Walking Away Creature Walks Among Us is the smallest of the three Gill Man episodes. It lacks the grandeur of man versus nature as evident in the original, or …
The Pre-Blackfish Blackfish Continuing Universal’s brand of anti-science horror, Creature from the Black Lagoon’s sequel finds the Gill Man pulled from his home in an Amazon tributary and dunked …
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 …
Motivated Killer Dracula’s Daughter’s story concerns a potential medical cure for vampirism. It asks if science has an answer to supernatural conditions, but as with Bride of Frankenstein, the …
She-Wolf: Princess of Power “There’s no man in our house!” says June Lockheart to her fiancee, noting her fears as a series of murders emerge around her home. While …
The Ripper of Werewolves Werewolf of London started everything, a film of historical significance. This is where the full moon/werewolf legend sprung. Not in 1941’s Wolf Man (that added …
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. …
Meeting of the Cursed In just minutes, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man hits the acceptable limit for tropes. The film opens in a graveyard at night. A storm is …
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 …
Sinister Son Stuck in the shadow of two revered classics, Son of Frankenstein never earned its deserved reverence. That’s more tragic than the monster. While Son of Frankenstein lacks …