Karloff in Maniacal Mayhem – Blu-Ray Review

Maniacal Mayhem is a set of Boris Karloff films from the vault of Universal Pictures, with three features made between 1936 and 1951. It certainly isn’t a collection of his best work, but The Invisible Ray finds Karloff together with Bela Lugosi, as does Black Friday. The third film is The Strange Door. The Invisible … Continue reading Karloff in Maniacal Mayhem – Blu-Ray Review

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) – Blu-Ray Review

Lon Chaney’s 1923 The Hunchback of Notre Dame is considered one of the two “classic” versions, along with Charles Loughton’s 1939 film. Based on the 1831 Victor Hugo novel, which may or may not be based on the figure of a real hunchback who worked at the famous cathedral, The Hunchback of Notre Dame was … Continue reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) – Blu-Ray Review