2009 Inductee-- Terence Fisher

·          Terence Fisher—(1904-1980):  Hammer Films best director, Fisher helmed such Hammer classics as HORROR OF DRACULA, THE MUMMY, and THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN.  What we now know as the “Hammer Look” was largely due to Fisher’s style and sure-handed direction.

2009 Inductee-- James Whale

·          James Whale—(1889-1957):  This gifted director was responsible for three of the greatest Horror Films of all-time:  FRANKENSTEIN, THE INVISIBLE MAN, and THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN; as well as a personal favorite of the Unimonster’s, THE OLD DARK HOUSE.

2009 Inductee-- Jack P. Pierce

·          Jack P. Pierce—(1889-1968):  “The Man who Made the Monsters,” Jack Pierce was Universal’s head of the Make-Up department from the late 1920’s to his unceremonious firing in 1947.  Pierce’s work gave us such memorable Monster designs as Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, and the Wolf-Man.