This brilliant pre-code horror film pits the iconic Boris Karloff against the incomparable Bela Lugosi in their first screen pairing, with Karloff playing the personification of Lucifer while Lugosi as a man obsessed with revenge, but this film not only stars two of Hollywood’s greatest screen icons it’s also has a plot that deals with…
Murders in the Zoo (1933) – Review
Who doesn’t like a trip to the zoo? You get to feed the bears, visit the Reptile House, and even watch the monkeys play with themselves, but murder isn’t usually part of the tour, which is why Paramount’s Murders in the Zoo stands out because who other than Lionel Atwill would use a zoo’s inhabitants…
The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) – Review
When thinking about a horror movie centring around murders committed by a disfigured mad sculptor the 1953 Vincent Price classic House of Wax would be the first thing to come to mind, I certainly hope no one immediately thinks of the 2005 version starring Paris Hilton, but Price wasn’t the first mad sculptor to stalk…
2025 Ramcharger: Imperfect answer to an imperfect problem
Electrification is the buzzword of 2023 for the automotive industry, and Ram just put their cards on the table with their 2025 Ramcharger. As impending legislation and social pressure force more companies to bring out EVs, manufacturers hedge their losses by making EVs out of vehicles with the largest profit margins. That meant bringing out…
Doctor X (1932) – Review
Paramount Pictures didn’t have much box office success with their adaptation of The Island of Doctor Moreau, Island of Lost Souls, but that very same year director Michael Curtiz delivered another “mad doctor” entry, one that not only proved quite successful it also introduced actor Lionel Atwill to the general public, playing the titular Doctor…