You could say that The Incredible Shrinking Man is a movie about a man losing everything, and you would be right, but you could also say it is about a man gaining […]
Watch Your Step For… – The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
If Looks Could Kill – House of Horrors (1946)
Poor Marcel. Nobody has it worse than a starving artist for it is not only their body that starves, but their soul. At least so Marcel would have you believe, and after […]
When Nice Guys Do Wrong – Tarantula (1955)
Usually, when a scientist decides to start experimenting on animals with strange formulas, it leads to all sorts of nasty business. At least that seems to be the case in cinema. Those […]
Reimagined – Dracula Untold (2014)
With the release of Dracula Untold, Universal is supposedly looking to reboot their Universal Monsters franchise with this being the first chapter. To do so, they tapped Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless […]
Deep In the Earth Are… – The Mole People (1956)
In 1956, Universal decided to try a little something different and put out a film about an underground race of monsters. True to the Universal twist though, the monsters in question turn […]
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. […]
Karloff Comes Home – House of Frankenstein (1944)
With this fifth and final sequel to Frankenstein, it does not necessarily end the adventures of the monster, but it does end the series of films with his maker’s name in the […]
When Gather Titans – Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943)
In Universal’s next outing for Frankenstein, they would team him up with one of their other properties, The Wolf Man, and together they would make history. This would be the first time […]
Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart… – The Wolf Man (1941)
By the time 1941 rolled around, Lon Chaney Jr., had already appeared in many films, though none quite as significant as The Wolf Man would end up being. In this film, his […]
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 […]
The Telltale Mind 