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Dr. FRANKENSTEIN, I presume?
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 01-21-2004)

Horror novelist Dean Koontz, honored filmmaker Martin Scorsese, rising star Marcus Nispel and television producer Tony Krantz are joining forces to create a weekly FRANKENSTEIN TV series. The USA Network has given the go-ahead for a two-hour pilot plus fo...

SARA KARLOFF PRESENTS: FRANKENSTEIN, THE LEGACY
by Francesca Sorenson (Tue 10-09-2001)

Author Christopher Schildt's FRANKENSTEIN, THE LEGACY is a delightful little book that recreates/updates the Frankenstein story in an American context. It might be easy for the serious reader to be a little put off by the idea of a mass market paperback t...

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948)
by Dan Cziraky (Sun 06-11-2000)

...) and the Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange). The `exhibits` are the real deals, and they promptly escape! It turns out Wilbur`s girlfriend, luscious European scientist Dr. Sandra Mornay (Lenore Aubert), is in cahoots with Dracula, and they intend to...


DOC FRANKENSTEIN #6
by Kurt Amacker (Thu 12-06-2007)

In this sixth issue of the almost-yearly Doc Frankenstein, we learn the origin of God himself. After suffering capture and attempted exorcism by the very evil Catholic Church of the future – along with near-mutilation by angry werewolves &ndash...

Premiere recording of FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND on Silva 's latest CD
by Randall D. Larson (Fri 09-15-2006)

Silva Screen Records presents History Of Horror, a newly recorded 2 CD set that features 28 spectacular works for chorus and symphony orchestra. Includes recordings of music from THE OMEN, THE SIXTH SENSE, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, GODZILLA, PEEPING TOM, YOU...

3 New Universal FRANKENSTEIN Figures
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 07-09-2001)

Fans of the whole Universal Frankenstein series of films will be excited to hear that Sideshow Toys are producing extremely limted edition 12" dolls of the Frankenstein monster as depicted by Lon Chaney, Jr. (GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN), Bela Lugosi (FRANKENST...

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Figures
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 11-12-2001)

Sideshow has released images from their coming 12" line of figures based on the classic Universal horror film BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.The figures are of the title character and the monster, as played by Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff, respectively. Both ...


A new century, a new BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 02-04-2004)

Hoping that audiences will still find interest in new updates to its classic movie monsters, Universal Pictures has asked for a remake of THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. AMERICAN SPLENDOR team Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman are in negotiations to wri...

DOC FRANKENSTEIN
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-16-2005)

From a "technical standpoint" (term applied somewhat liberally), DOC FRANKENSTEIN is a beautiful comic book. The Wachowski Brothers (if you don't know who they are, you don't deserve to have it explained to you) are perfecting the form of "movies on pape...

Koontz's FRANKENSTEIN Getting Adapted
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 08-21-2007)

The book trilogy written by authors Dean Koontz & co-authors Kevin J. Anderson/Ed Gorman is a modern take on the classic horror icon, FRANKENSTEIN. According to Ryan Rotten over at Shock Til You Drop, the trilogy will be getting adapted into...

Top Maniacal Rumors: Riddler's Clues, Super Millar and Abe Frankenstein
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-04-2008)

... the Next Frankenstein?     Rumor: While at the premiere of the Hellboy sequel, director Guillermo del Tor told media that he would like to see character actor Doug Jones play the monster in the Mary Shelley classic. Source: Shock Til...


Del Toro Prefers FRANKENSTEIN Mini-Series
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 01-03-2008)

Director-producer Guillermo del Toro may be up to his ears in the post-production of Hellboy II:The Golden Army and can pen no screenplay while the WGA is under strike rules but that's not stopping him from eagerly preparing the next adaptation of Fr...

Silver Screen Edition Frankenstein from Sideshow
by News Editor (Tue 08-16-2005)

Sideshow Collectibles has recently released images of their new limited edition 1/4 scale Frankenstein Monster figure. The 21" tall figure is constructed on a soft body that houses a flexible wire armature and captures the classic posture of the Monster....

AMC MONSTERFEST 2002
by BRIAN THOMAS (Fri 10-25-2002)

... BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN © Universal primo Halloween destination on the air the past few years begins Friday, as American Movie Classics once again presents their Monsterfest. AMC has changed a bit lately, focusing more on showing as many recent mo...

Del Toro Reveals Preference for FRANKENSTEIN
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 06-30-2008)

For years, director Guillermo del Toro has been eager to be behind the camera while an actor in his shot said "It's Alive! It's Alive!" for Frankenstein. Of course, with so many projects on his list of things-to-do, the Universal Pictures remake...


DOC FRANKENSTEIN #4
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 01-06-2006)

DOC FRANKENSTEIN is far and away the most anti-fundamentalist/evangelical Christian comic I've ever read. Whereas many comic writers content themselves with the odd snide remark or representatively repugnant character, the Larry and Andy Wachowski make th...

Partner selected for FRANKENSTEIN series
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 04-21-2004)

Adam Goldberg (A BEAUTIFUL MIND, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN) is the second cast addition to USA Network's FRANKENSTEIN series. Goldberg will play the partner of Parker Posey's Seattle police investigator, with the duo uncovering the secret existance of Dr. Frank...

Frankenstein
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 01-03-2008)

Release Date: TBAStudio: Universal PicturesDirector: Guillermo del ToroScreenwriter: Guillermo del ToroCast: TBA Plot Summary: A remake of the horror classic tale within the visual world of director Guillermo del Toro.

CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957)
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 06-09-2001)

The first of reinventions of classic movie monsters by Britain`s Hammer Films, this movie established a whole new style for horror--bold and colorful--that completely broke tradition with the cobwebby classics of Universal. The shock of the technicolor go...


Unsaid Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-16-2004)

... original FRANKENSTEIN, DRACULA, and WOLF-MAN films (all of which are better preserved in their own "Legacy" collections see below) contains several extras that are not included in the single disc standard edition, including a short featurette on comp...

The “Potterverse” Defined
by Pat Ferarra (Tue 04-03-2007)

...;  Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus, Mark Shelley (Millipede Press)  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is the world's most notorious and widely read Gothic novel. It has also been heralded as both the first modern horror novel and the f...

Monsters Inc.
by Scott Collura (Mon 11-01-2004)

...GACY, THE FRANKENSTEIN LEGACY, and THE WOLF MAN LEGACY.Each two-disc collection features a comprehensive four to five filmsalbeit without many of the extras that were on the original disc releases. THE FRANKENSTEIN LEGACY, for example, offers up FRANKE...

