Universal Monsters Cast: Recent Episodes
Wolfman Josh
We continue our coverage of the Universal Mummy sequels with The Mummy's Ghost + The Mummy's Curse, both from 1944. Also, Universal Monsters Cast Producer and Composer, Kagan Breitenbach, returns to the show to drop some serious knowledge about Universal's Mummy music. Special Guest: Dark Mark
We return to the classic Universal Monsters movies to continue our chronological exploration of their Mummy movies with The Mummy's Hand (1940) and The Mummy's Tomb (1942).
Updates on Universal's Dark Universe reboot of the classic Universal Monsters and our revisit of The Mummy (2017) at the time of the film's BluRay release.
We'll soon return to Universal Monsters' series of Mummy movies, but we take a brief detour here to cover Hammer Horror's The Mummy (1959), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), The Mummy's Shroud (1967), and Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971), as part of this season's chronological journey through Mummy movies in cinema history. Also, Universal Monsters Cast Producer and Composer, Kagan Breitenbach, is back on the podcast to discuss the music of Hammer'sMummy movies. Special guest: Red Cap Jack
Universal Horror classic The Mummy (1932) is the starting point for this season's chronological journey through Mummy movies in cinema history, particularly the Universal Monsters mummies.
Our review of the first film from Universal's new Dark Universe, The Mummy (2017) as well as some thoughts on the future of the Dark Universe and our beloved Universal Monsters.
Continuing our exploration of a shared cinematic Universal Monsters Universe with industry experts.
Continuing our exploration of prospects for a shared cinematic Universal Monsters Universe with horror fans, franchise fans and fans of the classic Universal Monsters movies.
What started as a bonus episode of Horror Movie Podcast became a trial run for Universal Monsters Cast (later, Gods & Monsters - A Universal Monsters Cast). Hear, Horror Movie Podcast hosts Wolfman Josh and Dr. Shock discuss listener feedback from the HMP “Essential Universal Monsters” poll, give their personal classic Universal Horror recommendations, and give their initial thoughts on the teaser trailer and first poster for The Mummy (2017), as well as the potential for the new shared cinematic universe.
Doc also brings his picks for the best monster movies of the 1930s that were notmade by Universal Pictures.
SHOW NOTES
I. Intro
—Where Jay at?
—Universal Monsters Cast
—Listener request from Dino-Machino
[00:04:18] II. Results of Horror Movie Podcast “Essential Universal Monsters” Poll:
(gleaned from 96 respondents and 819 votes)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Dracula (1931) -tie- The Wolf Man (1941)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- The Invisible Man (1933) -tie- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Mummy (1932) -tie- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
- Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943)
[00:35:31] III. Additional Listener Recommendations from “Other” Votes:
—The Black Cat (Ian, Dark Mark, The Dude, The Gray Man)
—The Raven (Ian, The Dude, The Gray Man)
—Revenge of the Creature (Gatz, Dark Mark)
—The Creature Walks Among Us (Gatz)
—The Incredible Shrinking Man (Gatz)
—The Monolith Monsters (Gatz)
—The Old Dark House (Sal, Jonathan, Dark Mark)
—The Invisible Ray (Dark Mark)
—Murders in Rue Morgue (Dark Mark)
[00:51:43] IV. Additional Recommendations from the HMP Hosts:
—The Black Cat (Dr. Shock)
—The Raven (Dr. Shock)
—[Spanish] Dracula (Wolfman Josh, Dr. Shock)
—The Mummy’s Hand (Wolfman Josh, Dr. Shock)
—Werewolf of London (Wolfman Josh)
—House of Frankenstein (Wolfman Josh)
—Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (Dr. Shock, Wolfman Josh)
—Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (Wolfman Josh)
[00:54:20] V. Dr. Shock’s 11 Essential Non-Universal Horror Movies of the 1930s(with links to Dave’s written reviews at DVDInfatuation.com)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931, Paramount), Doctor X (1932, Warner Bros), Freaks (1932, MGM), Island of Lost Souls (1932, Paramount), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932, MGM), White Zombie (1932, United Artists), King Kong (1933, RKO), Mystery of the Wax Museum(1933, Warner Bros), The Walking Dead(1936, Warner Bros), Mad Love (1935, MGM), The Devil-Doll (1936, MGM)
[01:06:13] VI. The Mummy (2017) trailer and the Universal Monsters Universe*
—Watch the trailer (here***)
[01:38:30] VII. Wrap-Up / Plugs / Ending
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:
Special thanks goes out to composer Kagan Breitenbach for creating the Universal Monsters Cast theme.
Wolfman Josh’s links:Follow Wolfman on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @IcarusArtsHorror Movie Podcast Official Instagram @HorrorMovieCast
Dr. Shock’s links:
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Dr. Shock also appears on another horror podcast: Land of the Creeps
You can read all of Dave’s “Universal Horror” reviews (HERE) at DVDinfatuation.com
You can hear us discuss some of these classics in our Frankenstein Versus (Ep 83) discussion, our Dracula Versus (Ep 85) discussion, Dr. Shock’s tributes to Bela Lugosi (Ep 33) and Lionel Atwill (Ep 49) , our Horror Comedy (Ep 87) discussion, our Horror for Kids (Ep 97) discussion, and all the way back to the very beginning with Dr. Shock’s Top 10 Horror Movies (on Ep 02) list.
Thanks to listener Dino for getting this ball rolling. You can follow Dino on Twitter: @dinoticinelli
For the holiday season, be sure to listen to Horror Movie Podcast's Black Friday – The Horrors of Consumerism (Ep 35), Christmas Horror 2013 (Ep 05) (Dead Snow, Devil’s Pass, Silent Night, Deadly Night, Black Christmas), Christmas Horror 2014 (Ep 37) (P2, Christmas Evil, Saint, Gremlins, Wind Chill, The Last Winter), Christmas Horror 2015 (Ep 78) (Krampus, A Christmas Horror Story, Rare Exports, Silent Night Bloody Night).