As Lured began with a spotlight exploring a London street to reveal the opening credits on various sections of brick walls and signs, I...

I distinctly remember the first time I did not see Logan's Run. My best friend had gone to Oklahoma City with my parents (I don't...

The opening of Marooned sets the calm, some may say "leisurely," pace at which the 134-minute movie will unfold. There's a lovely view of...

They should have quit while they were ahead. I don’t know when that would have been, considering no matter how bad they became, the...

House of Frankenstein (1944) is another Universal Monsters movie for which, as a child, I owned a Super 8 excerpt reel. For that reason,...

Although it features a big name co-star, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) is really a direct sequel to The Wolf Man. However, it...

I've been waiting for it. Watching all the Universal Monsters movies, I knew it was coming. I'm talking about the moment the series...

It’s no wonder 1935’s Werewolf of London didn’t kick off a franchise similar to Universal’s Dracula, Frankenstein, Mummy or Invisible...

Little did I know when I re-watched Son of Frankenstein (1939) how much I would enjoy it. My memory would have told you that the...

Many people consider Universal's Bride of Frankenstein (1935) to be the greatest horror movie ever made. I'm not one of those people. ...

In 1975, the movie Jaws started a phenomenon called “the summer blockbuster”, forever changing the way movies are made, marketed and...

Until I re-watched it recently, I would have told you that the "monster" in Frankenstein was simply misunderstood, a mere victim of...

It's rare, if not impossible, to find a horror remake that undeniably improves upon its predecessor. Some come close, but usually only...

The 1943 version of Phantom of the Opera is not really a remake of its 1925 silent version; instead, another version of the story by...

Finally, there's an invisibility movie with a true purpose: spying on Nazi Germany! Considering that Invisible Agent (1942) was a...

The two opening shots of X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes suggest the movie that follows is going to be more sensational than it really is....

Urban Dictionary defines “Stepford Wife” as a term “used to describe a servile, compliant, submissive, spineless wife who happily does...

I don’t know that It! The Terror from Beyond Space has been compared to Alien (1979), but that’s basically what it is, albeit in a...

Beginning in May, 2010, until it expanded its content to include more than just the horror genre as Boom Howdy.com, I wrote a column for...

Beginning in May, 2010, until it expanded its content to include more than just the horror genre as Boom Howdy.com, I wrote features for...