Man Made Monster (1941)
Nov 9, 2016Mad Scientist Creates Electrified Man
An overlooked latter day Universal monster movie with Lionel Atwill on wonderfully demented form as a mad scientist who turns Lon Chaney, Jr. into an electrified human dynamo
George Waggner
The Wolf Man (1941)
Feb 18, 2008Werewolf Film
Although it wasn't the first werewolf film, this is the one the created all the mythology of the werewolf film – full moons, silver bullets etc – while the wolfman went on to join the pantheon of Universal Famous Monsters.
The Climax (1944)
Aug 11, 2021Mad Doctor Fixates on an Opera Singer
Made to exploit leftover sets from the 1943 Phantom of the Opera, this is a magnificent colour production that has Boris Karloff as an obsessive surgeon who fixates on a beautiful young opera singer