HAPPY BIRTHDAY BELA LUGOSI (1882-1956). There is no way I could let the day go by without marking the birthday of one of the most Halloweeny of persons: Bela Lugosi. Do I really need to list the reason why he's keen???

• Dracula (1931)
• The Black Camel (1931)
• Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
• White Zombie (1932)

• Chandu the Magician (1932)
• The Death Kiss (1932)
• Island of Lost Souls (1932)
• International House (1933)
• The Black Cat (1934)
• The Return of Chandu (1934)
• The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
• Mark of the Vampire (1935)
• Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935) aka Phantom Ship

• The Raven (1935)
• The Invisible Ray (1936)
• Shadow Over Chinatown (1936)
• S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937)
• The Phantom Creeps (1939)
• Son of Frankenstein (1939)

• Ninotchka (1939)
• Dark Eyes of London (1940) aka The Human Monster
• Black Friday (1940)
• The Devil Bat (1940)
• You'll Find Out (1940)
• The Invisible Ghost (1941)

• The Black Cat (1941)
• Spooks Run Wild (1941)
• The Wolf Man (1941)
• The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
• The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
• Night Monster (1942)
• Bowery at Midnight (1942)
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
• The Ape Man (1943)
• Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
• Return of the Vampire (1944)
• Voodoo Man (1944)
• Return of the Ape Man (1944)
• The Body Snatcher (1945)
• Genius at Work (1946)
• Scared To Death (1947)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
• Vampire Over London (1952) aka My Son, the Vampire

• Glen or Glenda? (1953)
• Bride of the Monster (1955)
• The Black Sleep (1956)
• Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)