The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on October 6, 2014

Horror movies can be scary in many different ways.  Some are full of gruesome deaths.  Others take us into a paranormal scenario our minds can’t completely comprehend or believe.  Still, others are just plain creepy and make our skin crawl in wonderfully horrible ways.  The pre-code era’s Whit   read more

Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on April 28, 2014

I’m thrilled to spotlight the first submission by a new contributor to Once Upon a Screen, Rob Medaska.  Rob’s posts will be featured in “Medaska’s Mess” and will include reviews and commentaries on his varied classic passions.  So, without further ado…I bid him a   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on January 13, 2013

"Vot are you looking at?" Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Joseph Cawthorn (1868-1949) was certainly one of them. To get an idea of the wide range of roles he played, just look at the character names: Dourfuss, Kleber, Selzer, Schlemmer, Krausemeyer, Schmidt, Kruger,   read more

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Posted by David on January 13, 2013

"Vot are you looking at?" Of all the actors and actresses who appeared in 1930s movies, Joseph Cawthorn (1868-1949) was certainly one of them. To get an idea of the wide range of roles he played, just look at the character names: Dourfuss, Kleber, Selzer, Schlemmer, Krausemeyer, Schmidt, Kruger,   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on January 8, 2013

White Zombie receives the distinction of being the first zombie movie ever made. It does introduce zombies differently from what we know today, but the entire film is an effective example of atmospheric horror. Bela Lugosi plays a more murderous character, conveniently named Murder Legendre, than he   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on October 27, 2012

White Zombie (1932) Zombies certainly are all the rage these days. Made a weekly activity by “The Walking Dead” and further celebrated through marathon/obstacle course events involving zombie attackers, even I sometimes think ahead to the zombie apocalypse. But before zombies were flesh   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on October 4, 2012

Some years ago I attended an academic panel on zombie films that made White Zombie (1932) sound like one of the most fascinating examples of the genre ever to be released, and I duly put the film on my "must-see" list. Sadly, the analysis offered by the panel was better...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on October 4, 2012

Some years ago I attended an academic panel on zombie films that made White Zombie (1932) sound like one of the most fascinating examples of the genre ever to be released, and I duly put the film on my "must-see" list. Sadly, the analysis offered by the panel was better...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on October 4, 2012

Some years ago I attended an academic panel on zombie films that made White Zombie (1932) sound like one of the most fascinating examples of the genre ever to be released, and I duly put the film on my "must-see" list. Sadly, the analysis offered by the panel was better...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on November 3, 2010

For a while, I almost thought White Zombie was going to feature a good Bela Lugosi performance. It does not. However, it does feature one of the best Bela Lugosi performances I’ve ever seen. He plays a zombie master who controls his helpless zombies (who mostly do manual labor for...   read more