Best Classic Animated Christmas Movies For Children

I’m not sure which I loved more as a kid – presents, or Christmas specials. Ok, maybe that’s not a great comparison; I probably liked the gifts a bit more. But now that I’m in my 30’s, I prefer...

The Mummy 75th Anniversary

The Mummy, a 1932 Universal Studios classic, turns 75 years old this year. It stars Boris Karloff after Frankenstein and Zita Johann. Indeed a well-crafted classic of the horror movie genre, "The Mummy" is...

Imhotep The Man Behind The Mummy Movies

The Mummy has been immortalized in film starting with Boris Karloff's mummy in 1932 and more recently with the Brendan Fraser action films, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon...

Greatest Creatures of Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy...Part 10

This is the 10th in a series of sci-fi/horror/fantasy hubs. And this is one of my favorites. What other cinema monster better sums up movie monsters (Or literary monsters, for that matter) or the horror film...

Sink Your Teeth Into...

            Over the centuries their have been a handful of topics that have fueled the fire for popular opinion and personal preferences alike. Among the most recent are, of course, the battle...

Greatest Creatures of Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy...Part 4

The fourth in my series of fictional monster musings is devoted to that bandaged bad guy from the tombs of Egypt...The Mummy, in all his incarnations. Egyptians used to mummify their exalted dead royalty....

Monsters Monsters and More Monsters

Now that fall is here everyone is thinking about Halloween and monsters knocking on the door begging candy. I thought it would be fun to do a hub on my favorite monster movies. There are some distinct...

Spooky Halloween Party Music

One of my most favorite types of genera music is Halloween music. This music category is loose. Some songs are intentionally recorded to sound scarey. Some are for movies, plays or TV soundtracks and are not...

Movie Review - The Mummy (1999)

The joys of re-watching my favorite movies. The Mummy is in my classic collection. Meaning it’s one of those movies that I can watch any time that will take me away from where I am (which sometimes sucks)....

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