Review: WOLF MAN

 by Rob DiCristino

The Dark Universe lives!

Johnny California: An Annoying Autobiographical Pause: BRIDE!

 by JB

Fasten your safety belts. I have taken a big bite of Proust's madeleine.

Movies Is Good: What Month Is It?

 by JB

The pernicious pandemic persisted, and our petty perceptions of time putrefied...

Movies Is Good: ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN

 by JB

(ABBOTT reads from a sign near Dracula’s coffin.)
ABBOTT: Count Dracula must return to his coffin before sunrise,  where he lies helpless during the day. That’s the bunk!
COSTELLO: That’s what I’m trying to tell you! That’s his bunk!

Celluloid Ramblings: Museums We're Thankful For

by JB

On this Thanksgiving week, our minds naturally turn to Universal Monsters.

Celluloid Ramblings: A Short History of the Horror Film

by JB

Peruse the notes for my upcoming lecture and help edumacate the Youth of America.

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

by JB

Love is love.

Great Horror Performances: Dwight Frye in DRACULA (1931)

by JB

Want to know how great Dwight Frye is in the original sound Dracula? Alice Cooper wrote a song about him. I don’t see Alice Cooper writing elegies to any other semi-obscure 1930’s character actors…

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: THE WOLF MAN (1941)

by JB

“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.”

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: THE MUMMY (1932) & THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)

by JB

Our love for these two Universal Monster chestnuts might have something to do with déjà vu… all over again.

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

by JB

Like any profit-based business during the Depression, Universal Studios couldn’t pass up an opportunity to strike gold (again) in 1931.

Thrills, Chills, & Kills: DRACULA (1931)

by JB

Tod Browning’s 1931 film of Dracula is a study in dichotomy.

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: REVENGE OF THE CREATURE

by JB

WARNING: The greatest thing about Universal’s new Creature Legacy set is that consumers who buy it will be made to feel as mistreated as the Creature!

Thrills, Chills, & Spills: Ladies and Gentlemen...Francesco Francavilla

by JB

I don’t know art, but I know what I like.

Monster Kids Love Monster Movies

by Patrick Bromley and Heather Wixson

It's Monster Day and the very last day of #Junesploitation! Patrick and Heather close the month out with a discussion of the monsters they love and why.

Reserved Seating: The Mummy (2017)

by Rob DiCristino and Adam Riske

The review duo who wishes this one had stayed buried.

Great Horror Performances: Boris Karloff in The Bride of Frankenstein

by JB

Although Karloff’s performance in the original Frankenstein is groundbreaking and unique, I keep going back to the sequel.

Heath Holland On...Sharing Horror With Your Kids

by Heath Holland

This might actually be harder than brain surgery.

--OR--

Don’t do what I did.

Cinema Bestius: The Bride of Frankenstein

This week, we take a loving look at a film that has been a part of The Pope’s consciousness for more than forty years.

Riske Business: The Grab Bag, Vol. 2

by Adam Riske

I took the mothballs off an old column!