Starring: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman Director: Mel Brooks The grandson of Dr Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) tires to be taken seriously in America as a scientist, but finds it hard to escape the legacy of having a mad scientist in the family. When he's informed that he's inherited the family… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Young Frankenstein (1975)
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Classic Movie Of The Week: Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive, Director: James Whale Picking up where the previous film left off, and also starring Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster, this film opens with Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley sitting before a fire and letting the audience know that there's more to the story. Believed dead at the end… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
Classic Movie Of The Week: Frankenstein (1931)
Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff Director: James Whale "It's ALIVE!" This is THE horror film, 1001 Movies You Must See calls it "the single most important horror film ever made". It's a well known story now. Dr Frankenstein has become obsessed with creating life, and robs graves to find the parts he needs,… Continue reading Classic Movie Of The Week: Frankenstein (1931)
Horror Movie Round Up: Gyspy Curses and Deals with the Devil
I've been having fun watching and writing about horror franchises, but I haven't done a horror round up in a while. Here are five recent views that you horror lovers might love... Drag Me To Hell (2009) A young ambitious banker decides to refuse a gypsy woman a loan in order to impress her boss.… Continue reading Horror Movie Round Up: Gyspy Curses and Deals with the Devil
Horror Round Up: Abandoned Asylums and Unearthly Children
Mostly modern and recent horrors for you this time around, with some great jump scares, nightmarish monsters, children in grave peril... and one absolute dud! Incarnate (2016) Aaron Eckhart stars in this film about a man who can exorcise evil by going into the mind of the possessed and wake them up. But he is… Continue reading Horror Round Up: Abandoned Asylums and Unearthly Children
The Void (2016)
Starring: Jeremy Gillespie, Steven Kostanski Director: Aaron Poole, Kenneth Welsh, Daniel Fathers A grumpy Sherriff stumbles across an injured man on a dark road, and rushes him to the local hospital, which is in the process of being closed down, and offers only a skeleton crew. But things soon get weird, when strange people in… Continue reading The Void (2016)
Preview: I Am Not A Serial Killer (2016)
Starring: Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser Director: Billy O'Brien I went into this film knowing very little about it, and just letting it unfold, and I loved it! The story revolves around a teen John Cleaver (Records), who is struggling with his homicidal tendencies, in an American small town. When strange deaths start to… Continue reading Preview: I Am Not A Serial Killer (2016)
Goosebumps (2015)
When two teens unwittingly unleash the monsters from reclusive R L Stine's famous book they must team up with the reclusive writer and his daughter to return them to their books and save the town. Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minette, Odeya Rush, Ryan Lee Director: Rob Letterman This might seem like an odd movie for… Continue reading Goosebumps (2015)