On the Shelf It's Alive! Junior Laemmle is the hero of “It’s Alive!,” Julian David Stone’s new madcap historical showbiz novel about the making of James Whale’s “Frankenstein”. Julian David Stone’s novel “It’s Alive!” tracks the birth of the monster movie industry at Universal. In the novel, as Junior pushes ahead with “Frankenstein,” he’s not even sure who will play …
Nosferatu: The monster who still terrifies, 100 years on Getty Images From his shadow to his gaunt face, the vampire Count Orlok in 1922's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror remains one of film's most spine-tingling creations. He is, says Cristina Massaccesi, in her guide to Nosferatu for the Devil's Advocates horror history series, "the Ur-Vampire, the father of all undead …
Nicolas Cage has been cast as Count Dracula in the upcoming movie Renfield about the vampire's famous bug-eating protege. New work: Nicolas Cage has been cast as Dracula in the upcoming movie Renfield about the vampire's famous bug-eating protege RM Renfield is a character out of the original 19th century Gothic novel Dracula by the Irish author Bram Stoker. Heartthrob: …
