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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man ** (1951, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Arthur Franz, Nancy Guild, Adele Jergens) – Classic Movie Review 5587

Director Charles Lamont’s 1951 comedy is a fairly lively Bud Abbott and Lou Costello movie series episode, with the expected plot (‘suggested by H G Wells’) and decent effects, particularly in the vivacious and pacy […]

Jun, 12

The Ghost of Frankenstein *** (1942, Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers) – Classic Movie Review 2,776

The 1942 horror movie The Ghost of Frankenstein is the fourth in the Universal Studios series, and stars Sir Cedric Hardwicke as Dr Frankenstein’s son Ludwig, who sets out to swap the mad brain of the Monster (Lon […]

Aug, 03

House of Dracula *** (1945, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, Onslow Stevens, Glenn Strange, Lionel Atwill, Martha O’Driscoll, Jane Adams) – Classic Movie Review 2,770

The first true meeting of Count Dracula (John Carradine), Frankenstein’s Monster (Glenn Strange) and the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr) is here in Universal Pictures’ 1945 American horror film sequel House of Dracula. ‘The Super-Shock Sensation […]

Aug, 02

Son of Frankenstein **** (1939, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson) – Classic Movie Review 2,506

The 1939 horror movie Son of Frankenstein is the third film in Universal’s superb Frankenstein series, the last to star Boris Karloff as the Monster but the first to feature Bela Lugosi as Ygor. Director […]

May, 20

The Mummy **** (1932, Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan) – Classic Movie Review 99

Boris Karloff is on fine menacing form, swearing destruction as Imhotep (‘Kheb, khebet…’), in The Mummy (1933). Ironically in real life Imhotep’s name meant ‘He who comes in peace is with peace’. ‘Kheb, khebet…’ – […]

Jul, 28

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