Halliwell Hobbes Archives

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Rating: ★★★★

Jul 18, 2001Evil Personality Within Unleashed

The definitive version of the Jekyll/Hyde story in this author’s opinion, winning a Best Actor Oscar for Fredric March. Rouben Mamoulian uses some unique directorial effects and laces the show with a strong undercurrent of repressed sexuality

Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Actors: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, …

Category: Horror

18 July 200114 May 2020 by Roog

Dracula’s Daughter (1936)

Rating: ★★★

Jun 2, 2005Universal Dracula Sequel

The first of the sequels to Universal’s Dracula this time without Bela Lugosi. A much better film in every way. creating a fine sense of atmosphere. Arguably the first lesbian vampire film.

Director: Lambert Hillyer

Actors: Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, …

Category: Horror

2 June 200514 October 2025 by Roog

Here Comes Mr Jordan (1941)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 3, 2000Afterlife Mixup

One of the original Hollywood afterlife films of the 1940s light fantasy boom, twice remade, most notedly as Warren Beatty’s Heaven Can Wait. Amiable and likeable while avoiding any deeper issues

Director: Alexander Hall

Actors: Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, James Gleason, …

Category: Fantasy

3 February 200014 March 2026 by Roog

The Undying Monster (1942)

Rating: ★★

Mar 24, 2022Werewolf Film

One of the first few werewolf films ever made, this takes place at a big old mansion and is a murder mystery whodunnit about who might be the werewolf

Director: John Brahm

Actors: James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard, Bramwell Fletcher, …

Category: Horror

24 March 20228 July 2025 by Roog

The Invisible Man’s Revenge (1944)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 26, 2000Universal Invisible Man Sequel

The fourth and last of Universal's Invisible Man sequels (aside from their outing with Abbott and Costello). Like the preceding ones, this is likeably good humoured and with decent effects for the era

Director: Ford Beebe

Actors: Jon Hall, John Carradine, Lester Matthews, Evelyn Ankers, …

Category: Science Fiction

26 August 20009 May 2026 by Roog