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Recent reviews

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  Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 31 Oct 2024

  The annual Halloween tradition for me. First horror movie I ever saw when I was 6!

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  Son of Frankenstein 1939

  ★★★ Rewatched 29 Oct 2024

  It’s kind of crazy how much cultural significance the original Frankenstein trilogy had. Even this, which is my least favorite of the original three, with Ygor has had such much impact on not only Halloween but film and pop culture along with the more famous original and Bride of Frankenstein. 

  Also the last time Karloff plays the monster. Here, the monster is finally colored green unlike the pale gray of the first two. 

  A B-Movie at heart with some A-list actors like Rathbone and Atwill, it’s kind of unbelievable that most people don’t know how this film has ingrained images of the holiday into pop culture.

Popular reviews

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  Psycho 1960

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Sep 2016 2

  Nothing but Great in this movie. I can now totally see where the original Friday the 13th got its inspiration for the musical score. Anthony Perkins is awesome as Norman Bates. Janet Leigh is also good in about the 45 minutes she is in. I know I credit Black Christmas as the proto-slasher a lot but this is also defiantly the two proto-slashers that heavily influenced the genre. Although I would say that Psycho is not really a slasher,it just…

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  Frankenstein 1931

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 02 Oct 2016

  Horror movie #2
  I have already said too many great things about this film. It is truley a triumph of the screen and for everyone watching. Although there is barley a musical score, the way it is made is absolutely extraordinary. Five stars, two thumbs up. Up next, one of the greatest sequels, Bride of Frankenstein.

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