M.A. Lara Yeah but the script itself probably isn't. I'm saying James could use this script and adapt it into film himself and it'd probably be amazing.
Yeah, in the book there's almost a full page of Van Helsing explaining Dracula's abilities and weaknesses. I think I remember him saying that Dracula could shrink as well.
Van Helsing is such an underrated movie! I'm surprised that he hasn't even reviewed that, The Mummy movies (1999-2008) or the Final Destination movies.
I wonder if Everyone on RUclips saw the new video about the Nintendo Switch , I wonder if everyone on RUclips is going to be making pointless comments about the Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch
Wait, what if Nintendo Switch is just code for them swapping the gender of all their characters? We'll finally know the answer to "What if Zelda were a girl?"
Wow! Great idea to highlight this, James! I had no idea about this book collection series and I'm a big fan of researching unproduced films. I agree with the truth factor coming from the fight factor among other things, and it also harkens back to your "Dracula vs. Frankenstein" review. Your improvement ideas sound awesome as well.
To add to what James said, since he seemed a bit confused about it: Vampires often turned into wolves. They didn't start turning into bats until we knew there were real bats that drank blood, the aptly named vampire bats. So, Dracula turning into a wolf isn't really strange, it's just going back to an older convention of the vampire myth. Though I do agree they missed a good opportunity to blame the murders on the Wolfman.
James, while we all revere Lugosi today, back then Universal didn't give a damn about Bela. Even back in 1931, Lugosi was like their very last pick for the role despite the fact he'd been playing it onstage since 1925 or so. The only reason Bela was back for "A&C Meet Frankenstein" was because all other options were exhausted. Now why they kept him around for roles like Ygor and the Monster, I am not sure. But they just didn't care about having him back as Dracula the way they should've.
LeHarlequin I just simply cannot wait until James reviews "The Woof of Wall Street", Dances With Woofs" and "Air Woof". I bet his favorite band is "Woofmother".
Wow, Rolfe has done amazing things with his "Monster Madness" series. He brought back the same feeling I used to get as a kid watching Halloween specials we used to get on channels like TBS, Fox Kids, YTV and Teletoon here in Canada in the late 90's/early 2000's. Proud to still be watching after 10 years, Thank you James!
In a deleted scene from "The Wolf Man" (1941), Larry Talbot would've accepted a challenge to wrestle a bear for money. In doing so, he overpowers the bear hand-to-hand and begins beating it brutally. That scene was originally made to show Larry's wild side without him transforming. So, in this case, the fight would still play out interestingly with Larry Talbot against Dracula. Especially when Dracula is in his large bat form.
This might be one of my favorite reviews of yours ever James. Seriously. I had no idea that was going to be a thing. Found it on Amazon for $25. Can't wait to read it.
i think I got a theory for why there's a skeleton next to Larry, the Wolf Man survived the flood in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" and he stalks a civilian woman who than shoots the Wolf Man in the heart but not before he slashes her throat
Wasn’t there a movie where two guys meet all three of them and the Wolfman jumps out the window with Dracula as a bat in his hands and the invisible man shows up at the end?
I had my hopes up when I saw the wolf man and Dracula. I thought for the briefest of seconds it was El Santo and Blue Demon vs Dracula and the wolf man, the greatest Dracula and wolf man movie ever made, and just immediately fell into depression.
It's not crazy logic; It's lore. When a stake or silver bullet puts those two monsters into suspended animation, it actually has a word. It's called torpor.
Berend de Liagre Bohl I just simply cannot wait until James reviews "The Woof of Wall Street", Dances With Woofs" and "Air Woof". I bet his favorite band is "Woofmother".
I wonder if anyone can help me figure out the name of a movie I saw in the mid 90's. Now I could have swore the name of the movie was called Demon Night, but every time I search for it, I just get results for the Tales from the Crypt movie Demon Knight, which is not the same movie, I watched it to make sure. The plot of the movie had to do with this house that seemed like it was somewhere in England or something, and the movie started a couple hundred years in the past I believe. I think someone was killed in the house, or a demon was trapped in this house maybe. Fast forward to the present time, the house is still there, mostly in ruins, and some people try to go inside, but it like transports them to another realm, or to the house in the past like when the demon was sealed there or whatever. I don't really remember much else, besides renting it from a movie place in the mid 90's, but it may have came out earlier than then. If anyone knows what movie this is, please let me know, been trying to find it for a while.
