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Many people have bad days. Erique Claudin, (Claude Rains) is having what can be described as the worst day. He is trying to profess his love for Christine Dubois, (Susannah Foster). She is the backup singer of the Paris Opera. He has secretly been paying for singing lessons for her. He has great faith in […]

Creature From the Black Lagoon was the last of the classic Universal horror movies. A person might think it can’t stand up to the other monsters. It does and very well. The story, written by Harry Essex and Arthur A. Ross is a good one. It resembles King Kong more than Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula or

Boris Karloff attained fame playing the monster in three Frankenstein movies. He could have continued playing the dead creature. It might have made the succeeding films better. He made a career decision and it worked. Karloff did a succession of movies. Some worked and some didn’t. His career took a serious uptick, when he began

The Howling is not your father’s werewolf movie. It hits you hard. This film’s pace doesn’t slow down at all. It is a combination of Hitchcock’s The Birds and Rosemary’s Baby. It also has a dash of Alien and Jaws. Dee Wallace is exceptional as the heroine, Karen White. The true standout of the movie

Horror of Dracula is the second entry for Hammer studios in the horror genre. It is also the second time at the helm for Terence Fisher. It is a new take on the Bram Stoker novel. The first being the the blood thirsty count with an English accent instead of Hungarian. Christopher Lee, was a

Robert Wise cut his teeth on horror films. He worked with two of the best stars of the genre, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. His past experiences working with the masters of horror, shows in The Haunting. It is a thriller, based on the Shirley Jackson novel, The Haunting of Hill House. It was adapted

The Bride of Frankenstein is an example of a horror film at it’s finest. It is a sequel that is better than its original. All of the main characters are solid. The monster talks, and Karloff brings pathos to the screen. The villagers are seen not as victims, but as persecutors. It also gives a

The Mummy is the third entry in Universal’s classic horror movies. It gives horror fans, the first look of Boris Karloff in a speaking role. He was not credited at the end of Frankenstein. His role as Imhotep, establishes him as a good actor. It also gave Karloff, his reputation as a screen villain. This

Horror films are different in scope. They can have scared people running from the monster. They can have people calming their fear, and confronting the monster. There are also the ones, where trying to avoid the monster, and staying alive, are their main goal. A Quiet Place has the protagonist’s striving for the third goal.

A person who is an aspiring actor, should watch Spencer Tracy movies. He has a powerful acting style. It is unique among actors of his time. His voice projects, he can do any genre, and towers over many actors, with his delivery. Tracy’s performance in The Old Man and the Sea, requires a special skill.