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Posts by Jake Tucker

Review: The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

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Submitted by Jake Tucker on Sat, 2002-11-02 01:00

In the early 1930s, Boris Karloff cemented his reputation in our cultural landscape with films such as Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House, and The Mummy (both 1932). These films are timeless gothic fables that will be viewed and appreciated till the end of time. In 1932, Karloff took a brief sabbatical from Universal and made The Mask of Fu Manchu for MGM. This film is not like his other films from the period. It is not an immortal classic, and remains firmly entrenched in its era. It is a movie that is surrounded in the bigotry and ignorance of the period that produced it. The film is entertaining as a cult-trash flick but nothing else.(read more...)

Review: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

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Submitted by Jake Tucker on Wed, 2002-10-23 01:01

1954 was a great year for monster movies. The giant bug film was introduced with Them! and the Land of the Rising Sun gave the world an international icon with the film Gojira (aka Godzilla, King of the Monsters). In 1954, Universal studios brought the movie going public Creature from the Black Lagoon. This film was a sensation and put the Gillman alongside Count Dracula, the Frankenstein monster, and the Mummy in the pantheon of classic Universal Monsters. The Creature is the greatest monster of a decade filled with monsters. He outshines his irradiated and overgrown brethren because there was the slightest bit of humanity in him.(read more...)

Review: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Submitted by Jake Tucker on Fri, 2002-09-27 00:00

When Abbott and Costello don’t give you snickers, Boris Karloff doesn’t give you chills, and Universal doesn’t give you a good monster movie you know you’re in for trouble. After the greatness of Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, the “Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters” series took a nosedive. Not only that, but with Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953), it slipped on a rotten banana peel while on roller skates and belly flopped into a pool full of elephant poo.(read more...)

Review: The Dark Eyes of London (1940)

Dark Eyes of London 1940
Submitted by Jake Tucker on Sun, 2002-09-22 20:00

Dark Eyes of London, or The Human Monster is one of those movies that are stuck between one genre and the other. It, like many other low- budget thrillers from the 1930’s, is a mix of the horror and mystery genre. The plot is far more intricate than most films of its ilk.(read more...)

Review: Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Submitted by Jake Tucker on Sun, 2002-09-15 00:00

At the end of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, voiced by none other than Vincent Price, introduces himself to the bumbling duo. Vincent Price would not meet Abbott and Costello in their next monster film, but the Invisible Man would. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man is one of the comedy duo’s greatest films, surpassed only by Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.(read more...)

Review: Zaat (1975)

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Submitted by Jake Tucker on Tue, 2002-09-03 00:00

Everyone here at Classic-Horror.com strives to enlighten as well as entertain. It’s our mission to enlighten everyone about horror films, but to also enlighten and educate everyone about the world around us. The readers of CH are in for a small ecology lesson whether they like it or not. The movie I am reviewing has a very profound meaning for our country at this point in history. At this moment we are under attack. America has been invaded by a foreign menace so bloodthirsty and destructive that they must be destroyed at all costs. This menace is of course the Northern Chinese Snakehead fish. These invaders are large, amphibious, snake-like, carnivorous fish with a nasty attitude (much like the antagonist in the film I’m reviewing).(read more...)

Review: Mark of the Vampire (1935)

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Submitted by Jake Tucker on Sat, 2001-11-03 01:00

Let me just say first off, that many of the reviews you’ll read for this film talk about how the trick ending ruins the film. I used to agree with this school of thought, but after I watched this film again I changed my mind. I’m getting ahead of myself, let me give you my review first. I really like Mark of the Vampire (MGM, 1935). It’s one of my favorite "vampire" movies.(read more...)

Review: The Raven (1935)

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Submitted by Jake Tucker on Wed, 2001-10-31 01:00

I am writing this review from Richmond, VA, Poe’s hometown. He was born in Boston and he lived in New York and Maryland, but he considered Richmond his hometown. He grew up here and he began writing his stories here, so actually you could call Richmond the birthplace of American horror. There are more movies based on Poe’s works than any other American author. I find that ironic because Poe’s work is pretty much unfilmable. Filmmakers solved this problem by making films based solely on a plot device, title, or event from Poe’s works. There are very few direct adaptations of Poe’s work. Universal’s The Raven (1935) is no exception.(read more...)

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