A true riveting classic in the truest sense in horror movies. Universal Studios floating on the success of Dracula continued the fright fest with their rendition of Frankenstein in 1931. Directed by James Whale and adapted from the Mary Shelley play about a mad-scientist who exhumes corpses to build a new man. However, there was […]
Tag Archives: Universal Studios
December
05
Saturday Night Drive In: This Island Earth (1955 Universal)
posted by crypticescapemagazine
This Island Earth is most notable infamous now a days as that film that MST3K made fun of. Though the MST3K guys made us laugh at the film, when This Island Earth was released back in the 50’s it was hailed by critics everywhere praising it’s high-budget special effects, great script, and the amazing Technicolor […]
October
20
Dracula (1931 Universal Film)
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Happy Birthday to LEGENDARY Bela Lugosi. Our favorite Hungarian practically jump started the horror movie! To many he will forever be the face of Dracula. Today Begla Lugosi would be 133, not bad for the Prince of the Undead! So to honor the man who put a face on the horror movie genre we present […]
October
12
The Wolfman (1941 Universal Film)
posted by stitchedwicked
The Wolf Man is a 1941 American drama horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as a werewolf named “The Wolf Man” and features Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Béla Lugosi, and Maria Ouspenskaya in supporting roles. The title character […]
October
10
The Mummy (1932 Universal Studios Film)
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The Mummy is a 1932 Universal Studios picture starring the uber-legendary Boris Karloff and directed by Karl Freund. The film was inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamun‘s tomb in 1922. The tomb had parchment with a Curse of the Pharaohs inside of it, which producers and Universal could not resist using as a basis for […]
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