{"id":782,"date":"2014-04-27T04:07:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T04:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=782"},"modified":"2021-03-04T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T21:49:38","slug":"meeting-frankensteins-cousin-at-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=782","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Frankenstein’s cousin at dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Frankenstein<\/a><\/p>\n

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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1943)<\/p>\n

When Larry Talbot<\/a>\u00a0is accidentally revived, he seeks he notes of Dr. Frankenstein in hopes they can lead to a permanent cure for his condition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first Universal film to combine two of their iconic horror characters<\/a>\u00a0was going to star\u00a0Lon Chaney Jr. in both title roles, but this was too difficult, so Bela Lugosi was brought in to play Frankenstein’s Monster for the first, and only, time in his career. Because of his advanced age and thick Hungarian accent, the Monster’s role in the film was limited more than the original script intended.<\/p>\n

Chaney played Lenny in Of Mice <\/em>and Men<\/em>\u00a0(1939) before his role as Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man<\/em>\u00a0(1941) led to\u00a0a lifelong association with the horror genre.\u00a0 He’s the only man to portray all of the primary Universal monsters: The Wolf Man<\/a>, Frankenstein’s Monster<\/a>, The Mummy<\/a>, and\u00a0Count Dracula<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Curt Siodmak created many of the familiar tropes of the werewolf legend in\u00a0The Wolf Man <\/em>(1941), and because of his involvement, this schizophrenic film\u00a0can’t decide which franchise it belongs to and suffers as a result.<\/p>\n

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\"Dawn<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dawn of the Dead<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2004)<\/p>\n

When zombies attack, the survivors break into a shopping mall and hunker down.<\/p>\n

I love Sarah Polley, but this film is a waste of her talent.<\/p>\n

Zack Snyder’s unique visual style is not enough to elevate this uninspired remake<\/a>. There\u00a0are countless better films and TV shows<\/a>\u00a0featuring zombies.<\/p>\n

I won’t watch this again and discourage anyone else from putting themselves through the misery.<\/p>\n

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\"Kissin'<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kissin’ Cousins<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1964)<\/p>\n

Air Force lieutenant Josh Morgan (Elvis Presley) has to convince his hillbilly cousins, the Tatums, to sell their land to the US government.<\/p>\n

An Elvis movie released at the height of the British Invasion<\/a>, it’s interesting only because he plays dual roles and\u00a0one\u00a0of them is a blonde (his natural hair color).<\/p>\n

Elvis was an\u00a0enjoyable presence but not a good actor. I occasionally enjoy watching his movies, but I never forget I’m watching\u00a0Elvis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man\u00a0(1943) When Larry Talbot\u00a0is accidentally revived, he seeks he notes of Dr. Frankenstein in hopes they can lead to a permanent cure for his condition. The first Universal film to combine two of their iconic horror characters\u00a0was going to star\u00a0Lon Chaney Jr. in both title roles, but this was too… Continue reading Meeting Frankenstein’s cousin at dawn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[102,192,238,258,293,378,388,491,519,663,704,768,860,870,897,910,911,913],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-progress","tag-bela-lugosi","tag-curt-siodmak","tag-doppleganger","tag-elvis-presley","tag-frankenstein","tag-jack-albertson","tag-james-gunn","tag-lon-chaney","tag-mekhi-phifer","tag-remakes","tag-sarah-polley","tag-survival-horror","tag-universal-horror-films","tag-ving-rhames","tag-wolf-man","tag-yvonne-craig","tag-zack-snyder","tag-zombies","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11719,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/11719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}