In the early 1500s, William Shakespeare wrote the most notable drama depicting the rise of King Richard III, a vile character who usurped the thrown and murdered children, but quite a while after Shakespeare penned his version Universal Pictures offered their own take when they paired Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff to depict this classic…
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The Walking Dead (1936) – Review
Not to be confused with the AMC horror series of the same name, this horror film does not have Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon shooting zombies in the head, instead, we get a unique blend of horror, mystery and courtroom drama, not to mention the legendary horror icon Boris Karloff, all going towards making this…
The Invisible Ray (1936) – Review
In this 1936 offering from Universal Pictures we find Karloff giving a rather understated and subdued performance as the film’s villain. In this outing he’s almost a tragic figure and only becomes the stereotypical “mad scientist” when something goes drastically wrong, but The Invisible Ray doesn’t just provide us a fun take on the genre…
The Raven (1935) – Review
There have been many movies based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe but with this early offering from Universal Pictures we get a nice spin on things, a mad doctor with an obsession for the works of Edgar Allen Poe is twisted and turned when his fixation on a woman he saved on the…
The Black Cat (1934) – Review
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…