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-known The Wolf Man by six years and established a fair amount of mythology that we...
Tagged: Universal Monsters
Ghastly Gems: Phantom of the Opera (1943)
After a solid run, the Universal monster series of movies suffered its first notable dud with the 1943 remake of 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera. In case you forgot, I considered the 1925...
Top 7 Universal Monsters
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, let’s start...
Ghastly Gems: The Wolf Man (1941)
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...
Ghastly Gems: Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
OK, I know I said I’d save sequels for later, but I’ll cheat just this once, because the film is so significant (and technically introduces a new monster). 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein is the...
Ghastly Gems: The Invisible Man (1933)
Just two years after James Whale changed the landscape of horror cinema with Frankenstein, he directed The Invisible Man for Universal in 1933, where he would focus on revolutionary special effects and subtle psychological...
Flash Friday: Fear Less! Escape the Nightmare
As the resident flash game gamer (in that they’re the only games I play, and I play a good many per week) I figured I would highlight my favorite from the week each Friday....
