Tag Archives: Frankenstein

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2025

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Sam S-P

Making movies certainly never gets any easier. Arguably the industry has never faced as many challenges as it currently is just to survive. Rich people wanting to get richer no matter the cost, powerful people quashing freedom of expression and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged 2025 Film, 28 Years Later, Bring Her Back, Flow, Frankenstein, Girl with the Needle, I Swear, I’m Still Here, Last Swim, Marty Supreme, Nosferatu, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Sorry Baby, The Brutalist, The Last Showgirl, The Life of Chuck, The Phoenician Scheme, The Shrouds, The Ugly Stepsister, Train Dreams | Leave a comment

Sam’s 31 Days of Horror 2025

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Alone in the Dark, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Blood for Dracula, Carry On Screaming, Cemetery Man, Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde, Four Flies on Grey Velvet, Frankenhooker, Frankenstein, Fréwaka, Ginger Snaps: Unleashed, Gothic, Hellraiser: Bloodline, Horror, Housebound, Insidious: The Red Door, Kwaidan, Lumberjack the Monster, Stopmotion, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, Tales of Terror, The Blackening, The Devil-Doll, The Driller Killer, The First Purge, The Long Walk, The Nanny, The Toxic Avenger, The Witch’s Mirror, The Woman in Black, X: The Unknown | Leave a comment

Frankenstein (2025) Review

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Sam S-P

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Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Christoph Waltz, Frankenstein, Gothic Horror, Guillermo del Toro, Horror, Jacob Elordi, Mary Shelley, Mia Goth, Netflix, Oscar Isaac, Sci-fi | Leave a comment

Universal Monsters Movies Ranked

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Sam S-P

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Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine | Tagged Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Dracula, Dracula's Daughter, feature, Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Horror, House of Dracula, House of Frankenstein, Invisible Agent, Phantom of the Opera, ranked, Revenge of the Creature, sam sewell-peterson, She-Wolf of London, Son of Dracula, Son of Frankenstein, The Creature Walks Among Us, The Ghost of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Invisible Man Returns, The Invisible Man's Revenge, the invisible woman, The Mummy, The Mummy's Curse, The Mummy's Ghost, The Mummy's Hand, The Mummy's Tomb, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wolf Man, Werewolf of London | Leave a comment

Where to Start with Boris Karloff

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Sam S-P

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Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine | Tagged Boris Karloff, Frankenstein, Horror, James Whale, Peter Bogdanovic, Robert Wise, Targets, The Body Snatcher | Leave a comment

Where to Start with Universal Classic Monsters

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Sam S-P

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Posted in Film, Film Feature, The Film Magazine | Tagged Dracula, Frankenstein, House of Dracula, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man, Universal, Universal Horror, Universal Monsters | Leave a comment

Halloween Retrospective: Universal Frankenstein (As Played by Karloff)

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Sam S-P

I know quite a bit about Universal Horror. I wrote my Masters dissertation on it a few years back. This Halloween, I thought I’d look back at my favourite series within this cycle, FRANKENSTEIN. I know they made more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Bride of Frankenstein, Colin Clive, Frankenstein, Horror, Son of Frankenstein, Universal, Universal Horror, Young Frankenstein | 1 Comment

Review: A Monster Calls (2016)

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Sam S-P

I read A MONSTER CALLS over Christmas in preparation for this. What took me so long? Conor (Lewis MacDougall) doesn’t have the luxury of a happy childhood. Between his mother (Felicity Jones) losing her battle against cancer, his icy grandmother … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged A Monster Calls, Drama, Fantasy, Felicity Jones, Film, Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, JA Bayona, King Kong, Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson, Monster Movie, Movies, Pan's Labyrinth, Patrick Ness, Sigourney Weaver | 1 Comment

My Favourite…Comedy (RIP Gene Wilder)

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Sam S-P

My favourite comedy film by quite a way is YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. It’s just such a shame that I’m reviewing it with a heavy heart to mark the passing of Gene Wilder. His sad eyes, unbridled sense of mischief and perfect … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Feature, Film Review, Uncategorized | Tagged Comedy, Film, Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, Horror, James Whale, Kenneth Mars, Mary Feldman, Mary Shelley, Mel Brooks, Movies, Teri Garr, Universal, Universal Horror, Young Frankenstein | Leave a comment

Review: Victor Frankenstein (2015)

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Sam S-P

I know you shouldn’t pre-judge, but I was preparing to get angry at VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN. I do try and avoid preconceptions, but Frankenstein feels very personal to me after dedicating an awful lot of time and effort to my MA … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Andrew Scott, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Da Vinci, Daniel Radcliffe, Film, Frankenstein, Horror, James McAvoy, James Whale, Jessica Brown Findlay, Mary Shelley, Max Landis, Movies, Robert De Niro, Rory Kinnear, Son of Frankenstein, Spencer Wilding, Universal, Universal Horror, Victor Frankenstein | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Frankenstein

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2025

Sam’s 31 Days of Horror 2025

Frankenstein (2025) Review

Universal Monsters Movies Ranked

Where to Start with Boris Karloff

Where to Start with Universal Classic Monsters

Halloween Retrospective: Universal Frankenstein (As Played by Karloff)

Review: A Monster Calls (2016)

My Favourite…Comedy (RIP Gene Wilder)

Review: Victor Frankenstein (2015)

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