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In the late 1990s, Canadian beer Kokanee featured several commercials using Bigfoot/Sasquatch as their mascot. Kokanee also used long-time researcher René Dahinden as a spokesperson of sorts. This video features many of the Kokanee TV spots with and without Dahinden. As well, there are ...

Ad for Connect 4 that aired on Cartoon Network in the 90’s. Source: YouTube

Following the release of Frankenstein, Boris Karloff, at nearly 45 years of age and having spent twenty years as a professional actor, became an overnight sensation. As the film was still raking in its rewards, Universal signed him to a star contract and immediately began searching for ...

On this 90stalgia trip, we're taking a look back at a short-lived 90's series that saw the classic Universal Monsters remade into Goosebumps style short-films for kids! The series from Full Moon Pictures was called Filmonsters, and resulted in two episodes, 'Frankenstein REBORN' and 'Th...

The 90’s and Beyond ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• By the end of the nineties and the turn of the century, female monsters are almost common place, mostly in part due to a successful string of Asian horror features known as J-Horror. Hideo Nakata’s The Ring (1998) intro...

Few works of fiction have penetrated culture as thoroughly as Frankenstein, and even after ninety years, no version remains as iconic as Universal’s 1931 film. The surprise success of Dracula earlier that year had vindicated Carl Laemmle, Jr.’s gamble on horror films and he immediately ...

This special mini documentary delves into the monsters that are still shaping horror cinema 90 years after they first appeared on the big screen. From Dracula to Frankenstein, The Mummy to The Invisible Man, the legacy of these classic monsters lives on in their original and remade form...

The Universal Monsters have enjoyed a very interesting history. Debuting in the 1930’s and concluding its run in the 1950’s, the likes of Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man saw a resurgence of interest during the 60’s. But it wouldn’t be for another 30 years that they’d be reintroduced after ...