Oct. 22 - Oct. 28: TV Gears Up for Halloween
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 10-22-2001)

...z," YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN style © 1974 Twentieth Century Fox the Angels tonight.In this corner we have brooding, hunky ANGEL (WB, 9 p.m.). Tonight's episode could be called "Meet the Parents." Fred's parents come to town for a visit, but Angel and c...


Video News and Releases for July 3
by John Thonen (Tue 07-03-2001)

....TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN is another trailer compilation from Image, albeit greatly bolstered by some non-movie preview add-ons. There are more than two-dozen Frankenstein-oriented trailers, ranging from the Universal originals to Hammer's remakes, and a ...

The Original Battle Royal
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 04-15-2008)

...her. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) was the Alien vs. Predator of its day. The film was the fifth installment of the (then) ongoing Frankenstein soap opera. It was a shot in the arm to a dying series. Bela Lugosi would accep...

The Mummy's Wrap-sody Part Two
by John Thonen (Sun 06-02-2002)

...a and the Frankenstein monster, relegating the mummy a first rate rendition from Stan Winston to mere background status and little menace to the film's youthful protagonists.The monster [IMG3R]of the moment was wrapped up in his work again in 1990's ...

Wachowskis to write Burlyman comic book
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 06-28-2004)

...) and DOC FRANKENSTEIN by Steve Skroce (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, the two conceptual designers and storyboarders that worked with the Wachowskis on all three MATRIX films. In the UGO interview, Lamm reveals that the Wachowkskis will be writing DOC FRANKENSTE...


THE MONSTER SQUAD 20th Anniversary Edition
by Tim Janson (Thu 08-02-2007)

As I watched Monster Squad for the first time in close to twenty years, I was struck by how much it reminded me of a modern day version of Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein. Little surprise then that Director, Fred Dekker, in his commentary, po...

"Frankenstein's Bloody Terror"
by John Sinnott (Mon 10-30-2006)

A staple of late-night creature feature TV shows for years and drive-in theaters before that, FRANKENSTEIN�S BLOODY TERROR is a Spanish monster movie (dubbed in English) that was influenced by the old Universal horror films of the 30's and 40's and ha...

Comicscape - August 9, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 08-09-2006)

...joyed it. Frankenstein Shadow Of Frankenstein Novel $6.99Dr. Dastardly: Frankenstein-esque monsters are a classic evil plan. You really can't go wrong with this. I was gonna make one of these guys a while ago, but it was too hard to dig the corpses ...

Universal's Monster MusicStein
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-13-2006)

... DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, MUMMY and WOLF-MAN films. These movies like their brethren the B-movie Westerns and crime films, were made quickly and cheaply although with lots of talent and imagination, as their longevity as icons of horror cinema has sho...


Seeking Seven Soldiers
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-08-2006)

...Guardian; Frankenstein, the DC version of the monster drawn from Len Wein’s Spawn of Frankenstein; and Zatanna. In the final issue, #1, their respective stories finally culminate in a battle against Gloriana Tenebrae, the Sheeda queen.  ...

Comicscape - November 2, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-02-2005)

... Whales's FRANKENSTEIN and THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. BATMAN RETURNS's relationship to the original BATMAN eerily parallels BRIDE's relationship to the original FRANKENSTEIN (the first film in each series was much darker and more melancholy, while the ...

BELA LUGOSI JR. PRESENTS: NIGHT OF DRACULA
by Francesca Sorenson (Tue 10-09-2001)

NIGHT OF DRACULA is being released concurrently with another Schildt tie-in novel called FRANKENSTEIN, THE LEGACY. The two volumes will show up in stores simultaneously this month as a Halloween commemoration of classic horror. Schildt's FRANKENSTEIN can ...

Lost, Lonely and TV Wasted
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 10-06-2003)

...NG DEAD / FRANKENSTEIN / BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN / SON OF FRANKENSTEIN / BEDLAM / THE GHOST SHIP (8 pm, TCM) The cast of CHARMED: Alyssa Milano, Holly Marie Combs, and Rose McGowan. © 2001 The WB It's a vintage horror film extravaganza on TC...


Halloween Descending
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 10-27-2003)

...the face. FRANKENSTEIN/BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN/SON OF FRANKENSTEIN/FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED/M (8 pm, TCM) A four pack of Frankenstein capped with Fritz Lang's classic M. The best way to ride out Halloween night is on TCM. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1PHENOM...

I Was A Composer for A Teenage Werewolf
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-07-2006)

...A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, BLOOD OF DRACULA, TARGET EARTH, BLACK ZOO, HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER, and others. Dunlap also composed films for director Sam Fuller, including the classic SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963) and 1964's provocative THE NAKED KISS. He scored the 1...

Stardate 07.02.01: ENTERPRISE Upside Down
by Michelle Erica Green (Mon 07-02-2001)

...SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN at 10:30 p.m., starring Kenneth Branagh as the ill-fated doctor who creates a human out of dead body parts. Meanwhile at 9:00 p.m., Sci Fi hauls out ASTEROID, in which Earth faces a potential deep impact or Armageddon from giant ...

Making Your Own Monsterfest
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 01-26-2004)

... DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN and WOLFMAN films the studio made during it's classic period. (ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN isn't on there, but ... well just read.) Now I know with this being a DVD release it's technically a Brian Thomas news item, but...


Burger King giving SIMPSONS the royal treatment
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Mon 10-14-2002)

... icons as Frankenstein or King Kong. And it's not just the kids that get to have all the fun. BK is serving up a SIMPSONS-inspired "Freaky Float" (an Orange Creamsicle-flavored shake) for adults. All of BK's promotions are indirectly promoting the Nove...

Classic Hollywood celebrates Halloween
by Jennifer H. Tomooka and Mike Whybark (Wed 10-30-2002)

Don't worry if you are still looking for your Halloween fright feast. AMC and Turner Classic Movies (TMC) have plenty of classic horror flicks on tap to frighten you silly. AMC will be broadcasting movies from the GODZILLA series, THE MUMMY, DRACULA, FRAN...

DOCTOR WHO: RELATIVE DEMENTIAS
by Tony Whitt (Tue 08-13-2002)

...Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, echoes of which resonate throughout this novel. Also, the well-realized secondary characters, such as Dr. Joyce Brunner, her son Michael, and even the hilariously-named Mary Christmas, manage to do what few such characters can i...

Sommers to remake Universal's classic monsters
by Christopher Allan Smith (Fri 06-14-2002)

...iversal's FRANKENSTEIN, WOLF MAN and DRACULA. The actor he's looking towards now is X-man Hugh Jackman. Sommer's screenplay for the first movie in the series has Van Helsing venturing to Eastern Europe to fight an unknown evil, presumably one of these ...


