Tag Archives: Universal Monsters

As a writer who’s probably delivered one too many horror film seminars singing the praises of James Whale and his two Frankenstein efforts, it’s easy to forget that that director’s sublime, subversive brand of cinematic brilliance would have been completely ...

Yes, the Wolfman still has nards, and The Monster Squad (1987) continues to resonate with loyal die-hards and a new generation of fans discovering the film’s enduring movie magic. Now, Pilgrim Media Group presents a 90-minute documentary directed by Andre ...

While the original Creature from the Black Lagoon (1953) is a bona-fide cinema classic that introduced us to one of the most beautifully-designed and memorable of all movie monsters, in the form of the Amazonian Gillman, it is the last ...

The collective unconscious and water… Water is the ultimate life giver and life taker and water is the key element to the livelihood of Millicent Patrick’s monster. Patrick breathes life into her creation, but this life is one plagued with ...

She pursed together plump, bee stung Angelina Jolie lips before Ms Jolie was even a sparkle in Jon Voight’s eye. Her own lovely large eyes – rounded with permanent surprise – came framed with ramrod straight eyebrows that point up ...

With The Mummy, Universal’s attempt to relaunch their classic monsters as part of a ‘Dark Universe’ inspired by the success of Marvel Studios and the DCEU is off to a thoroughly entertaining start. Although critical consensus suggests that the Dark ...

Far before the MCU or DCEU, the original stable of Hollywood giants were the Universal Monsters. Just like any other pantheon, a caste system exists. Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein’s Monster charged onto the scene in the early 1930s and ...

“There are far worse things awaiting man than death…” – Bela Lugosi as the Count in Universal Pictures’ Dracula (1931). Dracula, the fabled Count of the Carpathians, has thrilled audiences on an intercontinental scale since his literary origination in 1897  ...

In 1932, Universal Pictures released The Mummy. The studio was coming off a financial high from 1931, when Frankenstein and Dracula were substantial hits. Capitalizing on a heightened interest in ancient Egyptian antiquities, that was triggered by the 1922 discovery ...

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.