Wow, that's the movie! I was a little wrong on what I remembered, but that is definitely the movie. I just finished watching it to make sure. Now I can finally stop searching for this movie, thanks to you.
It's what he would call after his time, I think he said that about Banjo Kazooie to JonTron when he came over. Not that I mind, this is the final Monster Madness so we can talk about the Switch somewhere else.
"Everyone believes Larry's a murderer, but they don't believe he's a werewolf." Love that line, but it's so funny how misguided it is. If this sounds confusing, then sorry. I couldn't think of a better way to say it.
this was the best Monster Madness episode in years. not just a retelling of a movie plot but lots of trivia and soo interesting piece of history. you should do more like this
This is way cool. I wish this movie had been made. It sounds flipping awesome. Side note: along with your theory on Phantom of the Opera getting the budget originally intended for this movie, I think it's interesting that there is a main character named Anatole in that movie as well. Perhaps another borrowed idea?
Maybe they can update it a bit and maybe add it to the new universal cinematic universe. They could also have this movie animated with Bela Lugosi Jr playing the voice of Dracula and Ron Chaney as the voice of the Wolfman I can have the same company to animate this movie has the people who animated Hellboy sort of the storm and Hellboy blood and iron. But in my opinion they should use their own cartoon Studio and have the creative teams that brought us to mummy animated series the monster force cartoon from 1994 and of course princess resurrection.
Interesting thing about the camera angles, when I was reading the Michal Pillar book, "Fade In" on his writing on Insurrection, he mentioned a lot of camera angles which he had invisioned (and was never used, as we know how that movie turned out) so I'm not sure if it's that rare to put it on paper or not.
This is probably too late to fix now, but I've noticed that there are sometimes weird sounds in your latest videos, like if the mic is too close to you and it "hears" how you're touching the table with your fingers or something. Listen at 0:53, for example.
It could also be the sound of people pottering about on the floor above him. He has a kid now so maybe there was just a lot of kid antics going on upstairs while he was filming these and obviously being on such a tight schedule producing so much content it was a case of leaving it in or not releasing it at all.
Love triangle between a werewolf, vampire, and human woman? Where have I seen that befor- *OH MY GOD*!
😂 twilight!
This one would actually be watchable.
CowabungaWo101 This post made my day.
CowabungaWo101 Your Avatar pic does seem to go well with your comment!
😂
James should totally get the rights to make this movie himself.
D. S. I think both Dracula and the Wolf man are public domain by now
M.A. Lara Yeah but the script itself probably isn't. I'm saying James could use this script and adapt it into film himself and it'd probably be amazing.
Like the AVGN movie.
Kurt Adams because he actually made several films on his own, perhaps not big budget films, but he is still a decent filmmaker.
Kurt Adams I'm 19 years old. And it was just a suggestion. Calm down
2 ways to defeat a wolfman.
-silver bullet
-a kick in the nards
Wherewolfs got nards
The Monster Squad
Amazed he hasn't talked about "Batman meets Godzilla" the movie that never was
@E-Fighter 1 YES
@E-Fighter 1 Godzilla vs the devil was never supposed to be a movie, it was just a mistake on Toho Kingdom.
@E-Fighter 1 Bride of Godzilla.
Star Godzilla was going to be a Chinese film about the King of the Monsters.
Dracula turned into a wolf a few times in the original novel, too.
Strange how that's not been a more permanent part of vampire lore.
Yeah, in the book there's almost a full page of Van Helsing explaining Dracula's abilities and weaknesses. I think I remember him saying that Dracula could shrink as well.
In Castlevania: Symphony of the NIght, the player character Alucard who is half-vampire can turn into a wolf, mist and a bat, in that order.
If I recall correctly that's not a vampire power that's a wizard power because dracula multiclassed into Satanist so he had extra non-vampire powers
Morgil say what
Happy 134th Birthday To Bela Lugosi.
Whoa, he really is dracula
Since Monster Madness is ending you should make a new series for unfinished or unmade horror films. That would be amazing
Wait... 0:47 "...and the mummys curse, some people think it's the mummys ghost but it wasn't..." ... Is that some kind of Berenstein stuff :x
Van Helsing had an awesome fight scene between Dracula as a bat creature V.S. a werewolf!
EndCreditReviews Everything about Helsing is perfect.
