Tag: Universal Pictures
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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…
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She-Wolf of London (1946)
Written by George Brickner, Dwight V. Babcock (original story) Directed by Jean Yarbrough Starring Don Porter, June Lockhart, Sara Haden, Jan Wiley, Lloyd Corrigan US Release May 17, 1946 RT 61 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) Spoiler Alert: The following contains revelation of key plot elements, which…
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Night Key (1937)
Written by Tristam Tupper, Jack Moffitt, William A. Pierce (original story) Directed by Lloyd Corrigan Starring Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, Jean Rogers US Release May 2, 1937 RT 68 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) Night Key is in no way, shape or form a horror movie, although it…
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The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Written by Lester Cole & Curt Siodmak Directed by Joe May Starring Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, Nan Grey US Release Jan. 12, 1940 RT 81 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Video Classic Horrors rating = 7 (out of 10) The Universal sequel The Invisible Man Returns (1940) was made seven years after The Invisible Man,…
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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 Invisible Woman (1940)
Written by Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Gertrude Purcell Directed by A. Edward Sutherland Starring Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, Charles Ruggles US Release Dec. 27, 1940 RT 72 min. Home Video Universal Studios Home Entertainment Classic Horrors rating = 5 (out of 10) With the exception of the “Abbott & Costello Meet…” movies, I…
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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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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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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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