Posted by moviegeek916 on April 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Young Frankenstein (1974) – Did anyone think I was going to make my way through all those classic Universal Frankenstein movies and not end up watching this one? Since I’ve been writing reviews I’ve tried to really find a way to characterize what I would consider funny. Too often my reviews of comedies come down … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
So Universal had gone through all the classic monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, and the Wolf Man. Then they decided to mash the franchises together with Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. Then they figured “if two, why not three?” That’s where these movies come in. These are commonly referred to as … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on April 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment
I’ve been marathoning my way through the Universal Monster films of the 1920s-50s. By and large I’ve found them to be as excellent as I remember from my youth (in the early 90s, I was not yet born when they were made… hell, my dad wasn’t born when most of them were made). However as … Continue reading →
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