The task of following up the knockout, one-two, combo of Frankenstein and Bride Of Frankenstein must have been the 30’s horror equivalent of Tarantino receiving
Tag: 1930s
Werewolf Of London
When it comes to fanged and furry fury of a classic Universal werewolf movie, you’ll be more than forgiven for thinking immediately of Lon Chaney
Dracula’s Daughter
You can’t really say that Universal were particularly swift on capitalising on the first Dracula movie, especially when you consider that A) the first movie
Tarzan Finds A Son!
Anyone following Johnny Weissmuller’s run of early Tarzan movies would no doubt notice that apart the furious jungle action that seems to occur every thirteen
Tarzan Escapes
Obviously seeing that they had a good thing going with their double team of Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan, MGM dove into the deep pools
Tarzan And His Mate
Ever since Johnny Weissmuller’s version of Edgar Rice Burroughs legendary beefcake literally first swung into theaters with 1932’s Tarzan The Ape Man, you’d be hard
Tarzan The Ape Man
The 30’s in Hollywood was a crazy time. As technological advancements meant that filmmakers could experiment as never before and the screen was seeing the
The Invisible Man
One of the less utilized members of the gang of misshapen creatures known collectively as the Universal Monsters is the Invisible Man. Believe it or
Bride Of Frankenstein
When people start chipping in when asked about the greatest sequels ever made, I’m always sorta pissed that in among the usual retorts of The
The Mummy
Those who got their primary fix of undead Egyptians from 1999’s The Mummy (or even Tom Cruise’s 2017 version, Anubis forbid) have some cinematic archeology
Dracula
Quite possibly the most over-filmed novel that’s ever existed (virtually anything with vampires in techincally a riff), Bram Stoker’s Dracula has gone through more iterations
Frankenstein
After the odd genre release during the silent era, Universal finally launched into what would become known as the Universal Monsters franchise 1931 with a
Son Of Kong
Not many people kn1ow that King Kong, the greatest American monster movie in history, had a direct sequel (less still know that it was bashed
King Kong
Comfortably perched on it’s own metaphorical Empire State Building as the greatest action/adventure movie ever made, King Kong lives up to his name. Inspiring virtually
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