The October Country Report #10: Son of Frankenstein (Part One)

The sleep of reason produces monsters. In the October Country, science inevitably descends into madness, and that madness can stain a bloodline like an eternal curse. Tonight we turn our gaze towards a triumphant rebirth: Son of Frankenstein!

The October Country Report #1: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

October is the best time of the year. Weather and seasonal flavors are at their best, and the Halloween season is when the whole world seems to tune into the wavelength I’m on all the time. To celebrate, I’m watching a horror movie every night, and telling you about it here. This year, 2017, as the old year dies and the walls between the worlds grow thin, as we enter the October Country, I’m delving deep into the Universal Monsters.

For decades Universal dominated the horror genre, from Lon Chaney’s iconic silent features in the 20s to the iconic monstrous classics of the 30s, and on into the 40s when they pioneered the crossover and the genre mashup. Universal’s legacy casts a long, deep shadow, and I want to explore the roots of the thing. Many of these I’ve already seen, many of them I haven’t, but now we’re diving into thirty-one of the most iconic and significant horror movies of the first six decades of cinema.

Join me as we kick this off tonight with the pioneering Lon Chaney classic, The Hunchback of Notre Dame!