A Trio of Jekyll’s …. Three Hyde’s …. and a …. Werewolf?
Surely the character(s) of Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, like Holmes and Dracula, are among those brought to the screen more often then most. The Robert Louis Stevenson book, The […]
The Verdict (1946)
There are many good reasons to recommend this outstanding Warner Brothers feature released in November of 1946. First off it’s the feature film debut of one time montage creator, Don […]
The Man With Nine Lives (1940)
Following his rise to fame as The Frankenstein Monster and other notable villains at Universal, Boris Karloff, signed on to Columbia studios where he embarked on his mad scientist phase […]
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
“Mine is the face that spoils a sunny day.” By way of Cannon Films comes this distortion of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic that plays as if it’s an updated […]
Universal Horror Collection Volume 2
The second collection of Universal Horrors from Scream Factory proves to be a delicious trio of Lionel Atwill titles accompanied by a fourth that could easily have seen Atwill cast […]
Thunder Road (1958)
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that screen icon Robert Mitchum was at the height of his box office pull when this tightly budgeted black and white feature […]
Black Friday (1940)
This 1940 thriller represents the final pairing under the roof of Universal Studios where it all began for the legendary horror stars, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. For fans of […]
Assignment Terror (1969)
aka … Los Monstruos Del Terror … aka … Dracula jagt Frankenstein … aka … Dracula contra Frankenstein … aka … Abbott and Costello Meet Michael Rennie and the Universal […]
Visiting the Kirk Hammett Collection At The Royal Ontario Museum
I’ve been long overdue to finally travel about seventy minutes up the road from where I live to downtown Toronto and visit the Royal Ontario Museum to see the amazing […]
