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House of Horrors (also known as Murder Mansion and Joan Bedford Is Missing [3]) is a 1946 American horror film released by Universal Pictures, starring Rondo Hatton, Martin Kosleck and Robert Lowery. [3] The screenplay was by George Bricker from an original story by Dwight V. Babcock. A sculptor enlists the assistance of a madman to kill his ...
Rondo Hatton (April 22, 1894 – February 2, 1946) [1] was an American journalist and actor. After writing for The Tampa Tribune, Hatton found a career in film due to his unique facial features, which were the result of acromegaly. He headlined horror films with Universal Studios near the end of his life, earning him a reputation as a cult icon.
In 2002, the founders of the website The Classic Horror Film Board created the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards to honor horror works in film, television and publishing. The awards were named after the actor, and award recipients received statuettes with miniature busts of Hatton as he appeared portraying the Creeper in House of Horrors and ...
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments is an American television documentary miniseries that aired in late October 2004, on Bravo. [1] [2] Aired in five 60-minute segments, the miniseries counts down what producer Anthony Timpone, writer Patrick Moses, and director Kevin Kaufman have determined as the 100 most frightening and disturbing moments in the history of movies. [3]
A list of horror films released in the 1940s. After the success of Son of Frankenstein (1939), Universal horror caught a second wind and horror films continued to be produced at a feverish pace into the mid-1940s. [1] The early 1940s saw the debut of Lon Chaney Jr. and "The Wolf Man", both of which became fixtures in the Universal landscape.
Cassandra Gay Peterson [1] (born September 17, 1951) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Peterson gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ-TV in her stage persona as Elvira, hosting Elvira's Movie Macabre, a weekly B movie presentation.
Entertainment Weekly likened The Rondo Award to a "horror Oscar". [9] The Award is a "coveted" prize in the horror community. [10] One PBS station wrote, . Every year, as the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award spotlights shine on the brightest in their respective fields, the Rondo Awards honor achievements in the darker corners of entertainment, the world of classic horror movies.
The Haunted House of Horror (also known as Horror House and The Dark) is a 1969 British horror film directed by Michael Armstrong and starring Frankie Avalon and Jill Haworth. [2] it was written by Armstrong and Gerry Levy (as Peter Marcus). Young adults look for a thrill by spending the night in an old mansion in the English countryside.