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The Old Dark House (1932)

“Laughter and sin….” With a cast that featured Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Lilian Bond, and the director James Whale, you’d think that 1932’s The Old Dark House would have been a massive hit. Instead, it fell through the cracks of cinematic history and was believed to be lost at one point. I only recently discoveredContinue reading “The Old Dark House (1932)”

Halloween Bites! Dracula (1931)

“There are far worse things awaiting man than death.” Happy Halloween! It’s the final day of October and the final day of this year’s Thirty-One Days O’Horror! With that in mind, I decided to make the final post of October about the legendary Dracula (1931). There’s really not a lot that I can say aboutContinue reading “Halloween Bites! Dracula (1931)”

The Last Universal Monster Has Passed Away

Ricou Browning, Aged 93, Has Passed Away Browning is best known for his portrayal of the Gillman or Creech in the underwater sequences for all three of the Creature From The Black Lagoon films. He was also a director, stunt coordinator and double, and a writer. Outside of the Universal Monster films, Browning’s work includedContinue reading “The Last Universal Monster Has Passed Away”

Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

“You will be singing only…..for me.” Gaston Leroux’s world famous novel, The Phantom of the Opera, has been adapted for film, television, musicals, and more over the years. Universal Studios distributed one of the earliest adaptations of the novel that starred the brilliant Lon Chaney as the Phantom. In 1943, Claude Rains would don theContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: The Phantom of the Opera (1962)”

Classic Horror: Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932)

“Do they still burn men for heresy?” Just over a year after the release of the film that made him an icon of horror, Bela Lugosi traded in Dracula‘s cape for the wild eyebrows of Dr. Mirakle in Universal’s Murders In The Rue Morgue. Loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story of the sameContinue reading “Classic Horror: Murders In The Rue Morgue (1932)”