Creature Double Feature: Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein

It's almost Halloween! This October, PeacockTV.com has made a number of classic Universal horror movies available to watch, for free, online.  Today's double feature: The Bride of Frankenstein  Son of Frankenstein   The 1935 sequel, Bride of Frankenstein (thought by some to be superior to the original Frankenstein movie and achieving a 98% rating on...

Creature Double Feature: Werewolf of London and Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman

As a special treat, Peacock.com is making a selection of classic Universal horror movies free to view online in the Halloween month of October. I thought I would feature two a week, just as I used to watch them at the Biograph Theater in Richmond, VA back in the day. Our double feature tonight includes...

Creature Double Feature: The Mummy and The Old Dark House

As a special treat, Peacock.com is making a selection of classic Universal horror movies free to view online in October. I thought I would feature two classic horror films a week, just as I used to watch them in second-run movie theaters as a young girl. Our double feature tonight includes two eerie Boris Karloff...

Creature Double Feature: Dracula and Dracula’s Daughter

For the Halloween month of October, PeacockTV.com is making a number of classic Universal horror movies free to watch online. I am showcasing a "double-feature" of films each week. This week, I have selected Dracula (1931) and Dracula's Daughter (1936).  I thought it would be interesting for you to see them back to back as...

Creature Double Feature: The Invisible Man and The Invisible Man Returns

As a special treat, Peacock.com is making a selection of classic Universal horror movies free to view online in October. I thought I would feature two classic horror films a week, just as I used to watch them in second-run movie theaters as a young girl. Our double feature tonight includes two Invisible Man movies....

Happy Halloween! Let’s watch Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Let's celebrate Halloween and wrap up 2020's Horror Movie week of 1930s and 1940s films with a mildly spooky, classic comedy. It takes place on Halloween so I thought this was the perfect choice for today. Like many movies of its time, Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) was a popular Broadway play before it was...

It’s Horror Movie Week! Let’s Watch The Mummy (1932)

When I was a little girl, my mom worked late on most Saturday nights at her second job. I would wait up for her to come home while watching "Shock Theater" on Channel 8 in Richmond, Virginia. This was a late-night horror movie program featuring the host, Bowman Body, a vampire-like comedian. They often showed...

It’s Horror Movie Week! Let’s watch Dracula’s Daughter (1935)

How often is a female the protagonist of a horror movie? I can tell you: not often. Of course, in Carmilla, sure, and in some of the Hammer films, they are, but still. If not unique, it is certainly unusual when that the "monster" protagonist of a movie is a woman. Gloria Holden steps into...

It’s Horror Movie Week! Let’s watch The Old Dark House (1932)

This is a beautifully restored rendition of the 1932 Universal Horror classic that may be rented and watched on YouTube. Starring Boris Karloff, Charles Laughton and Melvyn Douglas, the plot revolves around the story of stranded travelers who seek refuge when caught in a storm in the Welsh countryside. The five people come upon an...

Happy National Black Cat Day! Let’s watch Cat People (1942)

Are you a cat person or a dog person? I'm more of a dog person myself. But this movie isn't about that. Like Dracula's Daughter, Cat People features a woman protagonist who has an evil and dangerous streak. This celebrated 1942 RKO studios film was directed by Jacques Tourner (I Walked With A Zombie and...