Christopher Lee
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Shortly after their hit collaboration on THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, Christopher Lee and director Terence Fisher returned for Lee's sole feature film portrayal of the world's greatest detective. Lee considered it to be "one of the best things I've ever done because I tried to play Holmes really as he was written - as a very intolerant, argumentative, difficult man."
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1603 was the year that Queen Elizabeth I, the last of the Tudors, died. Her cousin, Robert Carey, immediately rode like a demon to Scotland to take the news to James VI. The cataclysmic time of the Stuart monarchy had come and the son of Mary Queen of Scots left Edinburgh for London to claim his throne as James I of England.
Diaries and notes written in 1603 describe how a resurgence of the plague killed nearly 40,000 people. Priests blamed the...
3) Nemeton
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The year is 3002 B.C.E. For millennia, the Nemeton, a group of clandestine immortal beings, has kept the fragile truce between man and the Fae in the antediluvian world. After six thousand years, the race of men has tired of enduring subjugation under the iron fist of the Nemeton. Kings and peasants clamor and thrones tremble at whispers of war as the Nemeton declares the first Conclave in over two thousand years. As the wheel of the year turns toward...
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The Art of Crafting User Stories is a must-read for product managers, UX professionals, and product developers dedicated to creating meaningful digital experiences. This book provides a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to empower you to master the techniques for creating user stories that drive effective product development. This book takes you on a journey from identifying and capturing user needs, goals, and perspectives through user stories,...
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'I went into the cloud and went flat out for a few minutes, turned, and as I dived out my luck was in and I got him head-on. He went straight into the sea and I am glad to say there were no survivors. A Dornier which had blown up came floating down in bits and another burnt up on land. It was a most spectacular show.'
Known as Pedro to his comrades and Tiggy to his family, Osgood Villiers Hanbury was a charismatic Eton schoolboy who, before his untimely...
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100 Years of Horror volume 17
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Ax-murderers, chainsaw-wielding madman, serial killers, cannibals — they're all here — and more!
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100 Years of Horror volume 11
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Witches have been a favorite of fairy tales — and fright films — for centuries. Here's a wicked look at a coven's worth of portrayals.
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100 Years of Horror volume 24
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Frankenstein is probably the most famous example of a man-made monster, but a great many other creepy creations have been fashioned by men, either by accident or on purpose, as this fun-filled episode illustrates.
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100 Years of Horror volume 15
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King Kong's Fay Wray is probably the most famous scream queen of the horror genre, but you'll be surprised to see who else made the list!
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100 Years of Horror volume 14
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Horror films have been peppered with people who didn't need makeup and were actually born disfigured, most notably in the film Freaks. Take a look at those who managed to turn their misfortune into something of a career.
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100 Years of Horror volume 5
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Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of good and evil has been a filmic favorite since early silent days. Various portrayals of the dual doctor are examined.
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100 Years of Horror volume 25
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Another idea borrowed from the world of fairy tales, giants have been found in stories from Jack and the Beanstalk to Jack the Giant Killer and beyond.
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100 Years of Horror volume 10
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Lon Chaney Sr. was the original Phantom of the Opera, but there have been other notable portrayals — and other notable phantoms!
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100 Years of Horror volume 26
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Long before Jurassic Park, dinosaurs roamed thru a variety of horror films, going all the way back to The Lost World in 1925.
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100 Years of Horror volume 12
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More than just the Devil (although The Prince of Darkness has certainly figured into quite a few motion pictures), demons have been a mainstay of horror films since the silent days.
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100 Years of Horror volume 16
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Men didn't have a lock on the horror movie. There were plenty of frightful females to go around, as you'll see in this salute to demonic dames.
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100 Years of Horror volume 9
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Nothing like a good ghost story — except a century's worth of films filled with more ghost stories!
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100 Years of Horror volume 23
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How many times did Karloff and Lugosi play mad doctors? Many horror legends have taken their turn playing sinister scientists and frightful physicians, as you'll see.
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100 Years of Horror volume 22
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The walking dead have been a mainstay of horror films for decades. Although usually confined to the West Indies, Hollywood has made sure audiences will fear zombies anywhere and everywhere.
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100 Years of Horror volume 8
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Perhaps horror's greatest star, Karloff, of course, played the Frankenstein monster. But there's so much more to tell. Here's an affectionate look at this cultured Englishman.