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There's not a single surprise in The Black Castle, but it's invitingly familiar, using all of Universal's best cliches and tropes.

Lon Chaney Jr.'s stint as an electrically-imbued mutation in Man Made Monster follows the Universal formula, but with updates for a contemporary time.

Brazilian Romancing Jivaro is a movie of sweaty, barrel-chested men sailing on exotic Brazilian waters with their shirts open, fawning over the one American woman in their camp. The …

More Like Alligator Person A dying breed by 1959, The Alligator People calls on classic cinematic horror for the final gasp of glowing laboratories, the isolated house, wild science, …

Early Pre-Trek William Shatner Television Appearance Four rare pilots, including a lost episode of Nero Wolfe starring a young William Shatner, comprise VCI Entertainment’s second volume of television episodes …

Of (Giant) Mice and (Giant) Men There’s a sense of loss and anxiety to The Cyclops. Susan Winters (Gloria Talbott) heads into a Mexico desert in search of her …

The Nice Kid “We’re sensible people,” says Frank Stanley (Robert Paige) to his lover. Sensible in this context means a religious devout. His fiancee Katherine (Louise Allbritton) carries a …

Meeting of the Minds Bud Abbott and Lou Costello represent two types of people reacting to Universal’s monster movies. Lou is the fearful, jump-out-his-seat theater patron who takes the …

House of Science The send-off for Universal’s Dracula, Wolf Man, and Frankenstein’s monster, House of Dracula brings the trio together for the last time – barring appearances alongside Abbott …

Animal House The first act of House of Frankenstein deals exclusively with Dracula. John Carradine steps into the role, an exotic seducer who puts a woman under his spell. …

Ghost Busting Not one but two torch-carrying mobs show up in Ghost of Frankenstein. While not yet the cliché Universal turned it into later, credit to Ghost of Frankenstein …

Tumata, Tumak Caveboy meets cavegirl in One Million B.C., an early caveman epic from Hal Roach. Simple and approachable, Roach undoubtedly found this idea saleable based on actresses in …