Dracula: The Count Speaks
Bela Lugosi. Photo: Universal Nosferatu (1922) was an obvious, unsanctioned adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel ”Dracula” and the author’s widow successfully sued the German filmmakers. When Hollywood producer Carl…
Bride of Frankenstein: They Belong Dead
Elsa Lanchester and Colin Clive. Photo: Universal Perhaps the filmmakers felt that their original adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" came up short. The 1931 film left out much of the…
Frankenstein: Dethroning God
Boris Karloff. Photo: Universal Mary Shelley was only 19 years old when she finished writing the story of Frankenstein. I don't know what kind of childhood she had that led…