| Name | | Films linked |
| Adolfo Celi | Best known for Bond, but actually a very versitile Italian character actor. | 3 |
| Bela Lugosi | The iconic Dracula who made a series of horror films in the 1930s and 40s | 5 |
| Boris Karloff | The Great British horror star, famous as Universal's Frankenstein. | 6 |
| Christopher Lee | Best known for his horror films, but with an impressively wide travelled career. | 27 |
| Dennis Wheatley | A British horror writer in the 1930s who inspired a trio of Hammer films. | 3 |
| Don Sharp | A lesser known director responsible for some of Hammer's best films. | 7 |
| Edgar Allan Poe | The great American horror writer who has inspired dozens of movies. | 12 |
| Ennio Morricone | The most famous movie composer who has worked in every genre and country. | 18 |
| Fabio Testi | Good looking Italian movie star who was very popular in the 1970s. | 3 |
| Ferdinando Baldi | An Italian director responsible for some very enjoyable Spaghetti Westerns. | 7 |
| Florian Fricke | The composer of some of the most haunting soundtracks ever written. | 6 |
| Franco Nero | The big Italian Western star who went on to appear in various action films. | 6 |
| Freddie Francis | A two time Oscar winning cinematographer who also directed for Hammer. | 6 |
| Gianni Garko | Italian actor who made his name in the Spaghetti West as Sartana | 9 |
| Harry Alan Towers | British producer who worked on some of the best exploitation films of the 1960s | 11 |
| Hazel Court | The English actress who made a name with Hammer and three AIP horrors | 5 |
| Horst Frank | A German character actor best known for his Spaghetti Western villains. | 8 |
| Ingrid Pitt | The beautiful Polish actress who came to fame as Hammer's Vampire Lover | 4 |
| Jess Franco | The enigmatic Spanish director, credited on over 200 films. | 15 |
| John Drew Barrymore | Troubled US actor who appeared in several Pepla | 4 |
| Klaus Kinski | Unmistakable and notorious German actor who worked widely in 1960s and 70s | 20 |
| Lamberto Bava | Son of the legendary horror director, made a career in low budget shockers. | 16 |
| Laura Gemser | Indonesia born actress who was the star of the Black Emanuelle series. | 9 |
| Leon Klimovsky | An Argentinian born director behind several enjoyable Spanish films. | 4 |
| Lucio Fulci | Best known for his gory horrors, he did some superb work in the Giallo genre. | 7 |
| Marie Liljedahl | Beautiful Swedish cherub who made several erotic films across Europe. | 4 |
| Mario Bava | The great Italian horror director who also worked on adventure and sci-fi films. | 29 |
Paul Naschy
| Spanish horror star, most famous for his Wolf Man films of the 1970s | 14 |
| Peter Cushing | The much loved gentleman of British horror, best known for his Hammer work. | 30 |
| Reg Park | A three time Mr Universe who became a popular Peplum hero | 5 |
| Riccardo Freda | An Italian director who made a couple of very effective horror films. | 8 |
| Roger Corman | Maverick American film-maker who worked with many up and coming names. | 10 |
| Roy Ward Baker | A talented British director who worked with both Hammer and Amicus. | 5 |
| Sergio Corbucci | Italian director who created some of the best Spaghetti Westerns. | 9 |
| Stanley Baker | The Welsh actor who excelled in crime films but best remembered for Zulu | 7 |
| Steve Reeves | The iconic Hercules and the musclebound star of the Peplum boom. | 10 |
| Terence Fisher | Hammer's director of choice who helmed many of their best horror films. | 15 |
| Tomas Milian | Scrawny Cuban born actor who appeared in several Italian Westerns. | 9 |
| Val Guest | British director who worked for a while at Hammer before going independent. | 5 |
| Vincent Price | The iconic American horror star who also appeared in epics and film-noir. | 16 |
| Werner Herzog | Probably the best director of all time, all his work is breathtaking. | 14 |