Beckinsale to join VAN HELSING
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Mon 11-25-2002)

... Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man. The monsters will all be loose in late Victorian Eastern Europe. The film starts production in January, with a release date of May 21, 2004. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape....

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Fri 03-22-2002)

...stretched Frankenstein poses when they invade the family's house), the film still has more than enough emotional kick to blow away any "kid's" movie on the scene today. Ten-year-old Henry Thomas is still an endearing young hero as Elliott, while the 6-...

ARMY OF DARKNESS ASH and EVIL ASH
by JEFF BOND (Sat 06-29-2002)

...rom YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, HOGAN'S HEROES and GET SMART. The ARMY OF DARKNESS figures occupy a cool middle ground between those genres. But I would still like to see a 12" Ash figure from EVIL DEAD 2this one is close, but it's still missing a little of th...

Gold and monsters
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-14-2003)

Looking to past genre literature for its future projects, Hallmark Entertainment will produce new versions of the classic novels FRANKENSTEIN and KING SOLOMON'S MINES for television. The pair of shows, both to be made as four-hour mini-series, will likely...


BOBBLE BEASTS scare up the holidays
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 12-24-2003)

...ugh are a Frankenstein type creature (the idea more than the appearance), a few different alien creatures that are big and gruesome, a cyclops creature, a vampire, another zombie design, a sea monster not like the Gillman though, maniacs, cyborgs, were...

Comicscape - January 14, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-14-2004)

... Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Werewolf' [record]...I am currently writing and rehearsing an original one man adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. In it, I perform all of the characters vocally and physically. I have to think that one of the reasons I bec...

STAR WARS III spoiler pictures
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 03-11-2004)

...t, it's a Frankenstein, a collected jumble of real images from different origins that, when assembled, paint what is probably a fairly accurate picture of what we will see in EPISODE III. The Mirror doesn't explain any of this in their article. Accordi...

Comicscape - October 1, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 10-01-2003)

... shipping FRANKENSTEIN MOBSTER (no, that's not a misspelling!) #0, with two covers by Mark Wheatley and Adam Hughes; and G.I. JOE VS. THE TRANSFORMERS #4 (of 6), also with two covers. And still more shape-shifting action comes at you from Dreamwave Pro...


Sideshow Toy - Page 9 (Wed 03-06-2002)

...e popular Frankenstein versionClick here to check out page 10 of the photos from the Sideshow Toy showroom.Click here to return to the main Toy Fair page.

Exclusive! Insider report spills VAN HELSING secrets!
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 03-10-2003)

...lfman and Frankenstein's Monster. Sommers said that VAN HELSING begins with the storming of Castle Frankenstein, and by the third act, the hero is at the door of Count Dracula's foreboding home. "The Classic Universal Monsters look absolutely NOTHING...

Wading
by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 06-16-2003)

... instead. FRANKENSTEIN (8 pm, TCM) James Whale's 1931 version remains one of the best horror films of all time. Give in to absolute pleasure and watch this.STARGATE SG-1 (9 pm, SCI-FI) O'Neill regresses to his teen years, finds appreciation for the com...

Sideshow Toy Goes Psycho
by Scott Collura (Wed 02-26-2003)

Fan favorite toy company Sideshow Toy delighted slasher fans last week at Toy Fair in New York City with their announcement of their "Modern Horror Classics" line of figures. Already beloved for their treatment of the Classic Universal Monsters like Frank...


APES, JAWS Enter Film Registry
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 12-19-2001)

This year's list of 25 films inducted into the National Film Registry have been announced, and it includes the original PLANET OF THE APES, JAWS, THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, ANIMAL HOUSE and even ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN.Each year, the Libr...

AFI's GREATEST 100 Movies
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 06-23-2007)

...Bounty87. Frankenstein 88. Easy Rider 89. Patton 90. The Jazz Singer (1927) 91. My Fair Lady 92. A Place in the Sun 93. The Apartment 94. Goodfellas 95. Pulp Fiction 96. The Searchers 97. Bringing Up Baby 98. Unforgiven 99. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner...

Scribe Allred Updates MADMAN Film
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 10-12-2007)

...t tale of Frankenstein, the title character is killed in a car accident, is reanimated by an eccentric doc who names him Frank Einstein and instills in him enhanced senses, psychic power and exceptional physical skills. The doc can't fix his creat...

What are You Watching on Halloween?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 10-30-2007)

... 4:30 AM Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965) TVG TVG Starring: James Karen, Nancy Marshall, Robert Reilly. 6:00 AM Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) TV14 TV14 Starring: Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy. 8:00 AM Halloween 4:...


I Was a Teenage Movie Maker
by Tim Janson (Tue 05-22-2007)

... takes on Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolfman, and The Invisible Man, including many of those “jams’ that featured all of the monsters. From there, Don graduated into the teen monster films of the 50’s. Don’s techniques...

Class is in Session
by Nadia Oxford (Wed 03-14-2007)

...shambling Frankenstein monsters jumping out from between the pages, but Umezu mostly touches on those fears we don't think about until insomnia catches us staring at our ceiling at three a.m. Insanity. Separation. Death. And worst of all: Loneline...

FANTASTIC FOUR #511
by Tony Whitt (Tue 03-23-2004)

... a Victor Frankenstein-type tragic hero, using his knowledge of science to subvert the forces of Creation and cheat Death (which, as one will recall, is also personified in the Marvel Universe - just not here). That sort of tragic twist could only have...

Civil Words
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-07-2007)

...ever read Frankenstein? How could Tony brutalize a colleague and hero, who has saved the world many times over, for essentially being a draft dodger?”  Because if he hadn’t, Congress probably would’ve outlawed all costumed vi...


SPACEBALLS on Disc
by Glenn Sanders (Tue 06-06-2000)

When it comes to Mel Brooks, there`s two kinds of people: those who love him, and those who don`t. So before you read this review, you should be well aware that the only Mel Brooks film I really like is Young Frankenstein. As much as I can appreciate his ...

THE MUMMY RETURNS
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 06-11-2001)

... Shelly's Frankenstein, a respectable but misguided effort that barely passed the $20-million mark. Also on view in '94 was Wolf, a dramatic, metaphoric take on the werewolf myth that landed in the $60-million range. And of course, who could forget 199...

LUST FOR A VAMPIRE
by JASON HENDERSON (Sat 12-22-2001)

... CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and HORROR OF DRACULA, directs LUST FOR A VAMPIRE as if he hopes they all get out alive. Apparently he fell into the job when Terence Fisher broke a leg, and Sangster has never liked the film. For me it's a weirdly watchable mess...

