Monster Mash
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51 episodes
I still exist! (The Incredible Shrinking Man, 1957)
This week we are talking about what I consider a top 5 science fiction films of all time with an ending that will blow your socks off: The Incredible Shrinking Man!
All my life I've had black little moods. (Hangover Square, 1945)
From the team that brought us The Lodger comes another taught, beautifully filmed and expertly acted thriller: Hangover Square!
I must think of a Brick Wall (Village of the Damned, 1960)
We are back this week to talk about a great movie, though perhaps not the best one to watch with a pregnant wife (surprise, Sarah and Joe are having a baby!). It's Village of the Damned starring George Sanders and Hammer alums Barbara Shelley a...
Klaatu Berata Nicto (The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951)
The yearly monster movie march toward Halloween begins! We start with an absolute classic science fiction film: The Day the Earth Stood Still.
You ever learn to do that to ragtime, we'll make a fortune! (Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, 1964)
Back to Hammer for a strange but fun Mummy flick with an interesting premise that doesn't quite stick the landing.
Dream a thousand dreams...die a thousand deaths. (House of Dracula, 1945)
This week, we talk the final serious entry in the Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-Man saga, warts and all.
Now we're stuck with a dame (The Mummy's Hand, 1940)
This week, we return to Universal for their Mummy reboot which launched a series of sequels, none as effective as this surprisingly funny flick. It's The Mummy's Hand!
You're an idiot, Father. (Dracula: Prince of Darkness, 1966)
Back to Hammer for the third in their Dracula series, a stylish vampire flick with some very poor decision making.
It creeps and leaps and glides and slides. (The Blob, 1958)
This week we talk about yet another film in the Criterion Collection, featuring a young Steve McQueen, and a very unusual opening song: 1958's The Blob!
What is the Law? (Island of Lost Souls, 1932)
This week we talk about the wonderfully disturbing Island of Lost Souls; our third episode featuring a movie in the Criterion Collection.
Top Ten So Far
This week, instead of diving into a particular movie, we discuss our top ten most frightening moments of the films we have discussed so far. There is some overlap on our lists but not as much as I had thought.
They're already here! (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956)
This week we dive into a sci-fi classic. The cheaply made, but highly effective Cold War paranoid thriller: Invasion of the Body Snatchers!
I shall not be back...but something will. (The Devil Rides Out, 1968)
We return to Hammer Studios this week to talk about a lesser-known but fantastic journey of a movie: 1968's The Devil Rides Out. Notable as Christopher Lee's favorite role he had at Hammer.
Why have you freed me from the ice that imprisoned the beast that lives within me? (House of Frankenstein, 1944)
Not a perfect movie, but a real favorite that we like more every time we watch it. House of Frankenstein!
I, Ygor, will live forever! (The Ghost of Frankenstein, 1942)
We are back with another entry in Universal's Frankenstein series. A bit silly, a few plot holes, but a whole lot of fun: The Ghost of Frankenstein!
He's mad and he's invisible. (The Invisible Man, 1935)
An all-time great, and one that I always associate with the holidays for reasons explored in the episode. Claude Raines, great special effects and the immortal James Whale all get their fair share of adoration in this week's episode.
There is an evil spirit man that is called: Murder! (White Zombie, 1932)
This week we talk Bela Lugosi's follow-up to Dracula (on some of the same sets), the creepy and stylish White Zombie!
Champagne Ivy is my name...(Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1931)
This week, we shift away from Hammer and enter the black and white phase of our yearly Monster watch with an incredible movie and my favorite adaptation of this story: 1931's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
You look like a teddy-bear now. (Horror of Dracula, 1958)
Our last Hammer flick for a while, as we finally move into the Black and White phase of our Halloween movie marathon. But we leave Hammer with a good one: their original adaptation of Dracula!
Blood...Dracula's blood! (Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969)
We go a little extra campy with this week's episode: Taste the Blood of Dracula! A much better movie than the title suggests.
Do you know what a vampire is? (Kiss of the Vampire, 1963)
This week, we continue Hammer Time with 1963's Kiss of the Vampire!
They like a good tune. (The Phantom of the Opera, 1962)
This week, we continue moving through the Hammer section of our movie marathon with their 1962 production, Phantom of the Opera, a remake of the 1943 film of the same name starring Claude Raines, which itself was a remake of the original ...
I have crossed oceans of time to find you. (Bram Stoker's Dracula, 1993)
We jump into more contemporary waters again this week with another movie that was made in our lifetime: Bram Stoker's Dracula. Boy, do we have some opinions about this one...