Erle C. Kenton Archives

The Island of Lost Souls (1932)

Rating: ★★★★

May 1, 2010Mad Scientist Creates Beast Men

The first and best screen adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Island of Dr Moreau. Wells was not happy but Charles Laughton is a great Moreau and the film develops a remarkable sexual undertow

Director: Erle C. Kenton

Actors: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke, …

Category: Horror

1 May 20109 May 2023 by Roog

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

Rating: ★★

Jul 30, 2000Universal Frankenstein Sequel

The fourth of Universal's Frankenstein films where Lon Chaney Jr inherits the role of the monster and makes it into a stumbling brute that lacks the pathos of Boris Karloff. The plot recycles what has now become the cliches of the series

Director: Erle C. Kenton

Actors: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, …

Category: Horror

30 July 200027 October 2025 by Roog

House of Frankenstein (1944)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 15, 2001Universal Monster Bash

The second of Universal's team-ups of their in-house monsters and superior to the first of these, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. Despite some imaginative moments, the script has a stitched-together improbability

Director: Erle C. Kenton

Actors: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr, John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, …

Category: Horror

15 February 200120 March 2026 by Roog

House of Dracula (1945)

Rating: ★★½

Feb 15, 2001Universal Monster Bash

The third of Universal’s monster bashes, a successor to the previous House of Frankenstein. These Universal crossovers felt contrived in their reasons to bring the monsters together but this works better than the others

Director: Erle C. Kenton

Actors: John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr, Lionel Atwill, Glenn Strange, …

Category: Horror

15 February 20018 April 2026 by Roog

The Cat Creeps (1946)

Rating: ★★

Dec 22, 2022Old Dark House Thriller

An Old Dark House thriller that has the distinction of being the last horror film made during Universal’s Golden Age of Horror. The results are creaky and impoverished looking

Director: Erle C. Kenton

Actors: Noah Beery Jr, Lois Collier, Douglas Dumbrille, Rose Hobart, …

Category: Horror

22 December 202213 January 2026 by Roog