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The Monster (1925) was a Comedy - Horror Film directed by Roland West and produced by W.L. Heywood.

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The Fall 2025 CMBA Blogathon: Letty Lynton and the Monster

By shadowsandsatin on Nov 10, 2025 From Shadows and Satin

When I think of horror movies, the type of film that comes to mind generally involves vampires or zombies, or man-made monsters, a la Frankenstein and his bride. In other words, the type of movie from which I steer firmly clear. But the description for this year?s Classic Movie Blog Association Fall... Read full article


Employees' Entrance: The Monsters We Make

By FlickChick on Nov 9, 2025 From A Person in the Dark

This is my entry in The Classic Movie Blog Association Early Shadows and Pre-Code Horror Blogathon. Click HERE for more monstrous fun.This store is an HR nightmareFilm and literature have given us non-human monsters who sometimes serve to instruct us about or illuminate our own inhumanity. Some are ... Read full article


THE MONSTER OF LONDON CITY On Blu-ray From Eureka

By Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 30, 2025 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

We return to Eureka's TERROR IN THE FOG Blu-ray set, this time to cover THE MONSTER OF LONDON CITY, a 1964 German Krimi that is heavily influenced by the legend of Jack the Ripper. In modern London, a number of prostitutes are being savagely murdered within the same vicinity that a successful play a... Read full article


Musical Monday: The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)

on Oct 28, 2024 From Comet Over Hollywood

It?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: The Beach Girls and the Mons... Read full article


BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER

By Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 7, 2022 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Last night I watched the 2021 documentary BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER on the Tubi streaming channel. The film was directed and co-written by Thomas Hamilton. It's a fine program, giving a fairly complete retrospective on Boris Karloff's acting career. What makes it a cut above is the a... Read full article


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Quotes from

Dr. Ziska: Rigo, a patient - I keep him in a trance. Sometimes he gets out - does terrible things.
Dr. Ziska: A strange case - but I deal in strange cases!
Dr. Ziska: I have only one guest chamber - but no doubt we can make the gentlemen comfortable.
Dr. Ziska: Caliban - see that the guests have the USUAL attention!
Dr. Ziska: My servant - don't allow him to frighten you - the poor creature is dumb!


Betty Watson: How can I ever be worthy of a wonderful man like you?
Johnny Goodlittle, the under clerk: Use your ingenuity.


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The original play opened in New York on 9 August 1922 and had 101 performances. Walter James originated his movie role as Calaban in the play. In the 1933 revival, DeWolf Hopper Sr. played Dr. Ziska.
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