Karloff At Columbia, Part 1｜"The Man They Could Not Hang" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 10/11/2021)
This 1939 programmer from Columbia Pictures starring Boris Karloff fuses sci-fi and old dark house revenge story. Though commendable as a tight pulp s...
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Van Helsing as Nadir of the Gothic Action-Fantasy Cycle
Upcoming bonus episode on Van Helsing (2004) went a little long, so I decided to extract 20 minutes and put it up for free.Become a patron to listen t...
Déjà Boo｜"House of Dracula" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 09/18/2021)
The on-going saga of "Schmuck Dracula" continues with this less sophisticated retread of House of Frankenstein. Dad and I discuss this lowly send-off ...
Vampire Blues｜"Son of Dracula" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 09/04/2021)
Who's idea was it to cast Lon Chaney, Jr. as Dracula, anyway? Dad and I tackle the late-coming indeed, third installment of Universal's Dracula franch...
A New Brain, or Lack Thereof｜"The Ghost of Frankenstein" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 08/21/2021)
The Ghost of Frankenstein has picked up a few more supporters over the years, but I am not one of them. Hear me grouse about the fourth entry in the U...
Sibling Rivalry｜"Son of Frankenstein" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 08/07/2021)
We finally return to the Universal House of Horrors! In this episode, we explore Rowland V. Lee's 1939 masterpiece Son of Frankenstein, the studio's f...
Big Bugs, Part 3｜"The Black Scorpion" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 07/17/2021)
Our third week of big bug movies takes us south of the border for another Warner Bros. joint. From 1957, it's The Black Scorpion, a pretty crappy movi...
UNLOCKED｜Two Lost Worlds｜"The Beast of Hollow Mountain" & "The Valley of Gwangi" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 02/14/2020)
Unlocking because this week's episode on The Black Scorpion overlaps as an American sci-fi movie shot in Mexico.It's cowboys vs. dinosaurs! We weigh t...
Big Bugs, Part 1｜"Them!" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 07/03/2021)
We're back, baby, and kickin' things off with a month of Big Bug movies, starting with the forefather of 'em all: Them!. This Warner Bros. feature ble...
In Memoriam｜Monte Hellman｜"Back Door to Hell" (Monster Craze Memoirs - 05/09/2021)
Our In Memoriam to Monte Hellman soldiers on with his second feature, which also happens to mark this podcast's first foray into B-cinema outside of t...