by Richard von Busack
In the Meandros Valley in Turkey in 1920, a strange artifact is discovered:an ancient board game dedicated to the great god Pan. The game is refurbished, but sfter it kills its discoverers, …

Ray Harryhausen occupies a unique position in motion picture history. Although neither a director nor a scriptwriter, he has exerted far more control over his films than most of the directors and writers with whom …

Willis O’Brien
Willis O’Brien inhabited two distinct, virtually incompatible worlds. As a technician, he mastered the intricacies of model construction, animation, and composite photography. Success for him depended on meticulous planning and the careful execution of …

 
James Whale directed four of the most intelligent, witty, and visually striking horror films ever made: Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). With this quartet …

DRACULA
1931; Universal Pictures (B&W); Producer: Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Director: Tod Browning; Screenwriters: Garrett Fort & Dudley Murphy from the play by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston and from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker; …

DRACULA
1931; Universal Pictures (B&W); Producer: Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Director: Tod Browning; Screenwriters: Garrett Fort & Dudley Murphy from the play by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston and from the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker; …