Igor
In the town of Malaria, anatomy is destiny. Boy babies get their assignments at birth. Those without hunchbacks become evil scientists. Those with hunchbacks become Igors and spend their days saying,...
View ArticleCelebrate Mary Shelley’s Birthday: Watch Frankenstein!
Mary Shelley, daughter of two leading intellectuals and wife of a brilliant poet, was a teenager when she was challenged to write a ghost story and came up with one of the most enduring and...
View ArticleMonster Lessons from Paul Asay
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...
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Interview: Fred Weibel of ‘Edison’s Frankenstein’
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...Read...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Mary Shelley!
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...
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Universal Classic Monsters
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...Read the full...
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