Ghastly Gems: Werewolf of London (1935)
Forgive the pun, but Werewolf of London is a strange beast of a film. It preceded the much more well-knownĀ The Wolf Man by six years and established a fair amount of mythology that we...
Forgive the pun, but Werewolf of London is a strange beast of a film. It preceded the much more well-knownĀ The Wolf Man by six years and established a fair amount of mythology that we...
After a solid run, the Universal monster series of movies suffered its first notable dud with the 1943 remake of 1925ās The Phantom of the Opera. In case you forgot, I considered the 1925...
Having written about at least one movie featuring each of the most famous Universal monsters, Ghastly Gems has hit something of a crossroads. Before moving onto sequels, spin-offs, and other monster-related oddities, letās start...
Once again, we skip ahead to a new decade to look at one of the more unique ācoreā Universal monster movies: 1954ās The Creature from the Black Lagoon. In the mid ā50s, American moviegoers...
Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night; May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright. This iconic poem is...
1932ās The Mummy is a difficult film for me to revisit, as it was the first I distinctly remember being (very) disappointed by. As a child, I was obsessed with movie monsters as well...
Released the same year as Dracula, Frankenstein marked a pivotal moment for the then-budding horror genre. In sharp contrast to Draculaās purely malevolent vampire, the central monster in Frankenstein is almost entirely sympathetic. While...
Going backwards a bit chronologically from Dracula, 1925ās The Phantom of the Opera offered audiences a memorably horrific adaptation of the famous French novel. This particular screen version is notable for many reasons –...
With Universal Pictures recently launching their āDark Universeā series of rebooted monster movies (starting with Alex Kurtzmanās The Mummy), now is as good a time as ever to look back on the classic āUniversal...
This week, we return to the wonderful world of Cable TV. Hitting on the recent Doctor Who season finale, season 3 of the Walking Dead and Game of Thrones. Some discussion on Mad Men...