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KARLOFF'S MONSTER IN"WALTER MITTY"

This colorization by Mark Thompsen (rockpainterx) shows Jack Pierce, Karloff and the director of THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY in 1946 or '47, with Boris in make-up for a "Frankenstein" segment--...

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THE VANISHING SHADOW (1934) - Onslow Stevens - Classic Universal 12 Chapter...

THE VANISHING SHADOW (1934)(12 Chapters)Featuring Onslow Stevens (House Of Dracula, Monster & The Girl, Them), Ada Ince and Walter MillerIncredible Devices: Belt of invisibility, destroying ray,...

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GANG BUSTERS (1942) - Classic Universal 12 Chapter Serial - "The League Of...

GANG BUSTERS (1942) - Classic Universal 12 Chapter Serial - The League of Murdered Men" are criminals, who to the police and the public have committed suicide, but have been secretly brought back to...

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FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN on 35mm

Last week I had a chance to see a 35mm print of FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN at NYC's Anthology Film Archives.This viewing continues my evaluation of the differences between a 35mm print of a black...

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THE MASTERS OF HORROR / FRANKENSTEIN AND OTHER MONSTER STORIES

Halloween is approaching & everyone loves a scary story, especially if it is told by one of the "Masters Of Horror"! Check out the Serial Squadron's Audio...

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This could be trouble...or not

http://www.avclub.com/articles/universal-could-be-building-a-marvelstyle-universe,104452/Mirek

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UNIVERSAL HORROR films reviewed!

Hey guys! Because it seemed appropriate to post this here I thought I'd mention that I co-produce and co-host a film review show on the internets called THE CINEFILES. And our recent Halloween show...

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Glue On Classic Monsters Blu-ray

I bought the U.S. Universal Classic Monsters Blu-ray set when it came out a couple of years ago. I watched most of the discs at the time, and had no problems -- but last night I attempted to take out...

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Colorized Universal Monster Photos on Facebook

I thought it would be nice to post some of these fan colorized Universal monster photos that 2 individuals are posting over there. I figure for you anti-FB folks this would be the way to go. Some of...

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A&C Meet Frankenstein - French original FoH still

This is probably the first item I got when I started to collect. I saw the movie in 1952 at 12 and two or three years later got some front-of-house French stills from this movie, including one or two...

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Universal Classic Monsters being prepped for major reboots

http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/universal-classic-movie-monsters/Hopefully, the CGI will be used to pump up the atmosphere and not the action.Mirek

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New 30-Movie Universal Monsters Box Set

I was originally on the fence about purchasing this standard DVD Collection. It was priced at $199.98 on Amazon, and my plan was to probably just pick up a couple of the individual releases (THE...

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FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN...

...sucks!

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More Universal Classic Horror on MOD DVD-Rs

Universal last month released a few of it's MIA Classic Horror/Mystery titles (see below) onto MOD DVD-Rs one of them SUPERNATURAL was originally a Paramount film they now own, nothing great so there...

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Spanish DRACULA

So it's been said by many that the Spanish DRACULA is superior at least technically to the Uni.I've watched it again tonight and here are a few observations.Keep in mind that when I pick this apart...

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Save the Universal Monsters! Petition

For the Monsters!https://www.change.org/p/save-the-classic-universal-monsters#Mirek

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Universal Monsters on Blu: Round 2

Great news out of Universal today:Began 4k restoration work on “Ghost of Frankenstein”, “Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman”, “House of Dracula”, “House of Frankenstein”, “Son of Frankenstein” ........

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Next French releases DVD+BR

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Lupita Tovar 1910-2016

Rest in peace to Lupita Tovar, star of Universal's Spanish Dracula. 

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The Blu-Ray Legacy Collection

I bought at a good price the two Blu-Ray Legacy Collections--FRANKENSTEIN and THE WOLF MAN.  While I am against "grain is good," I have to say that so far these are pretty damn good, and the grain is...

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