“Frankenstein” is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Mary Shelley. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, it stars Oscar Isaac as Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature. It is not a particularly faithful adaptation, but the majority of adaptations of this story have not been faithful to the source material. Del…
What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to be alive. An emotion suspended in time. Like a blurred photograph. Like an insect trapped in amber. These words begin “The Devil’s Backbone”. Written and directed by Guillermo Del Toro, this…
I do like a ghost story, and I am also a fan of director Guillermo Del Toro, so I was interested to see “Crimson Peak”. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain, it’s a gothic horror in the old style used by Hammer horror films of the fifties, sixties and seventies. A young American…
Eclectic Assemblage 