2018 was a big year for film, packed with sequels and independent darlings among others from the major studios while Netflix kept trying to find itself some hits and managed a few, […]
Favourites 2018 – Film
That Is It! – Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
The fifth installment of Hammer’s Frankenstein franchise finds Peter Cushing in fine form as the Baron. The film sees Victor in need of safe haven after his former lab is found out […]
Not a Disease, But… – The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Zombies. You either love them or you hate them. They have been in the cinema for almost as long as cinema has been around, but never at the level of popularity they […]
Curtain Call – House of Dracula (1945)
House of Dracula would be the last of the Universal pictures featuring the big three characters in their stable, Dracula, The Wolf Man and Frankenstein’s Monster, at least in a horror picture. […]
Sins of the Father – Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Son of Frankenstein marks the second sequel to the original film, this time without Colin Clive as Henry and without James Whale as director. Instead, Universal went to Rowland V. Lee when […]
Like Father, Like… – Son of Dracula (1943)
Even though Dracula is dead and his bones burned, somehow he returns to life and gets himself invited to the United States. Son of Dracula is the second sequel to the original […]
Daddy’s Little Girl – Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
Unlike its predecessor, Dracula from 1931, this film would start out with a much lighter tone, comedic in fact, which would set it apart from the first one in more ways than […]
London Is In A Bit Of Trouble – Gorgo (1961)
Gorgo from 1961 is your standard giant monster creature-feature that the studios had been dishing out for quite some time, before and after. The great thing about this movie is that, in […]
Not King Kong, But… – Konga (1961)
Poor Konga. He only wanted to play in the jungle with his friends, eat bananas and other yummy fruits and just have a good time. He never expected botanist and scientist Charles […]
Look Out For… – The Vampire (1957)
Seems like Dr. Campbell has passed away. When Dr. Beecher is called to look in on him he finds a bottle of pills and takes them home. Dr. Campbell was doing experiments […]
The Telltale Mind 