Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School officially aired in 1988. Followed by Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf. The former animated TV movie centers on the titular character, Shaggy and my all-time favorite cartoon character, Scrappy (don’t judge me) are hired as gym teachers at an all-girls school. The students there are the daughters of Dracula, […]

Classics Review: Nosferatu

“Nosferatu” was officially released in 1922. It received massive praise as a cornerstone to vampire films. To this day, the film’s often brought up in film schools. Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse, The Northman) will direct a remake of Nosferatu with Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlock. Lily-Rose Depp, (Johnny Depp’s daughter) Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Nicolas […]

Renfield

After the 2017 reboot of “The Mummy” starring Tom Cruise flopped both critically and financially, Universal Pictures discarded the “Dark Universe.” A failed attempt to make their own cinematic universe in order to compete with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU for short) in favor of working on individual films without shoehorning multiple characters. Their first […]

Frankenweenie

In 1984, Tim Burton directed a live-action short film titled, “Frankenweenie.” A lighthearted tribute to “Frankenstein,” it’s about a boy named Victor Frankenstein who brings his dead dog Sparky back to life. Unfortunately, Disney fired Tim for wasting resources and thought Frankenweenie is too dark and scary for kids. Afterwards, Paul Reubens viewed the short […]

Flashback Review: Van Helsing (2004)

Hello fellow movie goers from around the globe. It’s Halloween Month. Meaning, I’ll be looking over horror movies during October. Today’s Flashback Review is a crossover with iconic classic “Universal Monsters” including Dracula, The Wolfman, Frankenstein & Jekyll/Hyde as they cross paths with Dracula’s nemesis “Van Helsing.” Thanks to the success of Stephen Sommer’s remake […]

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

In 2012, animator Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack) animated and directed Hotel Transylvania starring Adam Sandler as Dracula, who owns and operates a hotel for monsters featuring notable iconic monsters such as Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Mummy & The Invisible Man as his guests who are also his close friends. It came out worldwide […]