Van Helsing is such an underrated movie! I'm surprised that he hasn't even reviewed that, The Mummy movies (1999-2008) or the Final Destination movies.
been an avgn fan for a while now I must say james is so underrated as an entertainer. I appreciate all the content he creates for us. thank you
I wonder if Dracula is going to get the Nintendo Switch.
Of course, who isn't.
Screw Dracula! What about James?!
I wonder if Everyone on RUclips saw the new video about the Nintendo Switch , I wonder if everyone on RUclips is going to be making pointless comments about the Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch
Wait, what if Nintendo Switch is just code for them swapping the gender of all their characters?
We'll finally know the answer to "What if Zelda were a girl?"
Zelda is a girl
Wolfman v. Dracula
Dawn of vs Movie Letdowns
*woofman
raafmaat In your universe
Lol XD
In the recent movie Van Helsing the character Van Helsing changes into a werewolf and kills Dracula.
James needs to start a kickstarter to get this movie made. I think he'd be a great choice of director.
It could be a joint effort between he and RLM
Wow! Great idea to highlight this, James! I had no idea about this book collection series and I'm a big fan of researching unproduced films. I agree with the truth factor coming from the fight factor among other things, and it also harkens back to your "Dracula vs. Frankenstein" review. Your improvement ideas sound awesome as well.
To add to what James said, since he seemed a bit confused about it: Vampires often turned into wolves. They didn't start turning into bats until we knew there were real bats that drank blood, the aptly named vampire bats. So, Dracula turning into a wolf isn't really strange, it's just going back to an older convention of the vampire myth. Though I do agree they missed a good opportunity to blame the murders on the Wolfman.
I think his point was that despite the movie's title, The Wolfman didn't appear in the movie as much as Dracula's wolf form.
Dracula turns into a woof more then the woofman lol
Gary Oldman was a great Dracula too.
James, while we all revere Lugosi today, back then Universal didn't give a damn about Bela. Even back in 1931, Lugosi was like their very last pick for the role despite the fact he'd been playing it onstage since 1925 or so. The only reason Bela was back for "A&C Meet Frankenstein" was because all other options were exhausted.
Now why they kept him around for roles like Ygor and the Monster, I am not sure. But they just didn't care about having him back as Dracula the way they should've.
Thanks for the video, James. That's really a fascinating story about a Universal monster film we never got to see.
I learn a lot listening to these reviews. Thank you. A lot of our screenplays have the camera work mapped out too but we wear a lot of hats.
Today is actually Bela Lugosi's birthday
You're right! :D
wow
"Briefly becomes a woof". "He can ONLY be killed when he's a woof". Funny shit
Wolf*
Oh, wait, you're mocking James, no?
LeHarlequin I just simply cannot wait until James reviews "The Woof of Wall Street", Dances With Woofs" and "Air Woof". I bet his favorite band is "Woofmother".
Wow, Rolfe has done amazing things with his "Monster Madness" series. He brought back the same feeling I used to get as a kid watching Halloween specials we used to get on channels like TBS, Fox Kids, YTV and Teletoon here in Canada in the late 90's/early 2000's. Proud to still be watching after 10 years, Thank you James!
[Timecode 8:22] Nope, "Return of the Vampire" was released in 1943, not in 1944.
Dr Acula PhD in monster science
I literally could listen to James talk about movies all day long.
In a deleted scene from "The Wolf Man" (1941), Larry Talbot would've accepted a challenge to wrestle a bear for money. In doing so, he overpowers the bear hand-to-hand and begins beating it brutally. That scene was originally made to show Larry's wild side without him transforming.
So, in this case, the fight would still play out interestingly with Larry Talbot against Dracula. Especially when Dracula is in his large bat form.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. They did.
Didn't the Wolfman fight Dracula In Abbot & Costello meet Frankenstein toward the end of the movie ?
What a nice B-Day present for me! Right on mine and Bela Lugosi's B-Day! XD
Happy bday! It's mine too!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to you and Mr. Lugosi!
Me too man!
happy b day heres a like
So, if Universal wants to make a cinematic universe, the main guy (Main Hero) is Larry Talbot? Sure.
Very edchamacational! "He's the best and always will be." - James regarding Lugosi as Dracula. Right on!
I am gonna miss monster madness.
Is it ending? Like, forever? Not even until next year?
Annual wise, yes.
@King Kong Fan That's cool.
I love all your monster madness "reviews", especially this year. can't wait to see more.
