What could be better for Halloween than the new Blu-Ray release of Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection , with deluxe editions of eight classics: ”Dracula” (1931, 75 min.), “Frankenstein” (1931, 71 min.), “The Mummy” (1932, 74 min.), “The Invisible [...]
On August 30, 1797, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born. She was the daughter of philosopher William Godwin and pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft. She had a remarkable life and married the poet Percy Shelley, but she will always be remembered for [...]
Frederick C. Weibel, Jr. is the author of Edison’s Frankenstein, a tribute to an extraordinary film that was considered lost for decades. What is it about the Frankenstein story that makes it so enduringly compelling? Frankenstein is so filled with [...]
Paul Asay has a terrific gallery list of life lessons from movie monsters. It is witty, erudite, and very insightful. Indeed, I think he has done a good job of setting out the reasons that monster movies are among the [...]