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The Old Dark House
A disparate handful of travelers take shelter from a storm in a creepy house with a creepy family. The plot, a collection of vignettes running the gamut of comical, spooky, and romantic, seems designed more to highlight the strengths of the cast and the set than to advance a cohesive narrative, but it works as both a celebration and satirization of creaky-old-house tropes. The ensemble cast is terrific, as is their staging on the expansive… See more →
The Wolf Man
Lon Chaney Jr, who embodies few of the characteristics of the traditional leading man, creates a character so apparently charismatic that his love interest is unfazed to learn he is an unapologetic peeping tom. But the real star of the show here is the cinematography, whose mist and moonlight cloak the misadventures of Chaney’s otherwise fairly silly werewolf in artful dread.
The Mummy
The initial appearance of Boris Karloff’s mummy is properly arresting, but most of what follows is a snooze.
NYC friends: I’m showing Hollywood horror classics The Mummy (1932) and The Wolf Man (1941) at Small City on Friday! smallcity.us/events/2016/10…