Mary Shelley

Setting Sunstein

Bloodlust

Interview with the Vampire and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein try to invigorate the horror genre

Death by metaphor

Battery increases the current until the audience begs for mercy.

Oy, Claudius

Branagh's Hamlet may be complete, but something's still a little rotten

For love and money

The Wings of the Dove transcends period prettiness--it has the cathartic beauty that comes from dramatic truth

Our top DVD picks for the week of December 27

The Wings of the Dove transcends period prettiness--it has the cathartic beauty that comes from dramatic truth

Ghoul Crazy

Handsome Frankenstein at Dallas Children's Theater; Cargo troupe takes Dracula down for the count

Clone Ranger

The old roundup may never be the same, thanks to Zech Dameron’s herd of genetically duplicate longhorns

Machinations

The sun will explode in 5 billion years, and robots are humanity's best hope to escape. Three guys are working on a plan. In a garage. In Heath, Texas.

Cholesterol theater

Pocket Sandwich serves up a fine performance with enough junk food to make you feel guilty just watching

He Want Friend Like Him

Pocket Sandwich serves up a fine performance with enough junk food to make you feel guilty just watching

Monster Jams

Pocket Sandwich serves up a fine performance with enough junk food to make you feel guilty just watching

At the Winspear, Mel Brooks' happy, tappy, snappy Young Frankenstein musical is electrifying.

Pocket Sandwich serves up a fine performance with enough junk food to make you feel guilty just watching

Uptown Players stumble with Horton Foote’s Young Man from Atlanta.

Foote Fault