Cobbled Together: The Monster of Frankenstein
In 1954, at the height of McCarthyism, the comic book industry was under scrutiny for
The Blood Elevator: Its Meaning & Symbol
The blood elevator scene, sometimes called the ‘river of blood’, from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
Godzilla Heisei Era: I Think I love These Movies (Part I)
As a kid, I was a big fan of Godzilla movies. They were a mainstay
Even the Moon is Frightened of Me: The Invisible Man (Monster Memories)
An invisible man must be one of the more bizarre choices for a monster.
I Dislike Being Touched: The Mummy (Monster Memories)
The Mummy from 1932 is a classic. A flawed classic for sure, but a classic
Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart: The Wolf-Man (Monster Memories)
By 1941 Universal had been making monster movies for over a decade. It had
Reckoning Upon God: Frankenstein (Monster Memories)
Frankenstein is one of the few classic monster movies that I did not see
I Mistrust My Own Judgement: Dracula (Monster Memories)
Tod Browning’s 1931 adaptation of Dracula is the granddaddy of them all, the film
Notes from the Dreaming: A Shape in the Darkness
In the darkness, you were dreaming. Dreaming and that is all. You did not see
The Missing Child
I wake in darkness to find my child gone. The realization comes slowly. Half-awake I