Fritz Lang's M is not, strictly speaking, a horror film. A simplistic identification for it would be crime drama, but M is not simplistic. Behind its single-letter title lies a wealth of co ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2005-03-11 01:00 - 0 comments

Few images from the last century are so universal as to be a part of the social unconscious. A flat-top head, a pair of bolts in the neck, and a skin tone ranging from gray to green - show that to ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2002-10-20 00:00 - 0 comments

Universal 's 1931 production of Dracula is a lot of things. It's badly paced, riddled with continuity errors, and ridiculously stagebound a good portion of the time. It's also atmospheric, c ...

Movie - Nate Yapp - 2005-02-23 01:00 - 0 comments

Anyone doubting the disturbing effects of repression should experience Rouben Mamoulian’s 1931 version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One of the most sophisticated and frightening films in 1930s c ...

Movie - Eric Miller - 2007-06-26 00:43 - 0 comments