What did H. P. Lovecraft think of classic Universal horror movies? A deep dive into Lovecraft's letters reveals the films he did and didn't watch, in Lovecraft & Universal Horror.

https://deepcuts.blog/2026/01/24/deeper-cut-lovecraft-universal-horror/

#film #lovecraft #hplovecraft #universalhorror #universalmonsters #dracula #frankenstein #silentfilm

Deeper Cut: Lovecraft & Universal Horror

I don’t attend the cinema very often, but realise what a marvellous conveyer of weird images & impressions it could be if it would only utilise seriously its tremendous range of optical & m…

Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein
Becoming more and more intrigued by Dwight Frye’s non-horror roles, such as “Vint Glade” (!) in the melodrama MAN TO MAN (1930). Shame that he died on a bus. #DwightFrye #Movies #OldMovies #UniversalHorror

Glenn Strange, the successor to Boris Karloff, poses with Ann Blyth on the Universal Studios lot in 1948.

"Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid" was filming right next door to "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" [sic - Dr. Frankenstein doesn't appear in the movie, only his monster]

#hollywood #classichollywood #UniversalStudios #Universalhorror #Monsterdon #mermaid #Frankenstein #mermaids #cutecouple #blackandwhitephotography #1940s

Happy belated birthday to Elsa Lanchester (as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in Bride of Frankenstein) #penandink #penandinksketches #blackandwhite #sketches #pinup #pinupart #pinupartist #art #horror #elsalanchester #brideoffrankenstein #universalhorror
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester, born October 28, 1902

"Pole-Dancing Bride," gig poster art for Electric Frankenstein by Danny Hellman, 4/21/02

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Elsa Sullivan Lanchester, born October 28, 1902

"Bride with Skull," gig poster art for Electric Frankenstein by Danny Hellman, 8/27/08

#illustrator #illustration #comix #comics #film #Cinema #horror #UniversalHorror #halloween #frankenstein #brideoffrankenstein
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó, (AKA Bela Lugosi) born October 20, 1882

"Monster Lineup" illustration for The Oregonian by Danny Hellman, 10/22/98

#illustrator #illustration #comix #comics #belalugosi #dracula #vampire #horror #universalhorror #film #cinema #monster #frankenstein #wolfman
Son of Frankenstein - Wikipedia

The original Chronicles of the Creature - a history of The Creature from the Black Lagoon and his ancesters and assorted kith and kin, including the Spawn of the Gill-Man mini-series, can be found here -

https://www.hypnogoria.com/h_creature.html

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