Tag: Romance
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The Wolf Man (1941)
Written by Curt Siodmak Directed by George Waggner Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers Released Dec. 12, 1941 RT 70 min. Home Video Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Until I recently re-watched The Wolf Man (1941), I would have told you it was the best…
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Mahal (1949)
Written by Kamal Amrohi Directed by Kamal Amrohi Starring Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, M. Kumar, Vijayalaxmi, Kanu Roy Released 1949 (India) RT 165 min. Home Video Bollywood Films Home Entertainment (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) I once watched a three-hour and twenty-minute Bollywood movie about cricket (Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, 2001). Against all…
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn (1936)
Written by Randall Faye Directed by Milton Rosmer Starring Tod Slaughter, Sophie Stewart, Eric Portman US Release August 18, 1936 RT 70 min. Home Video AlphaVideo Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn opens how I imagine the play on which it is based would open. However, I’ve…
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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 Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
Written by Curt Siodmak Directed by Robert Florey Starring Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish US Release Feb. 8, 1947 RT 88 min. Home Video Warner Archive Collection Classic Horrors rating = 6 (out of 10) IMDb Synopsis. In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a one-handed, wheelchair-bound pianist, with a…
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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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The Wolf Man (1941)
Written by Curt Siodmak Directed by George Waggner Starring Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers US Release Dec. 12, 1941 RT 70 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video (DVD) Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Warning: review contains plot spoilers. Until I recently re-watched The Wolf Man…
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