Tag: Adaptation
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Mad Love (1935)
Written by P. J. Wolfson and John L. Balderston From the novel Les Mains D’Orlac by Maurice Renard Directed by Karl Freund Starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive US Release July 12, 1935 RT 68 min. Home Video Warner Brothers Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Mad Love is one of several adaptations of Maurice Renard’s…
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The Body Snatcher (1945)
Written by Philip MacDonald & Val Lewton, Robert Louis Stevenson (short story) Directed by Robert Wise Starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade US Release May 17, 1945 RT 77 min. Home Video Turner Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Cocky Dr. Wolfe “Toddy” McFarlane (Henry Daniell) and his assistant, Donald…
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The Invisible Man (1933)
Written by R.C. Sherriff Directed by James Whale Starring Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O’Connor US Release Nov. 13, 1933 RT 71 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Although I often feel like other people don’t see me, particularly when I’m driving, I wonder what it…
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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…
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The Cat & the Canary (1927)
Written by Alfred A. Cohn Directed by Paul Leni Starring Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall US Release Sept. 9, 1927 RT 80 min. Home Video Kino Lorber Films Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Made near the end of the silent film area and…
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Written by Perley Poore Sheehan Directed by Wallace Worsley Starring Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry US Release Sept. 6, 1923 RT 117 min. Home Video Flicker Alley (or Amazon Prime) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. It’s more challenging for me to write about silent movies…
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Frankenstein (1931)
Written by Garrett Fort & Francis Edward Faragoh Directed by James Whale Starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, Dwight Frye US Release Nov. 21, 1921 RT 70 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 9 (out of 10) Until I re-watched it recently, I would have told you that the “monster”…
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Phantoms of the Opera: 1925 vs. 1943
The 1943 version of Phantom of the Opera is not really a remake of its 1925 silent version; instead, another version of the story by Gaston Leroux, like so many more that would come in later years. Nevertheless, since they both have legacies as Universal Monsters, it’s difficult not to compare them. Both are rewarding…
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Dracula (1931)
Written by Hamilton Deane, John L. Balderston Based on the play by Garrett Fort Directed by Tod Browning Starring Bela Lugosi, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler US Release Feb. 14, 1931 RT 85 Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: reviews contain plot spoilers. With so many screen…
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