Why should women scream if not for the terror devised by men? Vincent Price as the evil Prince Prospero holed up in his castle, arrogantly taunting the Plague outside. Christopher Lee as Hammer's seductive Dracula exacting revenge by bleeding lovely siren Veronica Carlson. Boris Karloff's tortured Monster doomed to carry out horrors in a world not of his own making.

Yang to the Scream Queens yin, The Terror Trap crafted Kings of Terror to honor the men who have consistently brought the unspeakables to celluloid. And done it with style, originality and even grace.

Villainy gets the hype, to be sure, but defenders of good are required. Peter Cushing's Van Helsing on the hunt for Dracula. Croaking, wild-eyed Donald (The Evil is Here) Pleasence as the harbinger of The Coming of Michael.

So, a salute to these veterans - some lifelong members, others merely transitory visitors - but all who made their work the memorable stuff of blood. For those who live as Kings of Terror, this tribute.