Hurd Talks HULK
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 12-31-2001)

... it, it's FRANKENSTEIN meets DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. He doesn't put on a costume and change into something else. The rage inside of him is pretty metaphorical."In response to what Ang Lee is bringing to the concept, Hurd says, "I can't talk about that...


Dan Jolley Writes SABRETOOTH
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 01-09-2002)

...iscent of Frankenstein," Jolley says. "When I first started thinking about what would make a good Sabretooth story, I realized that I needed to pit Creed -- who is an unalloyed bastard through and through -- against an enemy who's even tougher and mean...

VAMPIRELLA #1 COMMEMORATIVE EDITION
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Fri 10-26-2001)

...live-size Frankenstein posters drawn by none other than Jack Davis himself (and God, didn't we all want one of those, to go alongside the life-size Vampi poster offered later?)!But what of the stories? Well, truth to tell, given the opportunity to look...

Sobini Grabs SISTER
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 10-03-2001)

...ed JOHNNY FRANKENSTEIN, a modern day retelling of Mary Shelley's classic novel.

Forbidden Plastic: Part 2
by Jeff Bond (Sun 09-09-2001)

... Bride of Frankenstein I opened it up and thought 'Man, this is even better than the original.' I mean, the glass parts were clear and the Bride was glowing and the box was something you could drive a tank over. I thought this was a real good company a...


DVD This Week: September 18th
by John Thonen (Tue 09-18-2001)

...ELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN as one of the best horror/comedy films ever [IMG2R]made. Unlike A&C's 1948 gem, John Landis' 1981 film is genuinely scary and decidedly dark in nature, in spite of some often hilarious moments - many of which are provided by ...

Sideshow Toy - Page 5 (Wed 03-06-2002)

Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, and Lon Chaney Sr. from LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHTSideshow has acquired the James Bond license and is readying an array of 12-inch figures based on the series' 19 or so films, including various Bonds, villains and, of course, Bond c...

There Be Dragons Here
by Randall Larson (Thu 12-28-2006)

...y’s Frankenstein, and last year’s Jekyll+ Hyde and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, captures both the elegance of the film’s direction and that of its flying reptiles, but also the inner heart of its characters.    &n...

Remember The Time
by Damon Brown (Thu 02-08-2007)

... gigantic Frankenstein zooming in and out of the screen, running through a corridor while the background shifted in the other direction, and, most memorably, whipping a post and hanging on for dear life as the room spun around. It was nuts. I hadn&r...


"Tribulation 99"
by Brian Thomas (Sun 02-25-2007)

...rism is a Frankenstein that the USA created and is now trying to hunt down with a mob of angry villagers. Watching Tribulation 99 makes paranoid depression fun again.    On a commentrak, Baldwin tries to keep up with naming his references ...

Update on new Mysterious Island score CD
by Randall Larson (Mon 04-09-2007)

... Ghost of Frankenstein, and others for Marco Polo/Naxos records are legendary must-haves), the availability again of the original Herrmann recordings, albeit incomplete, remains a valuable contrast no less valuable and merit-worthy that comparing a...

Drawing the Darkness with Marc Moorash and Heather Stanley
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 02-07-2007)

...ey have a Frankenstein t-shirt that is meant to be like merchandise for the novel itself.  It’s really hard to maintain that kind of fan-boy enthusiasm for dead writers in pop culture, but they’re making a point of it.  But, th...

A New Tribute Film Classics Record Label Announced
by Randall Larson (Fri 01-26-2007)

John Morgan, known for his many reconstructions of classic Golden Age film scores, including King Kong, The Ghost of Frankenstein, Curse of the Werewolf and many others for the Marco Polo/Naxos label, has joined with conductor William Stromberg and his...


Dimension acquires "Madman"
by Karl Schneider (Tue 12-19-2006)

According to Variety, Dimension Films has acquired the Michael Allred comic Madman and plans to turn it into a live-action film.Madman is a post-modernist reimagining of the Frankenstein tale, with a superhero twist. Title character, killed in a car accid...

A Question of Taste
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-31-2007)

...quo;s Doc Frankenstein or Image’s Loaded Bible and not care about its rather over-the-top depictions of Christianity.  Others will find their religious sensibilities deeply offended.  Then again, Left Behind offends me on many level...

Wayne’s World
by Brian Thomas (Tue 05-08-2007)

... Tales of Frankenstein, Teenage Zombies, Terror Creatures from the Grave, Torture Ship, Trauma, Unsane, Vampire's Night Orgy, Vengeance of the Zombies, Voodoo Black Exorcist, Walking Nightmare, War of the Robots, Wasp Woman, The Werewolf of Washington,...

Hammer Films to be Revived
by News Editor (Fri 05-11-2007)

... Curse of Frankenstein and The Mummy. Los Angeles based Spitfire Pictures will team up with the "new" Hammer to produce two to three horror films or thrillers a year. The company will also look to produce TV shows -- Hammer Horror...


Spend "New Fear's Day" With FEARnet.com
by Tim Janson (Wed 12-26-2007)

...y’s Frankenstein, House of Blood, Wishmaster, Leprechaun 5, Grim Reaper and Slaughter High, A complete list of movies is posted at FEARnet.com and voting begins this week. People who enter their vote will be automatically entered into a swee...

Del Toro Directing Both HOBBIT Films
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 01-28-2008)

...tation of Frankenstein and an update of the Cthulhu Mythos with the upcoming adaptation of H.P Lovecraft's At The Mountains of Madness.  

First Trailer for Anderson's DEATH RACE
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 06-13-2008)

...al driver Frankenstein -- a crowd favorite who seems impossible to kill -- Ames is given an easy choice by Terminal Island's warden (Joan Allen): suit up or rot away in a cell.His face hidden by a metallic mask, one convict will be put through an insan...

Gimmicks
by Robert T. Trate (Tue 10-30-2007)

...   Frankenstein (1973)   Grindhouse Double Shock Show: Wars Of The Robots (1978) / It's Alive (1968)   Hell of the Living Dead (1984)   Kingdom of the Vampire (Double Feature) (1991)   Manhattan Baby (1984)   N...


Del Toro Talks MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 10-26-2007)

...hing like Frankenstein. Check out his answer here.

Ian McShane Coaches in DEATH RACE Remake
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 08-08-2007)

...te called Frankenstein. He's racing against a sociopathic racer named Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson) who's seeking to escape from prison himself. DEATH RACE will hit theaters September 26, 2008.

