Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has announced the 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and digital release of the Universal Classic Monsters Icons of Horror Collection. The box set includes Dracula, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and The Wolf Man, and hits shelves on October 5th; cehck out the cover artwork and details below… From the era of silent […]
Universal to showcase Universal Classic Monsters movies for free on YouTube
For fans of the classic Universal Horror Monsters, you’ll be getting a treat in the new few weeks. In a partnership with Universal, the YouTube account Fear: The Home of Horror will be hosting some of the brand’s most iconic films of all time in a special week-long event this month. For older fans, this […]
Doug Jones blames the failed Dark Universe for cancelling Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro, known for tackling amazing monsters in films like Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth, and the Best Picture-winning The Shape of Water, was going to helm a re-telling of cinema’s most famous monster. A few years back, right around the time of 2017’s The Mummy, it was announced del Toro would tackle a Frankenstein film, […]
Universal Monsters get LEGO BrickHeadz makeovers
Just in time for Halloween, LEGO has unveiled a new series of LEGO BrickHeadz featuring the iconic Universal Monsters, the first of which – Frankenstein (40422) – is available to buy now at Shop@Home and in store for $9.99/£9.99; check it out here… LEGO® BrickHeadz Frankenstein (40422) is a fun recreation of the famous fictional […]
The Invisible Man producer Jason Blum says he would love to do a Frankenstein reboot
Following on from the critical and financial success of Leigh Whannell’s reimagining of The Invisible Man, producer Jason Blum has recently stated that he would love to work on a reboot of Frankenstein’s Monster. In a recent interview with The Evolution of Horror podcast (via ComicBook), Blum teased he would “love to do Frankenstein” but there […]
Comic Book Preview – Mike Mignola’s Frankenstein Undone #1
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola returns to the world of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein this week as Dark Horse Comics launches the new series Frankenstein Undone, a prequel to Mignola’s Frankenstein Underground, and you can check out a preview of the first issue here… SEE ALSO: Comic Book Review – Hellboy Winter Special Frankenstein’s creator lies dead […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 24 – Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, 1994. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce and John Cleese. SYNOPSIS: Sailors embarking upon a voyage to the North Pole rescue a man travelling through the barren wastelands by himself. The man is Victor Frankenstein who begins to tell the tale of his […]
October Horrors 2019 Day 1 – Frankenstein (1931)
Frankenstein, 1931. Directed by James Whale. Starring Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Edward Van Sloan, Fredrick Kerr and Boris Karloff. SYNOPSIS: Eager to solve the mysteries of life and death, Dr Henry Frankenstein embarks upon a controversial experiment in which he will implant a human brain into a freshly constructed body and use electricity […]
Horror anthology Tales of Frankenstein gets a poster and trailer
Writer-director Donald F. Glut’s horror anthology Tales of Frankenstein is released this coming Friday, marking the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein. Check out the poster, trailer and synopsis here… Tales of Frankenstein features four tales of terror in “My Creation, My Beloved,” (a deformed descendant of Victor Frankenstein creates the perfect man and […]
Universal announces Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection
Here’s something rather exciting for fans of Universal’s original Classic Monsters universe, as the studio has announced the upcoming release of the Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection on Blu-ray! The set will feature all of Universal’s Monster films from 1931 through to 1956 as well as a 48-page collectible book and a number of […]
