Tag: Horror Icon

Horror Icon: Terence Fisher: King of Hammer Films – By Baron Craze

August 6, 2025
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Most horror fans who know the history of the genre are familiar with the cultural importance of Hammer Studios, as it helped launch the careers of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee both soared respectively in the acting careers. However, another individual also played a significant role in their careers as well as many others and…

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Horror Icon: Bram Stoker – By Baron Craze

August 10, 2022
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In this year of 2022, marks an incredible remembrance for one of the premier authors, Abraham “Bram” Stoker (November 8, 1847 – April 20, 1912) in just seeing those dates he would have been 175-years-old and his death marks 110-years-ago, and his significance to the cinematic horror genre is without a doubt extremely impactful has it also…

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Horror Icon and Master of Suspense: Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock – By Baron Craze

December 31, 2020
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I suppose it is no surprise that I include Alfred Hitchcock as a Horror Icon and will try and limit myself in writing volumes on his masterful artistic career. The first thing most will retort with is – wait, he didn’t do a lot of horror movies, and you are semi-right, it’s in fine details…

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Horror Icon and Cinema Influencer: Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) – By Baron Craze

December 31, 2020
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    It has been some time since a Horror Icon article graced the site of The Horror Times, once again for those unaware we note on the anniversary death date of a person to review their life accomplishments, remembrance and influenced others in their careers. Although this one, does tie closely to another Icon…

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Horror Icon: Donald Pleasence – By Baron Craze

February 29, 2020
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It’s time once more to revisit another Horror Icon that passed on, often I’m asked why celebrating their date of death, because face it’s when the accolades and legacy quite well remember, no one can honestly make the claim or when someone is born, for what they have yet to accomplish. Yes congratulations, we were…

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Horror Icon: Edgar Allan Poe – By Baron Craze

October 31, 2019
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The name Poe brings to mind images of murderers, madness and other mysterious consequences involving cats, graveyards and haunting deaths. Poe, refers to likely the most influential American authors and writers of the 19th century, and non-other than Edgar Allan Poe. He was the first author to actually attempt to make a living wage solely…

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Horror Icon: Peter Cushing – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2019
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Many fans of both older horror movies, especially those from the Hammer Studios and Star Wars (1977) will likely have a fond remembrance of the horror icon Peter Cushing, he was more than a legendary actor, he had an immense passion and love for cinema and his wife, whose death greatly affected him on and…

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Horror Icon: Boris Karloff – By Baron Craze

February 28, 2019
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When one states the name Boris Karloff, various images come to mind, the portrayal of Frankenstein’s monster in Frankenstein [1931] and Imhotep in The Mummy [1932], and then maybe other likely to think of the other green monster he played, The Grinch , whichever the case one definitely recalls his influence in the horror genre….

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Horror Icon: Joe Spinell – By Baron Craze

January 31, 2019
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Well with anew year, it’s time for the return of honoring a horror icon or those individuals that gave a significant or lasting contribution to horror. Those familiar with my long-standing podcast show Baron’s Crypt know each week I honor someone who has advanced the horror genre. Therefore, we honor Joseph J. Spagnulo of better…

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Baron’s Crypt Shows for November 2018

October 12, 2018
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The is the show which started all podcast broadcast, the opportunity presented itself from then B-Movie Radio, for a series of horror themed shows,in January 2014. I came up with the Baron’s Crypt  and chose  Friday nights, automatically securing all Friday the 13th! I worked on obtain my own intro used which I used for…

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