They are best friends in Hotel Transylvania after all ;)
This might be one of my favorite reviews of yours ever James. Seriously. I had no idea that was going to be a thing. Found it on Amazon for $25. Can't wait to read it.
i think I got a theory for why there's a skeleton next to Larry, the Wolf Man survived the flood in "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" and he stalks a civilian woman who than shoots the Wolf Man in the heart but not before he slashes her throat
Wasn’t there a movie where two guys meet all three of them and the Wolfman jumps out the window with Dracula as a bat in his hands and the invisible man shows up at the end?
That's Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein.
I had my hopes up when I saw the wolf man and Dracula. I thought for the briefest of seconds it was El Santo and Blue Demon vs Dracula and the wolf man, the greatest Dracula and wolf man movie ever made, and just immediately fell into depression.
It's not crazy logic; It's lore. When a stake or silver bullet puts those two monsters into suspended animation, it actually has a word. It's called torpor.
In this dimension, the character is referred to as "the woofman..."
Front covers are weird anyway, I have a copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula with Bela Lugosi as Dracula on the front cover.
James pronounces "Wolf" as "Woof". I love it.
haha, I know right, he has been doing that for a decade, It always stands out.
The sun of Frankenstein.
+Posen911
That's awesome. Grab the newest single off iTunes, "Wolf Mountain" by James Rolfe!
Berend de Liagre Bohl I just simply cannot wait until James reviews "The Woof of Wall Street", Dances With Woofs" and "Air Woof". I bet his favorite band is "Woofmother".
I can clearly hear "woLf"
I love how James pronounces wolf as woof.
If that movie came out back then, it would be received as well as Batman VS Superman. Meaning it would suck.
Did AVGN ever review the 50's American Flick "The Return of Dracula?" I think the Dracula in that was pretty good. Not as good as Lugosi, but still.
Ha ha oh my god what a cluster fuck.
Did anybody else hear banging noises in the video? I kept pausing it thinking something was outside my window.
It's a heartbeat and I''m glad someone else noticed it
i was thinking the same thing through the whole thing! haha
I kept pausing thinking there were spooky ghosts banging around near my desk.
If I had to guess, I'd say its his cat rubbing against the tripod
Most likely his family upstairs.
I just simply cannot wait until James reviews "The Woof of Wall Street", Dances With Woofs" and "Air Woof". I bet his favorite band is "Woofmother".
Nah. Steppenwoof.
I guess the closest we'll ever get the this in film van helsing and bloody twilight.
who else is watching this late night ?
Maybe it was "Mummy's Ghost" in another TIMELINE!
Pretty sure the Castlevania Cookie Monster is the best Dracula.
Very interesting piece of monster movie history. I really enjoyed that
I'm surprised you guys haven't covered Phantasm yet, it would have made a great WTF Wednesday.
MrTuxBux
Use audacity to record it through the speakers.
Anyone wanna see an actual good modern take on Vampire vs Werewolf, just watch Van Helsing (2004).
There is a werewolf versus a queen of the vampires movie. Not a Hammer film but a 70's type version.
It Starred a Spanish Actor named Paul Naschy. He actually played a Werewolf in Several Films.
I wonder if anyone can help me figure out the name of a movie I saw in the mid 90's. Now I could have swore the name of the movie was called Demon Night, but every time I search for it, I just get results for the Tales from the Crypt movie Demon Knight, which is not the same movie, I watched it to make sure. The plot of the movie had to do with this house that seemed like it was somewhere in England or something, and the movie started a couple hundred years in the past I believe. I think
someone was killed in the house, or a demon was trapped in this house maybe. Fast forward to the present time, the house is still there, mostly in ruins, and some people try to go inside, but it like transports them to another realm, or to the house in the past like when the demon was sealed there or whatever. I don't really remember much else, besides renting it from a movie place in the mid 90's, but it may have came out earlier than then. If anyone knows what movie this is, please let me know, been trying to find it for a while.
Wow, that's the movie! I was a little wrong on what I remembered, but that is definitely the movie. I just finished watching it to make sure. Now I can finally stop searching for this movie, thanks to you.
bloodyangel1 What movie was it ?
Nobody back in the day can pull it off like Lon Chaney Jr as the Wolfman nor Bela Lugosi as Dracula!
What the hell are you doing? We want a video about the Nintendo Switch!
I don't either. I am here for him and MM
Guys, I was just joking. I love Monster Madness, im here for that.
It's what he would call after his time, I think he said that about Banjo Kazooie to JonTron when he came over. Not that I mind, this is the final Monster Madness so we can talk about the Switch somewhere else.
