Tag: Adventure

  • One Million B.C. (1940)

    One Million B.C. (1940)

    Written by Mickell Novack & George Baker & Joseph Frickert Directed by Hal Roach Jr., Hal Roach Starring Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr. Released April 5, 1940 RT 80 min. Home Video VCI Entertainment (Blu-ray) Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) For a movie that not only depicts human beings living at the same time…

  • The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)

    The Mummy’s Tomb (1942)

    Written by Griffin Jay and Henry Sucher Directed by Harold Young Starring Dick Foran, John Hubbard, Elyse Knox, George Zucco, Wallace Ford, Turhan Bey, Lon Chaney Jr. US Release October 23, 1942 RT 60 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Note: I’ve previously posted reviews of The Mummy…

  • The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)

    The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)

    Written by Griffin Jay & Henry Sucher & Brenda Weisburg Directed by Reginald Le Borg Starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, George Zucco, Robert Lowery US Release Dec.31, 1944 RT 61 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) Although they’re not great, the movies…

  • The Mummy’s Curse (1944)

    The Mummy’s Curse (1944)

    Written by Bernard Schubert Directed by Leslie Goodwins Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Peter Coe, Virginia Christine US Release Dec 22, 1944 RT 60 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) The Mummy’s Curse (1944) strays ever so slightly from the recipe established in the previous four Universal Monsters…

  • The Mummy’s Hand (1940)

    The Mummy’s Hand (1940)

    The Mummy’s Hand (1940) is not a sequel to Universal’s 1932 hit, The Mummy; instead, it’s a variation of the tale that introduces some of the stereotypes about the monster that we’ve come to know and love today. Unfortunately, it’s an inferior product in nearly every way. Most egregiously, it plays like a test run…

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