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Wow, two weeks to Halloween! (Minus) Three weeks until T-Fest. About a month until Thanksgiving. Then Christmas, New Year’s….yeesh. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3698 (May 1, 2025) Monster of the Day… Read Article →

Yay, Friday! Holy Cow, T-Fest is approaching fast. November 6th, to be exact. Need details? Email me at ken@jabootu.com. Studios like to pretend they were all about prestige, and here’s another horror… Read Article →

This doesn’t really sell the film’s horror elements very well, but European proto-furries presumably swarmed theaters. Related PostsMonster of the Day #3690 (Apr 15, 2025) Monster of the Day #3689 (Apr 14,… Read Article →

There are a few prominent non-Universal horror films of the 1930s. However, the other studios, while envious of all the greenbacks Universal was taking in, were quite sniffy about producing something as… Read Article →

The Monster was doing The Mash a lot earlier then we knew. Dracula was so successful that Frankenstein was rushed into production, hitting theaters that same year. (Those were the days.) In… Read Article →

Well, we’ve hit most of the silent heavy hitters that one might watch for the Halloween season. Now we move on to the Universals. The first, of course, was Dracula. However, don’t… Read Article →

I’m sure this is an Alamo Drafthouse poster, but man, that’s sweet. Vampyr is great if you appreciate mood and atmosphere, a real classic in that regard. Related PostsMonster of the Day… Read Article →

Another film that’s only marginally horror but still a good Halloween pick is 1926’s Faust. Obviously it’s more of a morality tale than a horror film, but the imagery of the Devil… Read Article →