The Wonderful Worlds of Sci-Fi and Horror with Roger Solberg, Ph.D.

In this very special Old Soul episode we discuss the amazing worlds of Sci-Fi and Horror with Dr. Roger Solberg! Dr. Solberg is a Professor Emeritus of English at Pennsylvania Western University-Edinboro. Before retiring in June 2022 he taught at Edinboro since 1989. In addition to teaching Literature and Film courses, he is also a three-time Jeopardy! champion (aka he knows A LOT!). Dr. Solberg walks us through the earliest creations of Horror and Sci-Fi novels/novellas and the transition to adapting these works into early films. We overview some of his favorite features and how the genres have evolved throughout the years. We are so grateful to learn more from him on the highlights (and lowlights) of some of Hollywood's most creative, inventive films! Please Comment, Rate, and Share our episodes and tell us what you like and what you want to hear more of! — Be sure to check us out on Our website: Facebook Twitter: @oldsoulpod Instagram: @oldsoulmoviepodcast Movies Frankenstein (1910) – Thomas Edison Life without Soul (1915) Frankenstein (1931)– Boris Karloff Nosferatu (1922) Dracula (1931) – Bela Lugosi The Phantom of the Opera (1925) – Lon Chaney Island of Lost Souls (1932) Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) Doctor X (1932) London After Midnight (1927) The Mummy (1932) – Universal (Westworld Series (2016-) / Jurassic Park (1993)) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Young Frankenstein (1974) This Island Earth (1955) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) The Mole People (1956) The Deadly Mantis (1957) The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) / aka The Creeping Unknown Quatermass 2 (1957) / aka Enemy from Space The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - Hammer Horror of Dracula (1958) - Hammer The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) - Hammer The Mummy (1959) - Hammer The Phantom of the Opera (1962) - Hammer The Brides of Dracula (1960) - Hammer The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Psycho (1960) Night of the Living Dead (1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) – Frances Ford Coppola Dracula (1979) - Frank Langella Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) – Kenneth Branagh / Robert De Niro (Henry V (1989) - Kenneth Branagh / Hamlet (1996) – Kenneth Branagh) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) – Fredric March The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) Island of Lost Souls (1932) – Charles Laughton [Note – Yes! Wally Westmore was involved with makeup!] The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) – Burt Lancaster Hardware (1990) (The Manchurian Candidate/The Birdman of Alcatraz/The Train) The Time Machine (1960) (Back to the Future (1985)) The War of the Worlds (1953) The Thing from Another World (1951) The Time Machine (2002) War of the Worlds (2005) 2005 – H.G Wells’ War of the Worlds / Pendragon Pictures The Great Martian War – YouTube 2005 – H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds or The Worlds in War or Invasion/ Asylum Pictures Carnival of Souls (1962) Spider Baby (1964) Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) Books Frankenstein – Mary Shelley Dracula – Bram Stoker Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson The Turn of the Screw – Henry James The Time Machine – H. G. Wells The Island of Doctor Moreau – H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds – H. G. Wells

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The Wonderful Worlds of Sci-Fi and Horror with Roger Solberg, Ph.D. is an episode from The Old Soul Movie Podcast by Emma Oremus.

This episode is 01:36:54 long.

This episode was published on Mar 1, 2023.

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