The Uninspiring World Of Tim Burton
The Tim Burton exhibition at London’s Design Museum is a frustrating, sloppy and rather disappointing affair.
Tag: Universal Horror
This Is Your Life, Boris Karloff
The legendary actor gets the celebrity life story treatment on USTV.
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The Horrific History Of The ‘H’ Certificate
The short-lived effort by the British censors to give “morbid and horrible” films their own restrictive adults-only category.
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The Extraordinary Creepiness of Skelton Knaggs
Looking back at one of the great lost figures of classic horror cinema.
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A Sequel Too Far: The Creature Walks Among Us
The Universal monster cycle – and the series of films starring their only original creation, the Gill Man – ends with a whimper rather than a bang.
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Halloween Hammer: The Evil of Frankenstein
Continuing our look back at Hammer Horror with the company’s clumsy attempt to blend their style with the Universal Monster movie.
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Halloween Hammer: The Plague Of The Zombies
Continuing our Hammer Horror retrospective with a look at their impressive reinvention of a moribund genre.
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Halloween Hammer: The Mummy’s Shroud
Continuing our Hammer Horror month with a look at one of the company’s lesser efforts, another entry in the Mummy series.
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Halloween Hammer: The Mummy
Our series of Hammer Horror film reviews for the Halloween season begins with their radical reinterpretation of the most moribund series in the Universal Monster canon.
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In Defence Of Frankenstein – The True Story
The often-derided 1973 two-part TV adaptation of the classic story is more interesting than critics give it credit for.
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Dracula, Frankenstein And Friends: The Glory Days Of The BBC2 Horror Double Bill
The rise and fall of the iconic Saturday night horror movie pairings of classic – and not-so-classic – horror movies.
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Boris Karloff’s ‘Mad Doctor’ Cycle: An Appreciation
Looking back at the short series of underrated and provocative films that Boris Karloff made for Columbia Pictures at the start of the 1940s.
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