Karloff the Uncanny Goes For a Little Walk!

On December 22nd, 1932, Universal Studios premiered The Mummy starring Boris Karloff and a cast which included Zita Johann, David Manners, and Edward Van Sloan (also of Frankenstein). Directed by Karl Freund who not only made his directorial debut but had cut his teeth as cinematographer to the great Fritz Lang on the classic science-fiction movie Metropolis, the screenplay Read More …

William Henry Pratt – the Uncanny

Of all the Universal stars of the Golden Age of Horror in the 1920’s, 1930’s and early 1940’s, for me, the greatest was christened William Henry Pratt, the baby in a family of nine children born to Edward and Eliza Sarah Pratt in Camberwell, London, England on November 23rd, 1887. A bit of trivia about Read More …

Russell Crowe: ‘The Mummy’ Is ‘Designed to Seriously Scare the S— Out of You’

VARIETY: MAY 7, 2016 | 12:01PM PT Unlike Brendan Fraser’s trilogy, Universal’s “The Mummy” reboot is better categorized as a horror pic than an action-adventure, according to Russell Crowe. Crowe confirmed that he’s joined Tom Cruise in the remake. “I’m gonna do it,” Crowe said about the film at a press junket at the Beverly Hilton promoting Read More …