Fox Greenlights JJ Abrams' FRINGE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 10-05-2007)

...father is Frankenstein mixed with Albert Einstein," Orci said. "He's someone who has the mental ability to solve so many problems but is so different that communicating with them is almost impossible."

Apocalypto Now
by Randall Larson (Thu 12-14-2006)

... Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Blvd. and Peyton Place, as well as some of his early European films and other presentations in his honor. For more information, go to their web site: www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_media/2006/Franz_Waxman.html ...


Politics in Comics: Your Letters
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-06-2006)

...t up Doc Frankenstein.  While reading that book I felt sick to my stomach.  Not because I or my beliefs were under attack, but because instead of bringing reasonable ideas to the table for discussion and debate it chucked a massive dose o...

Hollywood heavyweighs help remake ANDROMEDA STRAIN and THE THING
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 09-07-2004)

...re into a Frankenstein-like monster made of plant matter that attacked the crew. In the John Carpenter remake released in 1982, the storyline was closer to the source material and the alien became a creature that could turn its flesh and blood into oth...

Hits and Misses
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 11-15-2004)

... as YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, but loads better than MEN IN TIGHTS.JACK & BOBBY (8 PM CST, WB) "Lost Boys." Grace throws a Thanksgiving potluck and Jack's friend Matt commits suicide. Presumably the two events are unrelated. Or maybe he just hated cranber...

TIME Magazine's Top 100 Movies List
by News Editor (Mon 05-23-2005)

...)Bride of Frankenstein (1935)Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)Drunken Master II (1994)E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Finding Nemo (2003)The Fly (1986)Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)King Kong (1933)The L...


Donald Duck gets a star
by Sue Schneider (Mon 08-16-2004)

Hi Cinescapers hope you guys missed me. I was on a month long press junket covering all the new television shows coming on this Fall. Be sure to check out LOST, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, EYES, EARTHSEA, FRANKENSTEIN and many others. Every network has somethi...

COMIC-CON: Wachowskis plug Burlyman books
by Patrick Sauriol (Sat 07-24-2004)

...w and DOC FRANKENSTEIN creator Steve Skroce. While the crack CINESCAPE coverage team were off...elsewhere (the BATMAN BEGINS panel -- no, honest!), the ace journalism department of Comic Book Resources were there and have now posted their report of the...

VAN HELSING
by Troy Roberts (Thu 06-03-2004)

...Wolf Man, Frankenstein, and even Dracula himself.VAN HELSING is a pretty linear action adventure game. As the movie borrows so heavily from other movies and ideas, the game also borrows pretty heavily from other action games, namely Capcom's DEVIL MAY ...

Kinsey
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 07-01-2004)

... drama of FRANKENSTEIN director James Whale (a film he also directed), and last year was nominated again for adapting CHICAGO for the big screen. Now he's back in the director's chair, lensing his own script about the life and work of human sexuality r...


Patrick Doyle Plays Nanny McPhee
by Randall Larson (Fri 09-30-2005)

...SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN. Doyle's next score is the blockbuster HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, due this November. In NANNY McPHEE, Emma Thompson stars as a governess who uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne'er-do-well children in her char...

Castle Rain Launches JACK THE LANTERN
by News Editor (Tue 10-11-2005)

...and Tony (Frankenstein) Bledsoe. This will also mark the first color book for Castle Rain Entertainment. The book is an origin story that will stretch from early 1900's America to the battlefields of World War 2. Jack the lantern: 1942 is an epic journ...

"Freak Out" DVD Contest
by Karl Schneider (Sat 11-04-2006)

...ith their Frankenstein officially out of control – killing everyone in sight -- Marv and Onkey start to have second thoughts. Can they stop their own creation or are they – and the town -- doomed?If you are interested in winning, please sen...

Marianelli’s Return – Schifrin’s Liquidator – Lambro’s Murph
by Randall Larson (Thu 11-30-2006)

...ink Young Frankenstein) that morphs into a cartoonlike parody on Hungarian Rhapsody.  Boysie’s Bossa” is another rhythmic bossa nova tune.  “The Killer” is a cool woodwind piece over bongos, electric bass, and exoti...


Justice League: (Alex Ross): Series 4
by John Denning (Fri 09-08-2006)

... bride of Frankenstein could love, Solomon Grundy might take the crown as my favorite zombie action figure of all time, even if he isn't a traditional zombie per se.The most gruesome looking figure, however, has got to be Black Adam. While the body bui...

Delayed Mail
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 09-06-2006)

... Bride of Frankenstein. Uncanny X-Men #478 $2.99 X-Men First Class Poster $6.99 X-Men Phoenix Warsong #1 (of 5) $2.99Al: Hmph. The unexpected success of Phoenix: Endsong leads Marvel to press its luck. This is probably a bad idea. But if they ...

Monstrous Movie Music is back
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-02-2006)

... GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN) and Henry Mancini (TARANTULA, before achieving worldwide success with Blake Edwards and THE KING KONG VS. GODZILLA © La-La Land PINK PANTHER, et al). The music is thrillingly melodic, capturing both the malevolency ...

GHOSTBUSTERS headlines March Varese Sarabande limited Club Releases
by Randall Larson (Tue 03-07-2006)

... BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, A PLACE IN THE SUN, REAR WINDOW and PEYTON PLACE. In 1961 Twentieth Century-Fox released RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE, the sequel to the motion picture that inspired one of the most beautiful scores ever written for a film. Though vir...


CHAINSAW director decides to do SUBTERRANEAN dirty work
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 04-16-2004)

...A Network FRANKENSTEIN mini-series starring Parker Posey.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!

Funny MUNSTERS for Wayans family
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 08-24-2004)

...) was the Frankenstein Monster, Mom (Yvonne De Carlo) and Grandpa were vampires and their son Eddie was a werewolf who all lived in a spooky house on a surburban street. Of course, they could never quite figure out why people would get scared when they...

SIMON DARK #6
by Kurt Amacker (Mon 03-31-2008)

...vision of Frankenstein, set in Gotham City in a world populated by superheroes and their villainous counterparts. Though he frequently pays tribute to the James Whale film—the one with Boris Karloff that cemented the monster’s image in...

The Best Films of 1999
by Steve Biodrowski (Sun 01-16-2000)

... Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, and the Wolfman as one of the screen`s most memorably monsters.11. A stronger film dramatically than SLEEPY HOLLOW is THE GREEN MILE, Frank Darabont`s adaptation of Stephen King`s serialized novel. Involving and power...


THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 06-08-2001)

...ce to the Frankenstein Monster (what with that squared off head). Oh, and all the jump-out-and-grab-you scares of the ensuing decades were never able to match the shock impact of the moment when one of the humans casually opens a door--only to find the...

