When it comes to adaptations of classic monsters Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is only surpassed by Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and that is mainly because most films portray the monster as a mindless brute, which is not the way he was depicted in the original novel.
Tag: horror
Christine: From Book to Screen
Man’s love affair with the automobile has been well documented, George Lucas’ American Graffiti is practically a love letter to the American automobile, but there is also the dark side, the obsession that can push one over the brink and into madness.
‘Salem’s Lot: From Book to Screen
When it comes to movie adaptations I think only William Shakespeare has had more cinematic translations than author Stephen King, unfortunately, King also holds the record for the number of terrible adaptations of his works.
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) – Review
Way back in 1973, Linda Blair was using a Ouija board to contact an entity she called Captain Howdy in The Exorcist; decades later, we see more kids messing with this “harmless toy” in two films co-produced by Hasbro and Platinum Dunes, and these kids have even less fun than Blair did with demonic spirits.
Beware! The Blob (1972) – Review
One of the seminal monster movies of the 50s was 1958’s The Blob, produced by Jack H. Harris and starring 27-year-old Steve McQueen as a “teenager” leading a group of rebels without causes against an amorphous creature from outer space; that film was a classic example of the genre, and fondly remembered by many, not…