Outside of the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories, “The Lost World” (1914) is probably Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s best known work. I take a look at the first ever adaption of that novel. It’s a silent movie released in 1925, and it stars some well-known stars from that era. It even contains some of the stop-motion work of the great Willis O’Brien, who would later go on to do the special effects work for “King Kong” (1933). But does all this talent translate to a good movie? Let’s find out.
“Now, Mr. Talbot. You broke your promise to me, didn’t you? Told the police. I don’t like people who break their promises, Mr. Talbot.”
It’s no surprise that Universal followed its last two successful multi-monster movies with yet another. This time they dubbed the film House of Dracula (1945), which doesn’t really make sense as a title, but it at least improves in some of the areas where House of Frankenstein (1944) failed. Continue reading
“On the night when the moon is so high in the heaven, the mummy and his princess, they walk.”
Well. This sucked. Continue reading
The Cinematic Packrat 