Frankenstein in the Movies : From A to Z
As any “smart assed” fan of classic horror knows, the name Frankenstein represents the creator while the “Monster” refers to the creation. But with the advancement of pop culture, the […]
Invisible Ghost (1941)
Horror icon, Bela Lugosi makes his Monogram Pictures debut in this Sam Katzman production that sees Bela playing a mild mannered Doctor who just might be a serial strangler wreaking […]
Chamber of Horrors (1940)
aka The Door With Seven Locks I’ll admit to preferring the Seven Locks title but I can see the exploitation factor with Chamber of Horrors and the images it may […]
Lionel Atwill : The Exquisite Villain
by Neil Pettigrew Is Lionel Atwill one of the great “horror” stars of the first and second wave of the genre? Perhaps, but I’ll be the first to admit I […]
Actor/Producer Roddy McDowall Double Bill ….. Kidnapped (1948) and Killer Shark (1950)
Between 1948 and 1950, Roddy McDowall served as a producer on six films released by poverty row studio Monogram that also cast him in the leading roles. He was just […]
Johnny Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1944)
After getting through this Monogram feature assigned to me by Kristina of Speakeasy I was almost expecting William Shatner to pop up at the fade out and ask the camera, […]
Bowery Bombshell (1946)
The word Bowery in a film title pretty much means one is about to partake in a seventy minute adventure with Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the Bowery Boys up […]
Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
This comically slanted murder mystery from RKO plays like a Monogram Studios mystery with an extra few bucks in the budget to bring in a declining Pat O’Brien for added […]
Docks of New Orleans (1948)
With Monogram taking over the Charlie Chan films in the latter part of the 1940’s the series was in steady decline.The death of Sidney Toler didn’t help any. Taking over […]
Mike's Take On the Movies .......... Rediscovering Cinema's Past 