Category Archives: Monsters and Matinees

Monsters and Matinees: Meeting The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

Meeting The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre Louise Mandore was just a child when she wandered off during a family funeral and accidentally locked herself in a burial chamber. The experience left her haunted by nightmares and with a lifelong … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: 1924 in Horror – ‘Hand’ it to Conrad Veidt

1924 in Horror – ‘Hand’ it to Conrad Veidt As someone always looking to find new classic horror films to watch, I like to take time early in the year to look back at what our favorite genre was like … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: Film Masters has a Clear Vision for Restoring the Classics

Film Masters has a Clear Vision for Restoring the Classics Classic film fans know what it’s like to sit through a movie that’s all scratched up or crackles and pops; that’s too hard to see and too difficult to hear. … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: It’s only a Horror Movie – unless it’s True

It’s only a Horror Movie – unless it’s True Horror films can sometimes be too much even for the most fervent fan. Maybe it’s a scene so gross that you close your eyes. Or the minute you realize there’s a … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: Revisiting the shades of fear in ‘The Leopard Man’

Revisiting the shades of fear in ‘The Leopard Man’ We’ve all been there. There’s a noise behind us. A rustling of bushes. Or a movement in a dark street corner. Is someone there? We casually walk a little faster while … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: A Killer Gaze: Richard Burton and his ‘Medusa Touch’

A Killer Gaze: Richard Burton and his ‘Medusa Touch’ A severely beaten man who has survived a heinous assault is unconscious in a London hospital. His head and face are wrapped in bandages with only his eyes (a key thing) … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: The Classic Connection of Warner Bros., Big Bugs and Hammer Horror

The Classic Connection of Warner Bros., Big Bugs and Hammer Horror Gangster films, innovative musicals, hard-boiled detective movies and female-centered dramas. Porky Pig, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny and Batman, too. That’s quite a distinct and diverse group of genres and … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: A trio of films bring to life Richard Matheson’s ‘I Am Legend’

A trio of films bring to life Richard Matheson’s ‘I Am Legend’ The idea of the last man or woman on earth spurs my imagination. How will it happen? When will it happen? Why will it happen? “Germs. Bacteria. Viruses. … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: Celebrating Ricou Browning

Celebrating Ricou Browning “The Gill-Man is coming!” That was me, giddy as a teen, just three years ago when it was announced that Ricou Browning would be appearing in my hometown of Buffalo, N.Y. The idea of being in the … Continue reading

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Monsters and Matinees: Like big-bug films? Try these she-bug B-movies

Classic horror fans are forever grateful to the 1950s, a decade that birthed one of the greatest of all film genres: the big-bug movie. Multitudes of giant ants, spiders, grasshoppers, shrews and scorpions all treated moviegoers to oversized terrors. Toward … Continue reading

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