Words and Pictures: Comics vs. Literature
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-26-2008)

...n such as Frankenstein, Dracula, and other high calibre literary works written by Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, Conan Doyle and other respected authors whose works are read in schools around the world." It’s always a fine thing when moral watc...

Universal Horrors The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931 – 1946
by Tim Janson (Sun 07-08-2007)

...s Karloff Frankenstein and Bela Lugosi Dracula are still the most recognized images of those two classic monsters…so much so that their families had to move to legally trademark their images to protect them.   The Universal horror films a...

Comicscape - August 3, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-03-2005)

...HBLADE VS FRANKENSTEIN #3 (OF 4) $2.99Al: This can't possibly compete against last week's cheesecake Nirvana, TOMB RAIDER WITCHBLADE MAGDALENA VAMPIRELLA. Why even try? I mean, unless you're into Frankenstein. Not that there's anything wrong with that....


"World War Z"
by Brian Thomas (Thu 11-09-2006)

Most of our classic movie monsters were drawn from some literary touchstone. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein pretty much created both the horror and science fiction genres as soon as it was published. Dracula is the undisputed king of vampire novels...

Universal Announces Upcoming DVD Titles, Including MUMMY RETURNS
by John Thonen (Tue 06-26-2001)

...k at rare Frankenstein footage, movie trailer collection, space aliens and even more anime. So don't be an idiot; be a Vidiotand be sure to check us out before you blow off your speed-search finger with a cherry bomb.Click below to read previous Vidioc...

A.I.s Last All Summer Long
by James T. Voelpel (Tue 07-17-2001)

...BOUND and FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND, both new and completely different stories within the familiar framework. A.I., on the other hand, is Kubrick's version of PINOCCHIO, where an artificial boy longs to be real and earn the love of his mother. Aldiss was ne...

Fantasy Films Sweep Oscar Music Nominations
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 02-27-2002)

...d scores, FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN, the diabolical DEVIL RIDES OUT, and the sublime KISS OF THE VAMPIRE. Side Two gives us Bernard's SHE (a lengthy suite) and QUATERMASS II, a prehistoric suite by the late Mario Nascimbene (ONE MILLION YEARS BC, WHEN...


April 1 April 7: Where's ANGEL?
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 04-01-2002)

...out YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN on Comedy Central at 8 p.m.Cameron Diaz is hosting SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on NBC at 11:30 p.m. I don't know if it will be funny, but at least the show won't be hard on the eyes.SUNDAY, april 7Leela gets signed a major league pitcher...

Jason and the Astronauts
by Scott Collura (Tue 04-30-2002)

...ELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN. Hammer Studios also reinvented their monsters from time to time, relocating them to exotic locales like Hong Kong (LEGEND OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN VAMPIRES) and the mod '70s (DRACULA A.D. 1972), and drastically rethinking new variati...

ACTIONOPOLIS #1
by Tony Whitt (Mon 10-08-2001)

...stigator; Frankenstein Pumpkinhead), and...er, other (The Spook; Samurai).The problem is that there's no little gem amongst all these far too brief storiesthough in several cases, even 3-4 pages seems like far too longto truly get excited about. Most o...

Forbidden Plastic: Part 1
by Jeff Bond (Thu 09-06-2001)

... Bride of Frankenstein, and oddball subjects like The Addams' Family House and King Kong's Flivver) have already been released by Polar Lights, and the company made history when it became the first to release an injection-molded model of the famous Jup...


Jim Cameron Talks DARK ANGEL Season 2
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 07-19-2001)

... really a Frankenstein, but the stitches were microscopic. And having explored the mythology of Manticore and the mythology of Max's past and her character, we looked at each other ... and [asked], 'What would happen this year [if] the stitches were ma...

Marvel Comics November Solicitation HEROES
by Eric Moro (Wed 08-22-2001)

...tull "The Frankenstein Syndrome" concludes as a badly injured Iron Man must battle alone against the architect of his recent miseries -- one of the Avengers' greatest enemies! 100 GREATEST MARVELS #2Months ago we asked you: "What are your favorite Marv...

First of the Summer Blockbusters
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-07-2005)

... HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN, etc) have moved to Marco Polo's father label Naxos. Most of the earlier releases have gone to the budget Naxos label, retailing for about 7 bucks. Although the booklets are a bit smaller, they carry most of the text from their i...

It's coming: VAN HELSING the video game
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 10-28-2003)

... Man, the Frankenstein Monster and Count Dracula. The makers of the game promise that key moments from the movie will be featured in the game, and that the digital story of the character will add to the cinematic one.The game will also let players expl...


HULK
by Brian Thomas (Fri 12-05-2003)

...combining Frankenstein and Jekyll & Hyde into one super-powered monster survives.Director Ang Lee does an... incredible job on all counts. The moving split-screen technique he devised to simulate comic panel juxtaposition sounds dumb when you read ...

Trolling
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-11-2007)

... Curse of Frankenstein, The Horror of Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Gorgon, and many others remain among the most provocative horror scores of all time, and continue to show their influence on today’s horror film composers. ...

"Jeepers Creepers: Great Songs from Horror Films"
by Randall Larson (Sun 02-11-2007)

...3’s Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.  The song was one of many teutonic-styled folk tunes giving local color to Universal’s eastern European-set Frankenstein movies, and captures a very powerful and memorable melody.  On this a...

SOMETHING WICKED #1
by Tony Whitt (Tue 11-11-2003)

...LATER and FRANKENSTEIN, we just get another poor and plodding clone of FRANKENSTEIN. The Mega-Virus subplot, seemingly so important to this series, barely registers in the script itself - surprising, as this issue is so overwritten that the text and th...


Keeping up with Jones
by Brian Thomas (Tue 10-21-2003)

...discs.(O) FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL (Paramount) Peter Cushing stars in the last of the Hammer Frankenstein movies, widescreen with commentrak.(O) GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2 (Disney) DTV sequel to the funny live-action adaptation of the '60s ca...

Sideshow Aquires Lugosi License, Plans Buffy 12-Inch Figure
by Dan Cziraky (Tue 11-28-2000)

...he Son of Frankenstein, and Lon Chaney, Sr. as `The Red Death` from The Phantom of the Opera. This will be the second Lugosi-as-Dracula figure in recent years, as Flatt World Figures had the collector`s edition Dracula figure (complete with cloth outfi...

Trembling Again in Perfection Part Two
by Catherine Felty (Sun 10-21-2001)

...ay night. FRANKENSTEIN and THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN back to back on AMC Saturday night. It was great. I still thrill to those."But he says that Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO is perhaps the most frightening film he's ever seen."Strictly speaking, that is n...

