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The Black Cat (1934) starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi

The Black Cat

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The Black Cat (1934) starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi

buy The Black Cat starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi appeared together in eight different horror films–but very likely, the best of them was the first,  The Black Cat  – a monster movie where the monsters are all too human.

Synopsis of  The Black Cat

A young American couple traveling by train on their honeymoon meet Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Bela Lugosi) where they are both going to the same destination.   Lugosi is returning home after a fifteen-year absence, having been a prisoner of war.  Which we later learn was due to the betrayal of his commanding officer, Hjalmar Poelzig (Boris Karloff).  This resulted in the death of thousands of his own men.   After a driving accident, they are all the “guests” of Karloff. Who doesn’t seem eager for any of them to leave …

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Frogs (1972) starring Ray Milland, Sam Elliot, Joan Van Ark

Frogs

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Frogs (1972) starring Ray Milland, Sam Elliot, Joan Van Ark

The movie Frogs is an attempt to recreate the horror of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Frogs mostly falls flat, however.

Synopsis of Frogs

free-lance photographer is taking photos for an anti-pollution article in the Florida everglade when his canoe is swamped by a spoiled rich young man.  Who attempts to make amends by bringing him back to the family mansion. The grumpy family patriarch makes no secret of his controlling nature, over both his family and the environment. It appears that the environment seeks to return the favor …

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Dr. Blood's Coffin (1961) starring Kieron Moore, Hazel Court

Dr. Blood’s Coffin

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Dr. Blood’s Coffin (1961) starring  Kieron Moore, Hazel Court

Synopsis of  Dr. Blood’s Coffin

Dr. Blood's Coffin (1961) starring Kieron Moore, Hazel Court

buy Dr. Blood's Coffin from amazon.com In  Dr. Blood’s Coffin, young Dr. Blood returns home from medical school to live with his father, the village doctor of a small Cornish village with several abandoned tin mines. Villagers have been disappearing and being murdered, while young Dr. Blood begins courting his father’s nurse, Linda Parker, a lovely widow. But the young doctor is starting to show a macabre side as the body count continues to rise …

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Invisible Agent (1942) starring John Hall, Ilona Massey, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke, J. Edward Bromberg, Albert Bassermann

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Invisible Agent (1942) starring John Hall,  Ilona Massey, Peter Lorre,  Cedric Hardwicke,  J. Edward Bromberg,  Albert Bassermann

Invisible Agent is an entry in the Invisible Man series, set just before the United States entered World War II. The film begins with a Nazi undercover agent Conrad Stauffer ( played extremely well by Cedric Hardwicke) and Japanese agent  Baron Ikito (played well by Peter Lorre), entering a print shop owned by Frank Raymond (Jon Hall) — who is actually the grandson of the original Invisible Man

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Dracula Untold (2014) starring Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper

Dracula Untold

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Dracula Untold (2014) starring Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper

Synopsis of Dracula Untold

Dracula Untold – The year is 1462. Transylvania enjoys peace under the rule of Vlad III [Luke Evans] and his beloved wife, Mirena [Sarah Gadon]. But a war with the Turks and a pact with a demon are about to change Vlad’s life forever.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Halliwell Hobbes, Edgar Norton

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) starring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Halliwell Hobbes, Edgar Norton

Review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

buy Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from amazon.com Fredric March won an Oscar for his portrayal of Dr. Henry Jekyll — and the bestial Mr. Hyde — and deservedly so.  His portrayal of Hyde as a barely-restrained beast is correct. Hyde is a literal monster in human form, unrestrained anger, lust, and desire.  He also portrays Dr. Jekyll very well, as a man of science who is caring, compassionate, and somewhat obsessed with expanding human knowledge. And a man who is deeply in love with his fianceé, and wants to marry her.

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Frankenstein (1931) starring Boris Karloff

Frankenstein 1931

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Frankenstein (1931) starring Colin Clive, Boris Karloff
reviewed by: The masked reviewer

Dr. Frankenstein has been working in isolation for weeks, and his fiancee Elizabeth is worried about him. So she and her friend Victor go visit Dr. Waldman to ask for his help in getting Frankenstein out of his Laboratory. While they’re there Dr. Waldman tells them that Frankenstein is trying to create life. Meanwhile, Frankenstein, and his assistant Fritz are almost finished with the monster.

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Invisible Invaders (1959) starring John Agar, John Carradine

Invisible Invaders

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 Invisible Invaders (1959) starring John Agar, John Carradine, Jean Byron, Philip Tonge, Robert Hutton

When stock footage attacks! Actually,  Invisible Invaders is a better movie than that.  It’s clear upon watching that it was done on a shoestring budget, with ample use of stock footage, footage from documentaries, etc.  The basic plot has literally invisible invaders.  Aliens, who previously ignored Earth, but have now taken notice since the atomic age.  And they demand surrender to their invisible empire.  Or they will animate corpses and use them to cause vast devastation while being immune to any damage. A small group of scientists and one military man need to band together, find the aliens’ weakness, and fight back.

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Frankenstein's Army (2013) starring Karel Roden

Frankenstein’s Army

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Frankenstein’s Army (2013) starring Karel Roden, Alexander Mercury, Robert Gwilym

Synopsis of Frankenstein’s Army

buy Frankenstein's Army from amazon.com Frankenstein’s Army is set toward the end of World War II. A squad of Russian soldiers seemingly stumble upon a lab run by the descendant of Dr. Frankenstein. And he’s creating abominations for the Nazis.

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Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966) starring John Agar, Francine York

Curse of the Swamp Creature

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Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966) starring John Agar, Francine York

Synopsis of Curse of the Swamp Creature

In Curse of the Swamp Creature, a trio of criminals trick an oil surveyor into bringing them along on his trip to a swamp land. Where a mad scientist is trying to create a lizard/human hybrid to prove an evolutionary theory. By using unsuspecting victims as guinea pigs.  And throw into the mix a voodoo cult, that decides to get revenge on the mad scientist for treating them so badly.

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