Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: Boris Karloff
Scary Movies: Son of Frankenstein
Since I had reviewed so many Bela Lugosi films lately, I thought I would tackle the time he appeared with Boris Karloff in a Frankenstein film, and got the better of him. I mean, sure Frankenstein’s monster is in this, but it’s Lugosi who… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Son of Frankenstein”
Scary Movies: The Raven
It’s October, and that means it’s time for the annual Bruner horror movie festival! Our first movie this year is The Raven, the second Roger Corman-directed Edgar Allan Poe movie we’ve watched (last year I reviewed Tales of Terror). The Raven is a horror-comedy,… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Raven”
Scary Movies: Bride of Frankenstein
Another of our movies from last year’s horror movie festival, and one of the few horror sequels to actually top the original. It roughly covers the second half of Mary Shelley’s novel, though not very faithfully. But the movie version introduces several ingenious little… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Bride of Frankenstein”
Scary Movies: Frankenstein
One of our movies during our annual horror movie festival last year, and a true classic. After Universal’s huge success with Dracula earlier in 1931, the film company searched for an immediate follow up, and settled on Mary’s Shelley’s 1818 morality tale of a… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Frankenstein”
