Lon Chaney, Jr.

Some of the greatest scary horror movies or characters ever created and there were many, from Wes Craven’s wonderfully and frightening character, Freddie Krueger, in A Nightmare on Elm Street, as brought to life by the great Robert Englund, who by the way, in this movie, was the living, breathing incarnation of the “angel of death, the grim reaper himself, was only made possible by many of the great horror legends of the past and some of the rolls that they made famous. One scary horror...Read Full Story

Jack Pierce with Lon Chaney Jr.Read Full Story

Bride of the Gorilla : Barbara Payton , Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr ( 1951 Movie ) thefilmarchive.org DVD: www.amazon.com Bride of the Gorilla is a 1951 B-movie film directed by Curt Siodmak and starring Raymond Burr , Lon Chaney Jr. and Barbara Payton . The pre-release working title was The Face in the Water. Deep in the South American jungles, plantation manager Barney Chavez (Burr) kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife Dina Van Gelder ( Payton ). However, an...Read Full Story

Here’s the deal.  In honor of all Hallows’ Eve, I am more or less proud to present Makya McBee Vs. Other People’s Lists – Volume 5, The Ten Scariest Movie Villains.  Image via Wikipedia Most consider Halloween to be the scariest holiday (although, admittedly, some men are more frightened by Valentine’s Day) and Hollywood has a storied tradition of tapping into our primal fears with classic movie monsters.  From The Wolf Man , starring Lon Chaney, Jr. to House of Frankenstein starring...Read Full Story

Legends of people shape shifting abounded in ancient times and variations developed in different cultures. In a Greek myth told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, Lycaeon, the king, is morphed into a werewolf  because he served human flesh to Zeus; he didn't think he was a god. His test backfired; Zeus gave him the perfect body for participating in what was considered a horrible act, a definite taboo in tha t culture. Another Greek writer, Herodotus, told of the Neuri people transforming into...Read Full Story