In a near fevered state, Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) has abandoned his upper-class lifestyle, his fiancée Elizabeth (Mae Clarke), and medical school to carry out secret experiments aided only by the hunchback Fritz (Dwight Frye). His goal is to create a living creature from corpses, which he succeeds in doing the night he is visited
Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.), the Wolf Man, is freed from his tomb by grave robbers. His search for a way to die takes him to the remains of the Frankenstein manor and the still-living Monster. The Frankenstein franchise had died a well-deserved death, having less than nothing of interest left (but they wouldn’t let
Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope) and Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) travel to Cuba to the long abandoned mansion she has just inherited. But many agents don’t want them there, including murderers, a zombie, and a ghost. Quick Review: An interesting mix of horror and comedy, there is a lot to like about The Ghost Breakers. Bob
In this 4th film in the Frankenstein series, Ygor (Bela Lugosi) takes the wounded Monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) to yet another Doctor Frankenstein (Cedric Hardwicke) who decides that a brain transplant will return the good reputation of his family. Ygor enlists the aid of Doctor Bohmer (Lionel Atwill) to alter the Monster’s operation to fit
Count Dracula (John Carradine) and Larry Talbot, aka: The Wolf Man (Lon Chaney) both seek out the great scientist, Dr. Edelman (Onslow Stevens), in order to be cured of their respective curses. Talbot and Edelman find Frankenstein’s Monster (Glenn Strange), which they bring back to Edelman’s laboratory. With three monsters, in the house it is only a matter
All of the Universal monsters, Frankenstein’s Monster (Glenn Strange), Dracula (John Carradine), Wolf Man (Lon Chaney), a hunchback, and a mad scientist meet in a monster mash. The evil Dr. Niemann (Boris Karloff) and a hunchback murderer (J. Carrol Naish), who acts as his servant, escape from prison to continue Frankenstein’s work, and stumbles upon
The grandson of the original Invisible Man, Frank Raymond (Jon Hall), has kept the invisibility serum secret until the attack on Pearl Harbor. He becomes a new invisible man, spying for the U.S.A. While on a mission in Germany, he romances Maria Sorenson (Ilona Massey) and foils the plans of Conrad Stauffer (Cedric Hardwicke), Karl
Framed for his brother’s murder, Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) is saved from the gallows by his fiancée, Helen Manson (Nan Grey), and Dr. Frank Griffin (John Sutton), brother of the original Invisible Man, who supply Geoffrey with the invisibility serum. Geoffrey escapes and searches for the real killer, knowing that it won’t be long before the
Amnesiac and psychopath Robert Griffin (Jon Hall) escapes from an asylum after regaining his memory, and seeks out his old cohorts, the Herricks (Lester Matthews, Gale Sondergaard), demanding his cut, and more, in a diamond mine. Thrown out and on the run, he happens to stop at the home of a scientist (John Carradine), who
An eccentric scientist (John Barrymore) invents an invisibility machine and puts in ad in the paper for a volunteer subject. The volunteer turns out to be an adventurous female model, Kitty Carroll (Virginia Bruce). Soon, mobsters are interested in the machine, and the scientist’s playboy patron (John Howard) is interested in the girl. Outside of
When Sir Borotyn’s body is found, drained of all it’s blood, superstitious Dr. Doskil (Donald Meek) declares the cause of death to be a vampire attack, and the townspeople agree. Skeptical Police Inspector Neumann (Lionel Atwill) calls in Professor Zelen (Lionel Barrymore) who agrees with the doctor. Zelen fears that the new residents of the