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A penny dreadful (also called penny horrible, penny awful,penny number and penny blood) was a type of British fiction publication in the 19th century that usually featured lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks, each part costing an (old) penny. The term, however, soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction, such as story papers and booklet "libraries". The penny dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed primarily at working class adolescents.
These serials started in the 1830s, originally as a cheaper alternative to mainstream fictional part-works, such as those by Charles Dickens (which cost a shilling [twelve pennies]) for working class adults, but by the 1850s the serial stories were aimed exclusively at teenagers. The stories themselves were reprints or sometimes rewrites of Gothic thrillers such as The Monk or The Castle of Otranto, as well as new stories about famous criminals. Some of the most famous of these penny part-stories were The String of Pearls: A Romance (introducing Sweeney Todd), The Mysteries of London (inspired by French serial The Mysteries of Paris) and Varney the Vampire. Highwaymen were popular heroes. Black Bess or the Knight of the Road, outlining the largely imaginary exploits of real-life English highwayman Dick Turpin, continued for 254 episodes.
Actors: Nick Everhart (director), Nick Everhart (editor), Nick Everhart (writer), Leigh Scott (writer), Nick Everhart (producer), Leigh Scott (director), Devanny Pinn (actress), Jeffrey Combs (actor), Theodore Bouloukos (actor), Leigh Scott (producer), Sid Haig (actor), Barry Ratcliffe (actor), Al Snow (actor), Eliza Swenson (composer), Eliza Swenson (writer),
Plot: Daffy undead gal Penny Dreadful, her smitten zombie buddy Ned, and lycanthrope Wolfboy relate three tales of terror in an old rundown movie theater: A young couple find themselves being stalked by a lethal jack-in-the-box in "Slash-in-the-Box;" mousy young lady Alice tries to figure out what exactly happened to her last night in "The Morning After;" and a group of friends encounter an eccentric backwoods family after their van breaks down in the middle of nowhere in "The Slaughter House."
Genres: Horror,Actors: Cameron McCasland (producer), Cameron McCasland (director), Larry Underwood (actor), Larry Underwood (producer), Larry Underwood (writer), Larry Underwood (editor), Danielle Gelehrter (writer), Danielle Gelehrter (actress), Danielle Gelehrter (producer), Rebecca Paiva (editor), Rebecca Paiva (producer), Rebecca Paiva (director),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Short,Actors: Cameron McCasland (director), Cameron McCasland (producer), Cameron McCasland (actor), Shawn C. Phillips (actor), Larry Underwood (writer), Larry Underwood (producer), Larry Underwood (writer), Larry Underwood (actor), Larry Underwood (editor), Richard Dyszel (actor), Danielle Gelehrter (writer), Danielle Gelehrter (actress), Danielle Gelehrter (producer), Danielle Gelehrter (writer), Brendan Mitchell (actor),
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Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Short,Actors: Tom Savini (actor), Cassandra Peterson (actress), John Kassir (actor), Joel Hodgson (actor), John Kassir (actor), Leonard Maltin (actor), Tim Conway (actor), Donald F. Glut (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Forrest J Ackerman (actor), Curtis Armstrong (actor), Chris Gore (actor), Neil Gaiman (actor), Joel Thingvall (miscellaneous crew), Phil Tippett (actor),
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Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, actor, author, cameraman, cleveland-ohio, coffinActors: Deborah Dutch (actress), Cassandra Peterson (actress), Julie Strain (actress), David J. Skal (actor), Forrest J Ackerman (actor), Debbie Rochon (actress), Sid Haig (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Bill Moseley (actor), Kevin Eastman (actor), Ari Lehman (composer), Vampira (actress), Smokey Miles (actor), John Zacherle (miscellaneous crew), John Zacherle (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Danielle Gelehrter (producer), Danielle Gelehrter (writer), Danielle Gelehrter (actress), Rebecca Paiva (director), Rebecca Paiva (writer), Rebecca Paiva (producer), Rebecca Paiva (actress), Rebecca Paiva (editor), Magoo Gelehrter (producer), Magoo Gelehrter (actor), Ivan Bernier (writer), Ivan Bernier (actor), Ivan Bernier (producer),
Genres: Horror,