The Mummy’s Curse

#28 in my ranking of the Classic Universal Monster movies. For the first ten minutes or so of The Mummy's Curse, I was surprised. I felt like it was a Mummy movie that I might actually end up liking. Well, that turned out to not be the case. The opening didn't go through the familiar…

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House of Frankenstein

#16 in my ranking of the Classic Universal Monster movies. What if Igor was the main character and he was sympathetic? That's almost what Erle C. Kenton's House of Frankenstein tries to do, and if that had ended up the focus, even with all of the monster resurrections happening around him, I think something really…

The Mummy’s Ghost

#30 in my ranking of the Classic Universal Monster movies. These Mummy movies are simply not very good. I have some suspicions about why the writing and directing teams simply could not find a way to deal effectively with the mute and slow-moving monster, but all that really matters is what we see on screen.…

The Invisible Man’s Revenge

#24 in my ranking of the Classic Universal Monster movies. I think the Universal Monster franchise has reached a new low in The Invisible Man's Revenge. There have been lazy films, but this might be the most simply inept film put out by Universal about one of its monsters. Taking some of the laziest setups…

Son of Dracula

#17 in my ranking of the Classic Universal Monster movies. There are some interesting things percolating around in this Lon Chaney Jr. vehicle in the Dracula universe, but it's too leaden narratively, overly concerned with lore and rules and explaining them in detail, rather than telling an interesting story. It doesn't help that Chaney himself…