Summer Camp!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 06-26-2007)

...sp;  FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (Media Blasters) 2-disc set holds the bizarre 1965 Japanese giant monster rumble Frankenstein vs. Baragon, plus the US dubbed version.(O)   GOMER PYLE USMC Season 2 (Paramount) (O)   GUYS DO...


Martinez Finds Love in DEATH RACE Remake
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 08-21-2007)

Becoming the second remake news tonight, model turned actress Natalie Martinez is set to star in DEATH RACE, the remake to the Roger Corman classic. She'll be playing a romantic interest for Jason Statham's Frankenstein. Her role is named &...

VAN HELSING and HULK monster sightings at ShoWest
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 03-07-2003)

...utfits of Frankenstein, the Werewolf and others."We are told by director Stephen Sommers that every monster that has every been used by Universal is featured in this movie, the drawings of the werewolf shedding his human skin look fantastic. We are al...

Van Helsing
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-02-2004)

... Hensley (Frankenstein's Monster); Will Kemp (Velkan); Kevin O'Connor (Igor); David Wenham (Carl); Elena Anaya (Aleera); Silvia Colloca (Verona); Josie Maran (Marishka); Samuel West (Dr. Victor Frakenstein).Who's Making It:Stephen Sommers (Director, Sc...

July 15 July 21: Emmy Prognosticating
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 07-15-2002)

...z," YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN style © 1974 Twentieth Century Fox on Anya on their wedding day in tonight's repeat of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (UPN, 8 p.m.). Bad, Xander, bad.Clark hangs out with a kid who can read minds in this rerun of SMALLVILLE (WB, ...


Dec. 3 Dec. 9: Rerun Time
by SONIA MANSFIELD (Mon 12-03-2001)

...out YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN on Bravo at 8:15 p.m.Get out your 20-sided dice. STARZ has got DUNGEONS & DRAGONS tonight at 8 p.m.I only mention this because some of you might care. TNT has got a new TV movie based on the NBC series THE PRETENDER. In THE P...

SIMON DARK #1
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 10-17-2007)

Steve Niles refashions Frankenstein, combines it with a bit of Tim Burton, and adds some urban legend mystique to create Simon Dark – his newest ongoing with DC and another collaboration with artist Scott Hampton (Batman: Gotham County Line). N...

Striking Gold! Writer/director Guillermo del Toro
by Josh Gordon (Tue 07-08-2008)

... Bride of Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon…   GdT: …Wizard of Oz…   M: Creature From the Black Lagoon was the first horror movie I ever watched. All those old Universal horror films have a lot to do w...

Saturn Award celebration, memorable acceptance speeches
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 06-11-2002)

...f puppies Frankenstein, Dracula, Spider and other horror-inspired names, and never thinking anything was odd about it. When receiving the award for best network television series, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER creator Joss Whedon proclaimed a never-ending l...


BLUE MONDAY: DEAD MAN'S PARTY view for you
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 06-21-2002)

...e up with Frankenstein in the spookiest round of scary stories ever, DEAD MAN'S PARTY features the Fresburger teens spinning tales of the dead, undead, and anything else that might go bump in the night. "Halloween is my favorite holiday," Clugston-Maj...

Comiscape - March 8, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-08-2006)

... Soldiers Frankenstein #3 (of 4) $2.99Kurt: One of the best Seven Soldiers miniseries thus far. Pick it up or I kill you dead.Seven Soldiers Mister Miracle #4 (of 4) $2.99Teen Titans #33 $2.50Al: Not OYL.Tenjho Tenge Vol 6 $9.99Tom Strong #36 $2.99Al: ...

The Extreme State of Horror?
by Oren Kamara (Sun 07-09-2006)

...acula and Frankenstein and grind-house cinema exploded in the 1970s, isn't it logical that today's horror films would reflect today's world? First the Depression, then the Recession. Now, who knows what's going on, but our youngsters are most certain...

THE CRYPTICS
by KURT AMACKER (Fri 07-14-2006)

...e you saw FRANKENSTEIN on television, with equal parts shock and wonder. THE CRYPTICS feels like a cartoon on Nickelodeon or the Cartoon Network with its scary-meets-kiddy tone. The cast presents Dracy, Wolfy, Jackie Jekyll, Jr., and Sea-Boy as child-...


SITH Leads Nomination List for 32nd Annual Saturn Awards
by News Editor (Wed 02-15-2006)

...niversal) Frankenstein (Lionsgate) House, Season 1 (Buena Vista) Lost, Season 1 (Buena Vista) Smallville, Season 4 (Warner) Star Trek Enterprise (Paramount) BEST RETRO TELEVISION RELEASE ON DVD The Adventures of Superman, Season 1 (Warner) Alfred Hitch...

Comicscape - January 4, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-04-2006)

... Soldiers Frankenstein #2 (of 4) $2.99Kurt: All right, the first issue just rocked. Go fking buy this book.Superman Sacrifice TP $14.99Superman Shazam First Thunder #3 (of 4) $3.50Al: No, Kurt, you can't do a shot for this one. I mean, I guess you can ...

Potter's GOBLET Soundtrack Out on Nov 15th
by Randall Larson (Tue 11-01-2005)

...SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN) as well as three songs written by modern rocker Jarvis Cocker, and performed by Cocker, Jonny Greenwood, Phil Selway, Steve Claydon and Jason Buckle (all of these musicians also appearing in the movie).

Comicscape - November 16, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-16-2005)

... BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, KING KONG, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS, we can only blame unfavorable circumstances like financial concerns and poor editing for a body of work that, while influential, probably damaged the public's perception of comic books for t...


General Ross in THE INCREDIBLE HULK
by Karl Schneider (Mon 07-24-2006)

...ier "It's Frankenstein meets Jekyll and Hyde with a little bit of Edward Scissorhands."

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA gets the go ahead
by Karl Schneider (Tue 08-01-2006)

Sony has given the green light to the animated monster comedy HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, making it the third animated feature to be produced by Sony Pictures Animation.HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA will follow a group of classic monsters including Frankenstein, the Mummy, ...

Politics in Comics or The Follies of Didacticism
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 11-29-2006)

...squo; Doc Frankenstein easily qualifies as one of the most outright anti-evangelical comics I’ve ever read.  While I enjoy the book well enough, it feels like an outright slap in the face to, ahem, enthusiastic Christians.  I can&rs...

Actor Peter Boyle passes away
by Karl Schneider (Thu 12-14-2006)

Peter Boyle, who played the tap-dancing monster in Young Frankenstein and the curmudgeonly father in the long-running sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, has died. He was 71.Boyle died Tuesday evening at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He had been suffering f...


