based TV work, creating the...

July 22, 2020

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

July 22, 2020 0 1715

James Whale is born in Dudley, Worcestershire, England in 1889. The director’s career covered multiple genres, but he is an...

June 11, 2020

Sam Hain

This Day In Halloween

June 11, 2020 0 2393

Gene Wilder is born in Milwaukee in 1933. The actor/screenwriter/producer’s career is known for various comedies, but his starring role...