Wouldn't it be fun if Universal actually made this movie today? Forget all the reboots, use this real script from the 1940's!
Dr.Aculla? Yeah. Totally writing that one down...
happy birthday, Bela Lugosi ! the count!
Woofman vs Dracua
2:25 that's my hangover face.
Elgan Bruner i feel ya 😲
"Everyone believes Larry's a murderer, but they don't believe he's a werewolf." Love that line, but it's so funny how misguided it is. If this sounds confusing, then sorry. I couldn't think of a better way to say it.
You should make your own version and put it on your web site James
this was the best Monster Madness episode in years. not just a retelling of a movie plot but lots of trivia and soo interesting piece of history. you should do more like this
You think it's possible this could have also inspired the movie Van Helsing?
Who's this Woofman you speak of? Or am I looking into another universe?
You should also do a review of London After Midnight! It's a lost movie, but we still have the screenplay and production photos.
He already did years ago. Look for Cinemassacre's Top 10 Lost Horror films
Well, it's not a review of that movie specifically, it's more a list of various movies. I had not seen that video, though. Thanks for the suggestion.
Dr. Acula. Played by John Dorian.
Have you guys reviewed "Mad Monster Party" yet? You should check it out
It's A Mumeeeee !!!
This is the kind of shit they would pull in the 40's... hahahaha
Why does James always say "Whoof" instead of "wolf"? Funny sounding. Anyone else hear this?
It's his Jersey accent.
Yes
WOLLLLLLLLLFFFFMANN
Just an accent thing. I kinda got the same thing.
Rob Rophside interesting to know. thanks. so awesome how in our own country we still have different ways of pronouncing the same words.
The "woof" man? :D
It is a shame that "Wolfman Vs Dracula" was never made, especially if they could have done some editing on that script.
A werewolf,girl and a vampire in a love triangle, where have I heard that before?
Awesome. Hearing about what could have been is always an interesting subject!
This is way cool. I wish this movie had been made. It sounds flipping awesome. Side note: along with your theory on Phantom of the Opera getting the budget originally intended for this movie, I think it's interesting that there is a main character named Anatole in that movie as well. Perhaps another borrowed idea?
Today is Bela Lugosi's 134th birthday
is the woofman some sort of dog-human hybrid?
Oh, now I wish there was a _Wolfman vs. Dracula_ .
Hey man, just want to point out its 'wolf' not woof.
Maybe they can update it a bit and maybe add it to the new universal cinematic universe. They could also have this movie animated with Bela Lugosi Jr playing the voice of Dracula and Ron Chaney as the voice of the Wolfman I can have the same company to animate this movie has the people who animated Hellboy sort of the storm and Hellboy blood and iron. But in my opinion they should use their own cartoon Studio and have the creative teams that brought us to mummy animated series the monster force cartoon from 1994 and of course princess resurrection.
Interesting thing about the camera angles, when I was reading the Michal Pillar book, "Fade In" on his writing on Insurrection, he mentioned a lot of camera angles which he had invisioned (and was never used, as we know how that movie turned out) so I'm not sure if it's that rare to put it on paper or not.
This is probably too late to fix now, but I've noticed that there are sometimes weird sounds in your latest videos, like if the mic is too close to you and it "hears" how you're touching the table with your fingers or something. Listen at 0:53, for example.
It could also be the sound of people pottering about on the floor above him. He has a kid now so maybe there was just a lot of kid antics going on upstairs while he was filming these and obviously being on such a tight schedule producing so much content it was a case of leaving it in or not releasing it at all.
Very true. It's really amazing how a parent is able to do so much stuff and be good at it! The daughter will be proud of James when she grows up.
How about this: Dracula vs a very weak frankenstein
Never knew about this and I'm a huge Universal fan. Great video as always James!
One of the best Episodes of Monster Madness, great Review of a Script!
Universal should take those unfilmed scripts and turn those into movies, instead of trying to remake the original stories.
James Roof
AVGN vs. The "Woofh"-man.
Coming to a theater near you.
London After Midnight .......Like to hear your thoughts on this lost film.
Lon Chaney Senior's Vampire Makeup was Nightmarish.
Jason vs The Mummy would be awesome
Aww, the noise in the video is James' daughter running around upstairs!
Happy birthday Bella Lugosi
I love this kind of intro of Cinemassacre's Monster Madness.
the woofman apparently