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Ghastly Gems: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Going backwards a bit chronologically from Dracula, 1925’s The Phantom of the Opera offered audiences a memorably horrific adaptation of the famous French novel. This particular screen version is notable…

Mr Alarm

Ghastly Gems Movies

Ghastly Gems: Dracula (1931)

With Universal Pictures recently launching their “Dark Universe” series of rebooted monster movies (starting with Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy), now is as good a time as ever to look back…

Mr Alarm

Movies Review

WonderCon 2017: “Teen Titans: The Judas Contract” World Premiere

Continuing my tradition of catching DC's newest animated offerings at WonderCon, I was able to make the encore presentation of 2017's latest outing. The audience was no less enthused for…

Dan Crotty

Features Movies

Lego Batman is the Utterly Fun Superhero Movie We Deserve in the Age of Trump

*Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t watched The Lego Batman Movie, you may not want to read past the first paragraph.* Deep down, the 78 years and counting story of Batman…

Logan Dalton

Movies Top 7

Top 7 Slasher Flick Kills

Nothing defines cinematic horror quite like the “slasher” flick. The sub-genre that Psycho begot went full steam ahead after Halloween became a smash hit, and has spawned a large number…

Mr Alarm

7 & 7 Kaiju Kommentary Movies

Shin Godzilla Review

When Shin Godzilla (AKA Godzilla Resurgence) was originally announced in late 2014, it was difficult not to be skeptical. After all, Western filmmaker Gareth Edwards proved earlier that same year…

Mr Alarm