This Week in Fright Film History November 26 - December 2, 2017

House of Frankenstein (1944) Universal Studios’ sequel to Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). House of Frankenstein, directed by Erle C. Kenton, starring Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, Jr. was released December 1, 1944 and is considered to be the first multi-monster movie.

 John Herbert Frid known for his role as Barnabas Collins in Dark Shadows TV series which ran from 1966 to 1971 and House of Dark Shadows (1970) was born on December 2, 1924.

The Return of Doctor X (1939) an American science fiction/horror film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, and Humphrey Bogart was released on December 2, 1939. It was based on the short story "The Doctor's Secret" by William J. Makin. Despite the similarity and the names The Return of Doctor X (1939) was not a sequel to Doctor X (1933); the two films are completely unrelated.

A Blind Bargain (1922) an American silent horror film starring Lon Chaney and Raymond McKee, was released through Goldwyn Pictures on December 3, 1922. The film is based on Barry Pain's 1897 novel, The Octave of Claudius.  A Blind Bargain (1922) is considered to be lost a lost film.