He always vowed that he wouldn't die unless he could take it with him. But now that Forrest J Ackerman really is gone, the grand old man of science fiction's memorabilia collection is on the auction block. Thousands of items, including the Count ...

There's something peculiar about the hoary old Bela Lugosi horror-thriller, the Invisible Ghost. It rattles along according to every standard B-movie cliche with its paucity of locations, terrible photography and hysterical score. But there's a strange lack of people around. You stare at it, increasingly perplexed by the achingly slow tracking shots of abandoned stairwells and lingering close-ups ...