The Monster Squad – 1987
“It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner
In Search Of… S01E22 Voodoo
Voodoo. This is the sort of topic that could play well to the strengths of In Search Of, but also to its weaknesses. Let’s see
In Search Of… S01E21 UFOs
We open with a helicopter tracking shot of American countryside, and Leonard Nimoy delivers his best oration yet: “They’ve been reported in dusk or at
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein – 1948
When I was a boy, I got a couple of books about the Universal Monsters out from my local library, and they were both scathing
In Search Of… S01E20 The Loch Ness Monster
We open on a ruined castle before the Loch, and an electronic attempt to approximate bagpipe music. Oh, yeah! Drink it in, this is the
The House of Dracula – 1945
The House of Dracula is the Seventh Universal Studios Frankenstein movie, their forth Wolf Man movie and either their third or fifth Dracula, depending on
In Search Of… S01E19 Life After Death
We open in a hospital ward, with a ‘code blue’ in progress. People in white uniforms running about in that wonderful sort of disciplined panic
House of Frankenstein – 1944
I was going to move on to something more interesting this week, because I’m already getting tired of the late Universal Monster Mash. Then I
In Search Of… S01E18 Ghosts
We open on an open window at night-time, curtains moving with the breeze, an owl hooting, and Leonard Nimoy talking about ghosts. Yeah! Drink it
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman – 1943
This is a dull movie and kind of pointless, and yet its historical importance is undeniable. The central idea — taking two successful characters from