Horror Is Universal: “Phantom of the Opera” (1943)

So, what are we doing here? I'm breaking my own rule just a bit, after all. The Phantom of the Opera isn't one of the Canonical Six that I'm supposed to be focusing on. What's the reason for this detour? There are a couple of reasons, actually. The most important is that this movie came …

Today on Project Gutenberg #45

Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... The Secret Battleplane by Percy F. Westerman Today we've got ourselves another story written and set during World War One. But this time we're up in the sky rather than down in the trenches, on an adventure that's significantly more pulpy than our previous wartime outing. The available background …

Today on Project Gutenberg #44

Today on Project Gutenberg, we have... Poems of Paul Verlaine by Paul Verlaine No doubt you've heard of Claude Debussy's famous "Clair de Lune" piano piece from his Suite bergamasque. Why do I bring this up? Because you probably don't know that "Clair de Lune" was based on a work of poetry. And the author …