For every Monopoly, there’s a Shark Attack — a board game that is just too goofy, childish and ultimately pointless to last more than a few years. The commercial is from 1991 and it is the only Shark Attack commercial I remember but after doing a bit a...

So I finally get to write this. Believe it or not, what became The History of the Universal Monsters was originally meant to be just a list of my favorite Universal Monster movies. Notice I said Universal Monster and not Universal Horror. Though I’ve...

And what a beautiful Halloween day it is here in Lansing, Michigan — mid-40s, windy as heck and rainy! Actually, the rain has backed off, but it’s still pretty dreary outside, should be good weather for trick-or-treating tonight. My plans are a bit...

Ah, now we’re moving onto the more famous (and infamous) of the NES’ ghoulish output… Castlevania (1986)/Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (1988)/Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (1989) The original Castlevania was one of my first games for the system, so...

Black Friday (1940) is yet another Universal movie starring Karloff & Lugosi (Maybe I should’ve just called this “Boris & Bela Month”). Much like The Invisible Ray, it’s not a horror tale as much as it is science fiction. Actually, at the core it is...