Tag Archives: Frankenstein

Back in February 2011, Danny Boyle’s production of Nick Dear’s drama Frankenstein at the National Theatre was one of the hottest tickets on the London stage. While there’s no doubt that the involvement of the 28 Days Later and Slumdog ...

Stories of mad scientists date back much longer than most would think, and well beyond anything approaching modern science as we know it. Every culture has told tales of people creating life from something previously inanimate. In Hebrew folklore, one ...

On episode 46 of Captive Eye, David Kleiler, Jean-Paul Ouellette and Steve Head consider the enduring qualities of James Whale’s Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and bring to light some rarely talked about stories from its making and original release.

Episode 2 “IT COMES TO LIFE!” The Sound Of Fear continues its journey through the history of horror film music, looking at the age of Universal PIctures and its monsters. Episode Credits: Narrated by Lisa Brigden Written, Produced, and Directed by ...

“The type of picture that brought about censorship.” Review of Mad Love, Motion Picture Herald, 1935 “Quite the most unpleasant picture I have ever seen […] it exploited cruelty for cruelty’s sake.” Review of The Raven, London Daily Telegraph, 1935. ...

Back in the early 80s, when I was in Junior High, there was a Boston institution called The Creature Double Feature—a Saturday afternoon double feature of classic horror films, on a local TV channel, through which many a young person ...

Kat and Samm return for episode 12 of Daughters of Darkness, where they discuss mad science in general and transplant-themed horror in particular. They begin with an analysis of the origins of mad science fiction in Gothic literature — partly ...

Two hundred years ago this week, history was made with the birth of that filthiest creation of all, Frankenstein: one of the most influential Gothic and science fiction novels of all time; a book that inspired countless generations of writers, ...

Last year, Diabolique Magazine, in conjunction with dvddrive-in.com coordinated an online petition to ask Warner Bros to release their classic Hammer Horror titles on blu-ray. Yesterday, the official announcement was finally made, and the initial set of titles is scheduled for ...

I first encountered Christopher Lee shortly before my sixth birthday, in a darkened movie theatre where HORROR OF DRACULA was unspooling onscreen before my startled, innocent eyes. Even at that tender age, I had seen Bela Lugosi as Dracula on ...