It occurred to me that out of over 6,00 posts, I only have one on the outré British actor Tod Slaughter. Known as one of the last performing barnstormers, he starred in a string of 30's and 40's horror/mystery movies, including THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, THE FACE AT THE WINDOW, HORROR MANIACS and others.
A Blu-ray boxed set of eight Tod Slaughter films is currently available from various online retailers.
Following is a concise, informative article covering the life and career of Mr. Murder himself written by Steve Green, a journalist and editor based in England. It appeared in the UK newsstand magazine, YOURS RETRO #71 (February 2024). A good piece to acquaint or re-acquaint yourself with a criminally (no pun intended) overlooked master of menace.
You can visit Steve's site HERE.
Thanks for the shout out, John! Yours Retro isn't genre-oriented as such, but does carry content of interest to horror and fantasy movie fans, such as JD Savage's articles on The Day the Year Stood Still (issue #91) and The Incredible Shrinking Man (#92), or Jake Gwilliam's essays on screen werewolves (#93) and the search for a complete print of Metropolis (#94). For my own part, I have a piece on the original Addams Family cast scheduled for #95, due to hit shelves on 18 December.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Steve! The Addams Family article sounds very interesting.
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