Celluloid Terror

A look into the classic and modern Horror Film Genre.

''King Kong'' (1933)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/king-kong-1933 18th Dec 2022 -  A Classic Movie Monster from 1933, King Kong was a 200-foot, several hundred tons Great Ape. Discovered by a 1930s Film crew on the mysterious a …

''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'' (1953)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-beast-from-20000-fathoms-1953 18th Dec 2022 -  A classic Black & White Sci-Fi/Horror film from 1953 it is known as being the first American film to create the Creature Feature theory. In …

''Cloverfield'' (2008)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/cloverfield-2008 18th Dec 2022 -  A 2008 American Monster Movie, it was created in the current popular film style known as Mockudrama , by Director/Producer J.J. Abrams (of Star …

''The Conjuring'' (''Annabelle'') (2014)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-conjuring-annabelle-2014 18th Dec 2022 -  Little children and toys (especially dolls) can be a creepy (and scary) part of any horror film or story. Annabelle is a ''crown jewel ''in the …

''Hellboy'' (''Sammael'') (2005)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/hellboy-sammael-2005 18th Dec 2022 -  Yet another mythical Hellboy Graphic Comics and Original Motion Picture (2005) creature -  (with some slight basis in ACTUAL legend) is Sam …

''Hellboy'' (''Tooth Fairies'') (2005)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/hellboy-tooth-fairies-2005 18th Dec 2022 -  A mythical creature from the Hellboy Graphic Novels and of course Original 2005 Film -  The Tooth Fairies are extremely dangerous and evil …

''CHUD'' (1984)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/chud-1984 18th Dec 2022 -  C.H.U.D. Stands for Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers and were the source for a 1984 Horror/Sci-Fi film (with several sequels). Based …

''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1945)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-1945 18th Dec 2022 - Title character from British Writer Oscar Wilde (written in 1890), The Picture of Dorian Gray is another story which serves as a warning. Dorian is a …

''The Phantom of The Opera'' (1925)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-phantom-of-the-opera-1925 18th Dec 2022 - Most screen versions taken from the 1909 French Writer Gaston Leroux novel The Phantom of The Opera, are most often heavily adapted (depending on the …

''The Mummy'' (1932)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-mummy-1932 18th Dec 2022 -  The long dead Mummy of screen and film originally came to life in 1932 as one of American film Studio  Universal's, member of their Classic …

''IT'' (''Pennywise'') (1990)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/it-pennywise-1990 18th Dec 2022 -  The Monster which inhabits American Writer Stephen King's world of IT. Originally a novel and then Television mini-series, the story tells of a …

''Hammer House of Horror'' (1980)

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/hammer-house-of-horror-1980 17th Dec 2022 - Perhaps no other Horror Anthology Television Show was so well received – yet so poorly viewed that The British Television Series, ''Hammer House …