Erle C. Kenton (1896–1980)

Beyond weird. Incredibly atmospheric film is not so much entertaining as it is mesmerizing. There's a unique set of influences and talents combined here that has proven impossible to reproduce in subsequent attempts to film H.G. Wells' novel.

A shipwrecked man finds himself on an island of genetic experiments.

2.5/4 (Okay)

There's a lot that's striking and memorable. But it's painfully unaware of how dumb the concept is.

(Oct. 2021)

Classic horror flicks, with the monster that most others are copies of. The first three are the best, and Son of Frankenstein is the source material for Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein.

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.