The Wolf Man: Universal Pictures’ Alpha Dog
Each studio had their niche in the early days of Hollywood. For Universal Pictures, it was horror. Over a span of two decades, they banged out one horror icon after another- Frankenstein, Dracula,...
View ArticleMovie Parties I Wish I Had Attended
As Fatty Arbuckle could tell you, nobody knows how to party quite like film stars. And there’s been one example after another in the entirety of film history. Which movie parties would have been the...
View ArticleRuining Movie Posters with Comic Sans
Comic Sans is a font with an interesting place in the graphic design kingdom. Most designers hate it. Hell, most people hate it in general. And that’s because it’s a bad font. If you really want to...
View ArticleThe Universal Backlot: Horror’s Petri Dish
Homer: Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute… Lisa honey, are you saying you are never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon? Lisa: No! Homer: Ham? Lisa: No! Homer: Pork Chops!? Lisa:...
View ArticleEat My Ten Favorite Shorts from the Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror
One of my favorite parts of each October is the Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror episode. Major League Baseball wreaks havoc with it, forcing it to air on a different date each year, but it’s never been...
View ArticleEight Things That Made Me a Lifelong Fan of Horror Movies
Yeah, it’s not Halloween. And the fact that it’s May and I’m writing an article that’s perfect for Halloween sort of proves the headline true- that I’m a horror fan for life. Let’s sit down in Dr....
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