Love can make a guy do funny things. Mass murder, torture, abduction... but he's just misunderstood? Maybe? Well, let's talk about it! Grab your backstage pass for the 100th anniversary of the film that launched the Universal Monsters with Lon Chaney playing one sympathetic wacko. Plus, discussions on The Phantom musical, silent movies, and more. … Continue reading The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Movie Review with Paul McGuire Grimes | Podcast
Category: Universal Monsters
Jaws 2 (1978) Movie Review | Podcast
Wait, there's another shark? You better believe it! Because the town won't... again... So it's up to Chief Brody to shoot guns, fry fish, and save the day! Climb aboard our lil' sailboat as we discuss the troubled production - fired directors, actors' egos, rough seas - and ask, is this a poor Jaws sequel OR … Continue reading Jaws 2 (1978) Movie Review | Podcast
Dracula’s Daughter (1936) Movie Review | Podcast
https://media.rss.com/camp-kaiju-monster-movie-podcast/feed.xml Drac's dead but his daughter very much wants to live. She seeks a cure for her bloodlust but thanks to the terrible men in her life, realizes happiness might lie in embracing her true vampiric nature. If you're thinking this sounds like a metaphor for sexual identity, you are correct. This Universal Monster movie … Continue reading Dracula’s Daughter (1936) Movie Review | Podcast
The Very Witching Time of Night by Gregory William Mank | Book Review
Front cover, featuring the movie poster for Cat People (1942) Gregory William Mank is a prolific Hollywood horror historian, writing numerous books on the subject. The Very Witching Time of Night: Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema, published 2014, chronicles an variety of topics from the Golden Age of Hollywood horror (1930s-1940s). As Mank states … Continue reading The Very Witching Time of Night by Gregory William Mank | Book Review
Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond by David J. Skal | Book Review
David J. Skal should be a writer on every monster kid's bookshelf. He has literally "written the book" on many topics related to horror and monster movies. As will be discussed next month, his The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror, published in 1993, remains a seminal text on the U.S. cultural fascination with … Continue reading Fright Favorites: 31 Movies to Haunt Your Halloween and Beyond by David J. Skal | Book Review
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal | Book Review
Horror movie writer, David J. Skal, put himself on the map with The Monster Show. Published in 1993, it followed his first book, Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Screen in 1990. With his second book, Skal ups the ante and explores not just Universal's Dracula (1931), but America's fascination with … Continue reading The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror by David J. Skal | Book Review
Dracula’s Daughter (1936) Movie Review
Gloria Holden is poised, assured, and fabulous in the title role. She never overacts and challenges her co-stars to rise to the level she has set. The story too, is compelling, and unique for a 1930s horror film; it presents much more as a psychological drama than an out-and-out vampire flick. This both works in … Continue reading Dracula’s Daughter (1936) Movie Review
Interview Special: Universal Studios & Halloween Horror Nights
Jaws, Frankenstein, King Kong, Jurassic Park, and more - Universal is the home for monster movies and the theme parks are where they come to life. We chat with Universal insiders about the Orlando park and Halloween Horror Nights, the "World's Premier Halloween Event". It's a behind the scenes treat for all Universal monster lovers, … Continue reading Interview Special: Universal Studios & Halloween Horror Nights
The Mummy (1999) Movie Review | Podcast
Celebrating 25 years of juicy one-liners and flesh-eating scarabs! This Universal monster movie looms over the studio's legacy, larger than a sandstorm with a face. Max and Naomi return to discuss this desiccated bad boy, and we play some trivia while we're at it! Then, enjoy Peter Lorre's review of another Universal horror epic, The Man … Continue reading The Mummy (1999) Movie Review | Podcast
It Came from Outer Space (1953) Movie Review
Over the next several months, Camp Kaiju will highlight the science fiction films of director Jack Arnold, whose filmography of the 1950s helped define the genre for the silver screen. Films like Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) continue to loom large over pop culture's imagination; indeed, those films … Continue reading It Came from Outer Space (1953) Movie Review
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