Nerds for 1930s horror (myself included) have cause to both cry and rejoice today. Bad news first: Universal has announced plans to remake Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale’s 1936 masterpiece, with The Illusionist’s Neil Berger in talks to write/direct. Berger’s probably not the worst choice in the world, but I think I speak for all concerned fans when I say that Oingo Boingo’s “Weird Science” video was remake enough.

In much better news: Lou Lumenick alerts us to the October release of the Karloff and Lugosi Horror Classics DVD box set, which includes the first DVD release of my favorite horror film of the 1930s, Michael Curtiz’s The Walking Dead, starring Karloff as a pianist who is wrongly executed and then brought back to life. Yay!