The Cosmic Monster (1958)
Interesting little British sci-fi movie about man’s attempt to create a powerful electro-magnetic energy generator that tares a hole in the fragile Iononasphere. This creates a massive bombardment of the Earth by deadly and radioactive Cosmic Rays that cause havoc…
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
Time travel is a subject which has been addressed occasionally in films with varying degrees of success. For the most part these adventures usually entail journeying into Earth’s imminent future and can provide an interesting basis for speculation of what…
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Older people tell us that as you age, time seems to speed up and fly quickly bye. Watch “The Beast of Yucca Flats” and you will observe a paradox – you will age rapidly, yet time will slow to a…
Django (1966)
As soon as the familiar Spaghetti Western tones hit, you know you’re going to be in for a treat and that’s what this film certainly is. Franco Nero plays the character that would eventually become synonymous with his name; the…
The Illustrated Man (1969)
‘The Illustrated Man’ shows how good a writer Ray Bradbury was, not to mention how his head was full of fascinating ideas. It shows this because the film is incredibly dated today, from the acting styles to the visions of…
Dolls (1987)
While driving in a stormy night, the car of Rosemary Bower (Carolyn Purdy-Gordon), her husband David Bower (Ian Patrick Williams) and his seven year-old daughter Judy (Carrie Lorraine) get stuck in the mud in the middle of nowhere. The family…
The Screaming Skull (1958)
After killing his rich wife Mariam by staging an accident where she ended up drowning in a pond at the Whitlock Estate Eric Whitlock, John Hudson, realized that he jumped the gun by taking out Mariam before she she could…
After the Fox (1966)
Peter Sellers is a real enigma. During his career, he made many brilliant films with amazing characterizations (such as DR. STRANGELOVE, BEING THERE, THE MOUSE THAT ROARED and many others), but he also did a lot of amazingly limp films…
Requiem For The Showmen
Before there were moving pictures, there were movie showmen. In 1895 there were between 50,000 and 60,000 lantern showmen in the United States, giving between 75,000 and 150,000 performances a year. The chances are you’d go to a magic-lantern show,…
A Moment With Vincent- An Essay By Darrell Ann Gamache Stone
This is an essay by the Indiana based Actor, Darrell Ann Gamache Stone. Darrell who is a wonderful and generous performer shared her photography of the Vincent Price Plaster mask and the essay it inspired with me today. I was…
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
An often overlooked and under-appreciated entry in Universal’s classic “Frankenstein” series that succeeds as an atmospheric, effortlessly paced monster movie. Dark, stormy nights, crashing thunder and lightning — all add in setting the stage for a thoroughly satisfying night of…
Malibu High (1979)
The absolute optimum in trashy titillation, MALIBU HIGH is unquestionably one of the sleaziest movies ever made, and a classic of its kind. This deliciously contumelious soap-opera centers around Kim, an embittered and mean-spirited high school senior…she’s a “bottom drawer”…
TABLOID VIVANT – A Horror/Thriller
New horror-thriller TABLOID VIVANT from writer-director Kyle Broom Frankenstein meets Twin Peaks in in writer-director Kyle Broom’s “jarring, unpredictable, immensely fun”* horror-thriller Tabloid Vivant. Broom has worked as an assistant director on several films and TABLOID VIVANT is his fire…
American Beach House (2015)
What happens when six lucky strangers, three handsome young guys and three beautiful sexy young women, from all over the world, win a random contest– an all expenses paid trip to an amazing beach house in glamorous Malibu, California, thanks…
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
Another thinly veiled reference to the Communist witch hunt, ‘I Married A Monster From Outer Space’ is a movie with a cheesy title and a decent story. Aliens have come to Earth to impersonate American men while using a ray-gun…
The Killers (1946)
You can scan thru many publications and they will tell you that Robert Siodmark’s adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s story The Killers is quintessential noir, and whilst I haven’t seen enough of the perceived classics to make a sound judgement, I…
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Grim and harsh, the story evolves into something of a morality tale, as a noir anti-hero named Stan (Tyrone Power), employed in a carnival, uses tricks of the carnival trade to manipulate his way to fame and fortune, with the…
Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954)
“Monster from the Ocean Floor” is historically important as the very first film produced by a young Roger Corman, so it’s a shame it’s not more entertaining than it is. It does have some schlocky charm, but owing to an…
Blood of Dracula (1957)
This low budget 1957 monster movie is typical of the drive-in fare produced by AIP in the late Fifties to attract the teenage audience. It’s a moody, low key story with some nice atmosphere, about a teenage girl embittered by…
Happy Birthday Mr.Corman
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American independent film producer, director, and actor. He has been called “The Pope of Pop Cinema”, and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman’s…