The Curse (1987)
The Curse is a grotesque vision of H. P. Lovecraft’s “Colour out of Space.” Most Lovecraft adaptions suck (save the Gordon-Yuzna-Combs collaborations), but I happened to like this one. And it looks like I’m in the minority on that. Why…
The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
Lewton’s sequel to the almighty “Cat People” is a mesmerizing and elegant fantasy, but it is by no means a horror film. It’s a touching drama and a perceptive social portrait that makes a great study on loneliness and creating…
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
After more than forty years, this film is still a milestone in the science fiction genre. In its day, it was years ahead of its time. It had characters that acted like real people, instead of like John Agar and…
Atom Age Vampire (1960)
When the opening credits end on ATOM AGE VAMPIRE, there is a sloppy jump cut to the opening scene (A bathrobe clad showgirl returning to her dressing room) This tells us the film has been heavily censored. This is an…
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Except for a single scream, no one speaks above a hard whisper. Wind rustles through sugar cane fields guarded by a pop-eyed, nearly skeletal zombie who stands as lifeless and stick-shouldered as a scarecrow. A dead rabbit hangs in a…
The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
While “The Man Who Turned to Stone” may at first look like just another schlocky horror film but it turns out to be highly original and well worth watching! The story is set at a women’s reformatory. Too many of…
Manfish (1956)
Manfish is based on two entwined Edgar Allan Poe stories: ‘The Gold Bug’ and ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’. It’s an eerie seaworthy treasure seeking adventure film with a quite a few thrills that kept me glued to the screen. Captain Brannigan…
Seeking The Authentic Movie Experience
The world has changed. The chrome adorned movies that come out of the world of Marvel and Star Wars are beginning to stumble. Solo will most likely not see a profit. If theaters want to stay in business, they have…
Space Master X-7 (1958)
Behind this bland, forgettable and indescriptive title is one of that decade’s more interesting low budget items. “Blood Rust” was probably the script’s original name, and this refers to the red coloring of Mars which, as is found out on…
Destination Inner Space (1966)
Watching “Destination Innerspace” again after so many years, one instantly notices how low this film’s budget must have been. Also upon re-inspection, a few new qualities emerge. Namely, the unintentional laughs. Previous reviews have already noted the outrageously tiny-looking miniatures,…
Spaced Out (1979)
Three gorgeous female aliens accidentally crash land their spaceship on earth, then try to hide their presence by kidnapping 3 men and a woman whom witnessed the crash, planning to hold them until they can make repairs and leave. But…
Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)
As far as I know, this is the first American feature film about time travel via a time machine. A time machine was featured in the American serial BRICK BRADFORD (1947) and in the English comedy TIME FLIES (1944). Film…
Daddy-O (1958)
Truck driver, singer and high trouser enthusiast Daddy-o is a real hip cat. He hangs out at a pizza parlour where he acts moody, sings deep songs like rock candy and dances aggressively with women while repeatedly pointing out to…
Blood of Dracula’s Castle (1969)
This is by far not the worst vampire or Dracula movie on the market but it is nowhere near the best – it’s middle ground at best. It’s not a film I would recommend to vampire and horror movie fans…
Phantom from Space (1953)
United Artists sure had a mess on their hands when they distributed Phantom From Space in 1953. The story is of an alien spacecraft that seems to have crash landed somewhere near Santa Monica, and the humanoid alien that runs…
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
A scientist (Joseph Cotton) and a millionaire arms dealer (George Sanders) team up on the construction of a rocket to blast themselves to the Moon. This movie was based on a Jules Verne classic — but it completely lacks the…
Brain of Blood (1971)
The ruler of the the nation of Khalid is dying, so he’s secretly whisked off to the States so that Dr. Trenton can transplant his brain into a new body. The disorganized doctor starts the operation without actually having a…
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Ever since the cinema-loving universe made acquaintance with a guy named George A. Romero, the word “zombie” automatically gets associated with blood-soaked horror images and non-stop acting sequences. It’s safe to say that his “Night of the Living Dead” formed…
Blow Out (1981)
Jack is a sound editor for small films. When he is out one evening recording background noises, he inadvertently records a car crash which kills a politician running for the US Presidency, although Jack saves a girl in the car….
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
Black comedy, about a ragtag ambulance company out of Los Angeles battling their competitors while picking up an eclectic group of needy passengers, could best be described as schizophrenic (quirky bordering on outrageous). It manages to match its silly, yet…