JoBlo (Free subscription) | yesterday
There’s an unwritten rule that the theme park ride inspired by a major motion picture shouldn’t be more exciting than the movie. Maybe I had too much of a blast on Revenge of the Mummy (at Universal Orlando Resort), but The Mummy (the movie, that is) in comparison is like exploring the gift shop. But that’s not to say the 1999 blockbuster The Mummy isn’t fun in its own way. For two hours, the swift-moving...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Universal Studios’ horror pictures were ahead of their time, much the way Warner Bros.’ gangster tales and musicals set the bar for their genres. 1932’s The Mummy, directed by Karl Freund, is the fifth in the famous Universal Monsters series, following The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Dracula (which Freund photographed), and Frankenstein (both 1931). The film begins...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
New on DVD this week are Karl Freund’s film “The Mummy,” starring Boris Karloff, and Carl Theodor Dreyer’s “Vampyr.”
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
In 18th century London, the sadistic master of the Bedlam Insane Asylum captures an actress. CAST: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, Billy House, Glenn Vernon, Jason Robards Sr DIR: Mark Robson (1945)
ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
"THE MUMMY: SPECIAL EDITION." (1932. NOT RATED. UNIVERSAL. $26.98.) read more
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
This week the DVD Talk Review Database has seen the addition of a slew of re-releases, a tawdry look...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Highly Recommended The Movie By the time Karl Freund (a renowned cinematographer making his directorial debut) began shooting The Mummy with pre-eminent horror star Boris Karloff, himself fresh from the success of 1931's Frankenstein , Universal Studios had positioned itself as one of Hollywood's leading purveyors of skin-crawling cinema. Before the decade was out, it would've ushered Dracula, King...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Highly Recommended The Movie The Mummy , a whiz-bang update of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic (well, kind of) is a roller-coaster ride of a movie, a primo chunk of cheese for summertime multiplex crowds. It's aged well -- although some of its CGI sequences look awfully clunky -- and manages to spruce up a rather thin story with some inventive and squirmy action set-pieces. It's surprisingly faithful...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A fun trip back in time, but I think only classic horror fans will dig this one
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
North London singing dentist Andrew Bain lands debut album contract with SonyBMG
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Remembering a great scene from Ed Wood
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Despite getting his feet dirty with the first two Hobbit movies in the series, Guillermo del Toro still has his mind on Frankenstein. He spoke to our BFFs Shock Til You Drop on the red carpet at the Hellboy II premiere and let fly that he'd love to see Doug ...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
DVD Talk Collector Series The Movie: In the beginning, there was The Mummy , a 1999 remake-in-name-only of the immortal 1932 horror classic starring Boris Karloff. It was released as a "Collectors Series" DVD - loaded with extras - after the film made its rounds in movie theaters. Then there came the "Ultimate Edition" DVD of The Mummy , timed to tie in with the movie's sequel The Mummy Returns ....
io9 (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
newVideoPlayer("/theapezofscience_io9.flv", 506, 423,""); Forget Frankenstein — the weirdest monster movie ever to star Boris Karloff has got to be 1940's The Ape, as proved by this clip.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
the Constant Observer (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Did you know that Christopher Lee reprised many of the great roles of Boris Karloff--only cheezier? Here's the preview for "The Face of Fu Manchu": Lee played Fu Manchu in a series of really bad Fu Manchu movies. Karloff was spared repeated Fu Manchu'ing, but Lee was spared the role of Mr. Wong, Detective. Lee also played Frankenstein (in a less cheezy '57 production--you can see Lee in this trailer...