Planet/Kong deluxe
by Brian Thomas (Tue 11-14-2006)

... Dracula, Frankenstein, Werewolf, Gill-man, the Mummy, robots and evil brain surgeons.   (O)  CHABELO Y PEPITO, DETECTIVES (Casa Negra) In this sequel, Chabelo & Pepito become junior police and uncover a plot to hypnotize an army of ki...

"Freak Out" Contest Winners
by Karl Schneider (Fri 11-10-2006)

...ith their Frankenstein officially out of control – killing everyone in sight -- Marv and Onkey start to have second thoughts. Can they stop their own creation or are they – and the town -- doomed?For those of you not lucky enough to win, th...

Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection
by Brian Thomas (Thu 10-26-2006)

Universal Studios was the House of Horror during the 1930s, but they weren�t the only studio to produce tales of terror. Following the success of DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN, MGM tried to get in on the action with a commitment to shock aimed at reprising ...

"The Buffy Files: Chapter 4"
by STEPHEN LACKEY (Thu 11-02-2006)

...ldiers, a Frankenstein-like cyborg, oh and laser guns or blasters if you will.  I can’t begin to tell you how badly I hated this whole storyline, so much of it was poorly written and ill fitting of the series as a whole.  This storyl...


I Giggle When I Type 'Mail Bag'
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 10-17-2005)

...ELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (8:30 PM CST, TCM) And, one presumes, his monster as well.ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY (10 PM CST, TCM) The mummy? Why not a mummy? Who decided this particular bandage case got exclusive franchise rights?This concludes ou...

Shock It To Me! Revenge of Creature Features
by News Editor (Fri 10-07-2005)

...EVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1958), THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (1970), THE HORROR OF PARTY BEACH (1964), NIGHTMARE IN BLOOD (1976), THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS (1967), THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971), and more! In addition to the fearsome films and on-stage shtic...

Spying VAN HELSING
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 06-05-2003)

...at Castle Frankenstein. Co-star Kevin J. O'Connor (Igor) was spotted standing outside the castle walls and brandishing a double-bladed pitchfork while raindrops kept falling on his head.VAN HELSING comes out on May 7, 2004.Got a scoop? Know something...

COMIC-CON: News roundup
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-21-2003)

...ING DEAD, FRANKENSTEIN MOBSTER and SWORD OF DRACULA will debut.-- IDW Publishing has picked up the rights to print a series based on the FX series THE SHIELD.-- BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES creators Paul Dini and Bruce Timm are working on a three-issue ...


Wake the Dead
by Karl Schneider (Fri 03-09-2007)

Summary: Steve Niles described the story as follows: "Basically WAKE THE DEAD is a re-telling of all the Frankenstein stories I have ever read or watched. I wanted to capture the essence of the original book as far as the youth of the characters and ...

King Kong
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Wed 12-14-2005)

... KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN for the USA Network. Hopefully, his part won't require a flat head or neck bolts. [The Hollywood Reporter.]July 29, 2004... Two more actors have come aboard Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG; Jamie Bell (BILLY ELLIOT) will play...

VAN HELSING art emerges
by Mike Whybark (Wed 02-19-2003)

The VAN HELSING web site now sports a shockwave preview trailer for the film featuring monster art for the film's conception of Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolfman, as well as a glimpse of the legendary monster hunter himself.The film's set to star Hug...

THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
by BRIAN THOMAS (Fri 08-30-2002)

... (star of FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER) and Clu Gulager (star of SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT) racing around frantically trying to defend themselves from a zombie invasion. ROTLD was one of those movies in the '80s for which the soundtra...


January 27 February 2: Dawn, Joe and Geeks
by Sonia Mansfield (Mon 01-27-2003)

...n! He's a Frankenstein-type experiment gone horribly wrong! Run, don't walk, from JOE MILLIONAIRE!Trio has D'Argo (Anthony Simcoe) with his weapon of choice - the half sword, half energy rifle Qualta Blade © 2001 Sci-Fi Channel got a docum...

Comicscape - October 8, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 10-08-2003)

...voting to FRANKENSTEIN MOBSTER #0 (three variant covers this week, plus a mask and a theme song?), you'd hardly know it. Here's the cover to Jason's book, so you can go out and buy it, already!Fans of Supes will need to save up their coffers this week,...

CHAINSAW 2 already being sharpened
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 10-20-2003)

...ll as the Frankenstein homage WAKE THE DEAD. Now that he's also got a spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde yarn, can a werewolf story be long in coming from Niles' word processor? Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about?...

Two different VAN HELSING DVDs in October
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 07-26-2004)

... DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN and THE WOLF MAN.Both VAN HELSING DVD editions will feature the following bonus material:"Explore Dracula's Castle": take a 360-degree interactive tour of the forboding home of the Count."You Are in the Movie!": Experience what i...


Heroes of Heaven, Earth, and Raccoon City
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-07-2004)

...remake of FRANKENSTEIN for director Marcus Nispel (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, 2003). The movie will debut on the USA Cable Network on Sunday October 10th.The latest classic film score restoration from the team of William Stromberg and John Morgan for the...

Will Peter Jackson get his skipper?
by Den Shewman (Fri 06-25-2004)

... KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN for the USA Network. Hopefully, his part won't require a flat head or neck bolts.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!

VAN HELSING
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 05-07-2004)

In VAN HELSING, writer/director Stephen Sommers is to be commended on finding a way to weave together a mythology in which Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolfman (several Wolfmen, actually) all have an integral connection. Moreover, the film has ...

HELLBOY and DAWN OF THE DEAD invade convention
by Sue Schneider and Steven Klotz (Tue 02-17-2004)

...ALLOWEEN, FRANKENSTEIN, ALIEN, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Eric: We are proud of our movie. We are all fans of the original and we hope you'll like ours.Zack: We just got our R [rating].HELLBOYQ: Ron, what draws you to certain roles?Ron: Everything has c...


A New Take on GALACTICA
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-18-2004)

...a but the Frankenstein monster and a werewolf as well. Silvestri and VAN HELSING director Stephen Sommers previously teamed on THE MUMMY RETURNS. www.filmscoremonthly.comTHE PASSION OF THE CHRIST continues its momentum both as a film as well as the sco...

Complete Dark Shadows music comes to CD
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-18-2007)

... Dracula, Frankenstein, Trilogy of Terror and others, culminating in Curtis’ epic miniseries, The Winds of War and War and Remembrance.    In 1969, The Original Music From Dark Shadows album hit the Top 20 and it remains in the top ...