When Did You Last Watch A Classic Universal Monster Movie?

[Memphremagog]

Secret Of the Blue Room(1933)..this afternoon.

[Mord]

 House of Horrors (1946) -
Loves me some Rondo!

[geezer butler]

The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)
The Land Unknown (1957)

[LugosiFan25]

Haven't in a looooonnnng time.

Need to fix that tonight. Been feeling like a monster rally for a few weeks now...

[geezer butler]

It Came From Outer Space (1953)
Tarantula! (1955)

[marsattacks666]

The Black Cat-1934

[Memphremagog]

Invisible Agent(1942)..this afternoon

[Mord]

 The Mole People (1956) -
More worthwhile than credited. Very enjoyable.

[LugosiFan25]

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) the other night. NEVER get tired of it.

[Mord]

 Man-Made Monster (1941) -
There's always something endearing about big, lumbering Lon Jr.

[Memphremagog]

Hold That Ghost!(1941)..this afternoon

[marsattacks666]

The Black Cat -1934( Never get bored of this film)

[Mord]

The Black Cat -1934( Never get bored of this film)

I'll go one further, it's my favorite Universal Monster film outside of "Bride of Frankenstein". There's so much happening in under 66 minutes. That creepy, modernistic castle is fantastic. Can you imagine how bloody this film would be if made today? Karloff and Lugosi at their very best.

[Memphremagog]

I'll go one further, it's my favorite Universal Monster film outside of "Bride of Frankenstein". There's so much happening in under 66 minutes. That creepy, modernistic castle is fantastic. Can you imagine how bloody this film would be if made today? Karloff and Lugosi at their very best.

If you have the blu-ray, the commentary and documentary on the making of the film tells us that the film as presented in the original script would not have passed the decency code of the time. It had scenes featuring both Karloff and Lugosi lusting afer the heroine in their own ways. Karloff was to have raped her during the Black Mass after which the she would be sacrificed and Lugosi basically forces himself on her to defile her before Karloff. Add to this a few scenes that featured necrophilia and incest and this would have been quite the horror indeed. As it was, the film was panned by critics for it's macabre overtones as well as dark themes. "Uncle Carl" Lemmele was away overseas at the time on a business trip so what was eventually released got by. He was pretty much against the filming of the picture even with the script changed. Basically, it was snuck by him while wasnt around to veto it. Director Edgar Ullmer went for broke as he had an affair with the wife of a relative of Lemmele and it was common knowledge that he was about to be blacklisted as a result of it.

[Mord]

 Oh, now I MUST own that bluray. I have both DVD versions, but am definitely willing to triple-dip for this one. It sounds like the background story would make a great film on its own. Thanks so much for the heads up.