Fine Stories and Other Wordy Tidbits
I really, really didn't want to watch this movie. I put it off as long as I could. Because people had warned me about this movie. They told me that it sucked, that it was the worst movie in the big 30-film Universal Horror collection I own, that I would never want to watch it … Continue reading Horror Is Universal: “She-Wolf of London” (1946)
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to 1945. World War 2 is over, the Cold War is just beginning, America is entering a long period of economic prosperity, and we have another monster crossover movie. You may recall how I found House of Frankenstein to be rather lacking in the "crossover" aspect of its main gimmick. And … Continue reading Horror Is Universal: “House of Dracula” (1945)
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Feeding the Mind by Lewis Carroll Shock of all shocks, Lewis Carroll did more than just write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I mean, I knew that, but do most people? We might also call him by his real name, Charles Dodgson, if we feel … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #61
I feel it's time to shake things up a little with this series. Up to this point, we've only been looking at the movies which fall under the Universal Horror banner, and while the movies are certainly the backbone of this whole enterprise, they are not the only medium in which these stories and characters … Continue reading Horror Is Universal SPECIAL! “The Bride of Frankenstein: Pandora’s Bride” (2007)
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Those Other Animals by G.A. Henty Ohhhh, this bastard. We meet again. A little background is required. G.A. Henty was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent who was most active in the late Victorian era. His most famous works by far are his historical adventure novels: he wrote … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #60
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole It's spooky season again, so why don't we celebrate by looking at a classic of Gothic literature? Published in 1764, The Castle of Otranto is considered the first true Gothic novel. The larger origins of Gothic fiction and the themes and tropes … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #59
We finally did it, folks. We've reached the end. We're free. Free from the curse of Kharis and his lame-ass movies. Of course, Kharis couldn't let us go without one last ordeal to suffer through. After the batshit nonsense of The Mummy's Ghost, I was a little optimistic about this film. I still didn't think … Continue reading Horror Is Universal: “The Mummy’s Curse” (1944)
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Search After Happiness by Charlotte Brontë Oh, Charlotte. Charlotte, Charlotte, Charlotte. What am I to do with you. I have had a long and complicated relationship with the most famous Brontë sister. Or to be more accurate, with her work. Maybe someday I will write a long and … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #58
Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton Another classic author here! Edith Wharton was a prolific American writer with a career spanning decades, from the 1880s and 1890s up to the 1930s. Her stories tended to deal with the complex dynamics of upper-class society during the Gilded Age, … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #57
Today on Project Gutenberg we have... The Bitter Cry of Outcast London by Andrew Mearns and William C. Preston "Being poor sucks" has always been a popular topic of nonfiction, and no one writes that genre quite like the Victorians. Today's example comes to us from 1883, and though it's not as elaborate as other … Continue reading Today on Project Gutenberg #56
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