Jack Salazar, the Jaded Skeptic is a...

Dracula , when I was a kid still had a certain sway. Yes it was old, and a new era of slasher killers was coming into prominence, but those ...

While their is a set of classic horror films people know, many others from the period fall in the cracks. Some found no audience, some were ...

There has been a quite a gap in my coverage of Dracula in films, and Universal Movie monsters. So much so that I had not realized that the l...

While many people and studios have had there impact on cinematic horror, Universal Studios has a long pedigree. The 1930's began a ...

Passing out of 2008 , we now reach the 20th anniversary of these Simpsons' Halloween Specials. We pan up to a castle overlooking the c...

"Hey! ...You aren't sleeping are you? I'm bored. Wanna talk?" With a finish to the extended cursory overview trek int...

Stoker's Dracula novel had it's day in the light , but it did not cement Stoker's place among writer's of his day. People...

Having enjoyed some folklore, having taken in some other literature, it's time for the main act. It's time to get to the book most...

From folklore and rumor , we go to the tale on the page. Let's get into the literature that led into and inspired  Dracula . After all...

In the dark, down through the ages, we have been stalked. From the shadows we can feel it, but never can we escape it. Our dreaded myths and...

From Screen Gem catalog. Following my look at Universal Monsters in general, I wanted to consider how these characters emerged. Sure, t...

UNIVERSAL MONSTERS Those words conjure potent images. Going back a century the horror films coming out of Universal have set benchma...