Frankenstein’s monster is proof that a good man just can’t be kept down. Or a bad man can’t be kept dead. The name of Frankenstein brings out the worst in people in the ancient village where the original mad scientist…
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Here’s a look at one of the most unexpected film spin-offs ever made…which also happens to be an early example of the “cinematic universe” idea that is so in vogue today. The surprising popularity of 1942’s The Ghost of Frankenstein…
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Just released to DVD and Blu-ray from Olive Films, Return of the Ape Man is Bela Lugosi‘s most interesting collaboration with Monogram Pictures — for whom he made several films in the early 1940s. Looking to prove their widely decried…
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With Halloween just a few weeks away, this week’s poll asks you to answer which of the following horror icons you like more: Boris Karloff or Bela Lugosi. Vote below, and tell us why you chose who you did in…
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Universal Monsters Week races towards its conclusion tomorrow with this examination of one of the finest sequels ever made… The general consensus among film critics and classic movie fans is that Bride of Frankenstein (1935) is the high point of…
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Universal Monsters Week here at MovieFanFare continues with a look at the funniest cinematic team-up ever. Ask a classic movie fan to name their favorite comedians and I suspect only a few would list Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. More…
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They were two of the biggest boogeymen who ever lived: Boris Karloff and Béla Lugosi. They terrified millions with their signature roles as Frankenstein’s monster and Count Dracula. Even today, few horror stars have the name recognition that these two…
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In Abott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, the popular comedy serve up scares and laughs (mostly the former). Universal tossed their most popular fiends ─ Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein’s monster ─ at their top comedy team for this slapstick…
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It was a heart attack, not sunlight or a stake, that claimed the life of Bela Lugosi 59 years ago this week. To honor the screen’s most famous Dracula, we offer this classic list by Movies Unlimited founder Jerry Frebowitz of 10 facts about the horror legend.
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We all know the old “Karloff vs. Lugosi” horror film debate. MovieFanFare offers another take on the rivalry by asking who made the better Charlie Chan series appearance, Bela in 1931’s “The Black Camel” or Boris in 1936’s “Charlie Chan at the Opera.”
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