Sep 11, 2022

It is the end of an era, and in this chapter we look at The Cat Creeps, She-Wolf of London, The Brute Man, plus the final case for Rathbone's Holmes - Terror by Night. Plus we learn how in the summer of 1946, Universal decided there would be no more horror movies made...

Sep 4, 2022

In this chapter we learn of an ill-fated attempt to create a new generation of horror stars, drawn from villains who had previously appeared in the Sherlock Holmes films. Hence Rondo Hatton's Creeper returns in House of Horrors, while Gale Sondergaard appears in The Spider Woman Strikes Back. Plus there was another case...

Aug 21, 2022

In this chapter we look at the last stand of the Universal monsters, the chapter of the saga where the Count, the Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man meet up at the House of Dracula (1945)!

Aug 20, 2022

In this chapter we continue our journey through the fright flicks from Universal released in 1945, looking at two new cases for Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes - The Woman in Green and Pursuit to Algiers, plus the final two Inner Sanctum Mysteries movies with Lon Chaney Jnr. makes a Strange Confession and tangling...

Aug 14, 2022

1945 was to be another year packed with fright flicks from Universal! With new cases for Sherlock Holmes, further Inner Sanctum Mysteries to torment Lon Chaney Jnr, and the return of famous (and not so famous) monsters... But were these chillers getting too cheap and creaky?