Doc’s Journey Into Universal Horror

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 10: INVISIBLE AGENT / THE MUMMY'S TOMB

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 10: INVISIBLE AGENT / THE MUMMY’S TOMB

★★★☆☆

  Another strange pairing this month, with only one actual horror film again, a rather fun, if slight, wartime propaganda thriller, here paired with a slightly underrated sequel – we’re [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 9: THE WOLF MAN/ THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 9: THE WOLF MAN/ THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN

Dr Lenera brings you a pairing of one of the definitive werewolf films and Universal’s fourth Frankenstein adventure, which contrary to popular opinion he likes more than the third! After [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 8: THE MUMMY'S HAND / THE INVISIBLE WOMAN

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 8: THE MUMMY’S HAND / THE INVISIBLE WOMAN

A strange double bill for this month, pairing the second of Universal’s Mummy adventures,which more or less set the tremplate for the rest, with a daft, juvenile comedy which may [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 6:THE RAVEN / DRACULA'S DAUGHTER

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 6:THE RAVEN / DRACULA’S DAUGHTER

★★★★☆

Here we go with the sixth instalment of this column, presenting another fascinating Edgar Allan Poe adaptation that is one of the closest the movies have ever come to the [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 5: BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 5: BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

★★★★★

For part five, rather than review another two films together in the manner of a double bill, I am going to devote the whole column to just one film, a [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 4:THE BLACK CAT / WEREWOLF OF LONDON

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 4:THE BLACK CAT / WEREWOLF OF LONDON

★★★★☆

For the fourth part of this column, we look at two very different films, the first a very dark and perverse tale which may surprise many modern viewers, the second [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 3:THE MUMMY / THE INVISIBLE MAN

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 3:THE MUMMY / THE INVISIBLE MAN

★★★★½

This month we look at two more undisputed classics which may surprise many first time viewers, the first by being about as far from the Brendan Fraser franchise as you [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 2:MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE / THE OLD DARK HOUSE

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 2:MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE / THE OLD DARK HOUSE

★★★½☆

  The next two movies we look at in this column are two good examples of the films Universal sometimes made which didn’t feature the well known monsters but contain [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 1:DRACULA / FRANKENSTEIN

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR 1:DRACULA / FRANKENSTEIN

★★★★☆

  We begin this column, well, where else, but at the beginning, offering a double bill of two seminal works of the horror genre whose influence in not just films [read on...]

DOC'S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR

DOC’S JOURNEY INTO UNIVERSAL HORROR

I think that everyone who is a film fanatic has certain defining moments in their life where he or she saw particular films which created or furthered their obsession.  One [read on...]

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