Frankenstein (1931)
This is the definitive adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel – the one you’ve seen clips of, and the one a million later Frankenstein’s monsters have been modelled on. Created […]
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The Island of Dr Moreau
A young sailor, Braddock (Michael York), is adrift at sea looking for signs of life. Unfortunately for him he finds them in the form of an island populated by a […]
The Scream Quadrilogy
Having attended an all-night marathon of the Scream quadrilogy at Leicester Square’s wonderful Prince Charles Cinema, please indulge me as I deliriously gush about three great slasher movies and Scream […]
Jersey Boys
The Tony-award winning musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons gets the cinematic treatment, in Clint Eastwood’s new mob movie with songs. Let’s call it The Sopranos. Jersey Boys awkwardly straddles this […]
The Mummy (1959)
An British archaeologist (Peter Cushing) is exploring an Egyptian tomb in the late 19th Century. He is warned by a local fez wearer that bad things will happen to the […]
The People Under The Stairs
1991 was a good year. And not just because both of us here at Screen Goblin were born. Cinematically, it gave us The Silence of the Lambs, Terminator 2 and The People Under […]
Journo-lists
Using the fact that The Fifth Estate is still in cinemas as a flimsy pretext, here are some top 5 lists of journalists in film and television. Even though Julian […]
Child’s Play (1988)
If you’re looking for the Sidney Lumet film about an outbreak of violence in a strict Catholic school, see yesterday. This is the story of a doll which becomes possessed […]
The Wolf Man and Other Tails
At one point during the screening of 1941’s The Wolf Man, the guy in front of me dropped some popcorn on the floor, scooped it up and ate it. It’s as […]
On iPlayer: The Quatermass Xperiment
In The Quatermass Xperiment, three astronauts are sent into space but when the rocket crash lands in England, only one returns. The man who launched the rocket, Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), […]
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