The Bride of Frankenstein

Folks, it don't get a lot better than this. A cool autumn night, and Boris and Elsa and Jemmy Whale. And Ernest Thesiger, whose performance as Dr. Septimus Pretorius (Timmy, to his friends) was one for the ages.

This is a weird-beyond-belief tribute to Ernest Thesiger, eerily using the music from the very scary Doris Day's psychotic paean to obsession, Secret Love. Dig it.

Even a man who's pure in heart, and says his prayers by night...

...Can become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright.

Tonight is among the highlights of the year for Pumpkin Boy and I.

We begin the Universal Horror cycle, first with Frankenstein, then Dracula, and currently our favorite of all, The Wolfman. Earlier we saw The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and Dr. Phibes Rises Again. After, The Mummy (the 1932 version starring Boris Karloff, of course. Pumpkin Boy and I are all about authenticity—preferably in beautiful black & white).

And these pictures define our Halloween film-going experience.

Enjoy this clip from 1941's immortal The Wolfman: