The fact that this movie was released in 1940 should make it apparent to most people that this film isn’t about Susan Storm of The Fantastic Four fame as she didn’t make her debut as the Invisible Woman until 1961 in the pages of Marvel Comics, in actuality, this is the third entry in the…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Mummy’s Hand (1940) – Review
In 1932 Boris Karloff helped bring to the screen one of the defining entries in the Universal Monsters franchise, but unlike Frankenstein, he wouldn’t return for any of the sequels and the threat of the malevolently driven priest Imhotep was replaced with the standard bandaged wrapped monster we think of today when anyone mentions The…
The Invisible Man Returns (1940) – Review
Like many of the Universal Monster films, their 1932 The Invisible Man had a very definitive and fatal ending for the title character, who was shot dead in the snow by the police, but with the success of Son of Frankenstein the studio execs quickly looked around to see what other titles could be mined…
House of Dracula (1945) – Review
The Monster Rallies of Universal Studios continued on with 1945’s House of Dracula, where once again we get Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Hunchback, the Wolf Man, and the always-required Mad Scientist, but this entry pretty much ignored the events of the previous film while still casting the same actors, welcome to the wonderfully crazy continuity…
House of Frankenstein (1944) – Review
When the idea of pairing various Universal Monsters together proved successful with Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man the people at Universal Pictures put this formula into high gear and thus the “Monster Rallies” would become both the backbone of the series and also its downfall as the comedy team of Abbott and Costello would eventually…