Tag: Horror
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Murders in the Zoo (1933)
Written by Philip Wylie and Seton I. Miller Directed by A. Edward Sutherland Starring Charles Ruggles, Lionel Atwill, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott US Release March 31, 1933 RT 62 min. Home Video Universal Studios Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) IMDb Synopsis. A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and…
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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…
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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…
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The Mummy (1932)
Written by John L. Balderston Directed by Karl Freund Starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Arthur Bryan, Edward Van Sloan US Release Dec. 22, 1932 RT 73 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Of all the wonderful elements in Universal’s The Mummy (1932), there’s one that’s largely…
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Son of Dracula (1943)
Written by Eric Taylor Directed by Robert Siodmak Starring Lon Chaney, Jr., Evelyn Ankers, Robert Paige, Louise Allbritton, Frank Craven US Release Nov. 5, 1943 RT 80 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 4 (out of 10) If there’s anything worse than Lon Chaney Jr. as Frankenstein’s monster, it’s Lon Chaney Jr. as Dracula. With…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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