Category: Golden Age

  • Before I Hang (1940)

    Before I Hang (1940)

    Written by Robert Hardy Andrews, Karl Brown Directed by Nick Grind Starring Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett, Edward Van Sloan US Release Sept. 17, 1940 RT 62 min. Home Video Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Unless you grew up during a particular…

  • I Married a Witch (1942)

    I Married a Witch (1942)

    Written by Robert Pirosh and Marc Connelly Directed by Rene Clair Starring Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway US Release Oct. 30, 1942 RT 77 min. Home Video Criterion Collection Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. “Long, long ago, when people still believed in…

  • Lured (1947)

    Lured (1947)

    Written by Leo Rosten Directed by Douglas Sirk Starring George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Boris Karloff, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, George Zucco US Release Sept. 5, 1947 RT 102 Home Video Kino Video Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. As Lured began with a spotlight exploring a London street to…

  • House of Dracula (1945)

    House of Dracula (1945)

    Written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. Directed by Erle C. Kenton Starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Lionel Atwill, Jane Adams, Glenn Strange US Release Dec. 7, 1945 RT 67 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. They should have quit while they…

  • House of Frankenstein (1944)

    House of Frankenstein (1944)

    Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. Directed by Erle C. Kenton Starring Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine, Lionel Atwill US Release Dec. 1, 1944 RT 71 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. House of Frankenstein (1944) is another…

  • Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

    Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

    Written by Curt Siodmak Directed by Roy William Neill Starring Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya US Release Mar. 5, 1943 RT 74 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Although it features a big name co-star, Frankenstein Meets…

  • The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

    The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

    Written by Scott Darling Directed by Erle C. Kenton Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Cedric Hardwicke, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers US Release March 13, 1942 RT 67 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. I’ve been waiting for it. Watching all the Universal Monsters…

  • Werewolf of London (1935)

    Werewolf of London (1935)

    Written by John Colton Directed by Stuart Walker Starring Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson US Release May 13, 1935 RT 75 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. It’s no wonder 1935’s Werewolf of London didn’t kick off a franchise similar to Universal’s…

  • Son of Frankenstein (1939)

    Son of Frankenstein (1939)

    Written by Wyllis Cooper Directed by Rowland V. Lee Starring Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill US Release Jan. 13, 1939 RT 99min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Little did I know when I re-watched Son of Frankenstein (1939) how…

  • Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

    Written by William Hurlbut Directed by James Whale Starring Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Elas Lanchester US Release May 19, 1935 RT 75 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 8 (out of 10) Many people consider Universal’s Bride of Frankenstein (1935) to be the greatest horror movie ever made. I’m…