Posted inGhastly Gems Movies
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…
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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,…
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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…
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Ghastly Gems: Frankenstein (1931)
Released the same year as Dracula, Frankenstein marked a pivotal moment for the then-budding horror genre. In sharp contrast to Dracula’s purely malevolent vampire, the central monster in Frankenstein is…
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Ask a Dork: Non-RPG Villains
What are some well-developed villains in games that aren't from RPGs? It’s interesting that you specified villains that aren’t from RPGs. That makes this question a challenging one to…
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Dual Wielding 124: Super Mario Between 3D Worlds of Next-Gen
This week show has more impressions of Super Mario 3D World, Need for Speed, the PS4, A Link Between Worlds, Ace Attorney, Pokemon and the such. We also begin our…
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Review Shooter: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
When PlatinumGames and Kojima Productions took the wrapping off the game formerly known as Metal Gear Solid: Rising at last year's E3, I commented on Twitter that it looked liked…
