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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Flashback Review: The Mummy Returns

After the box office success of the 1999 remake of The Mummy, director Stephen Sommers, was given an opportunity to write and direct a follow up to the previous installment. It has been confirmed that The Mummy Trilogy along with The Scorpion King are now canon to the recent 2017 reboot. In response to the […]

The Mummy (2017) (Universal’s Flops Vol. 1 #2)

In response to the critical & box office success of the “Marvel Cinematic Universe,” (MCU for short) major Hollywood studios are attempting to replicate the success of the Marvel movies. The following studios including Warner Bros. Pictures began to plant their own featuring characters from D.C. Comics along with another separate one called “MonsterVerse” depicting […]

Flashback Review: The Mummy (1999)

During the 1990’s horror films we’re slowly dying out, but it didn’t stop remakes like Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolf. The three of them manage to make enough money, however they received mixed reviews from critics. In 1996, filmmaker Wes Craven released a slasher film called, Scream. It became a critical and box office success. The […]