Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Marshall Thompson, along with Kenneth Tobey and Richard Carson are my favorite 50’s sci-fi leads that was one of the big pluses of this movie. On the other hand it seemed rushed and too short. The love interest, which I…
The 27th Day (1957)
It’s premise immediately called to mind the plot for the the best film of it’s kind in the genre, “The Day The Earth Stood Still”. However, instead of offering the citizens of Earth an ultimatum as in the latter picture,…
Raiders of the Living Dead (1986)
Using his instincts, reporter Morgan Randall, (Robert Deveau) figures out a story lead near an old farmhouse, only to narrowly escape a zombie attack instead. Receiving help from Shelly Goodwin, (Donna Asali) and she helps him get back to town….
Giant from the Unknown (1958)
Ah! The 1950’s and science fiction films. This was the decade that brought us giant ants and other mutant insects, evil aliens coming to take over our bodies, good aliens out to save mankind from destroying itself, Godzilla and all…
Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961)
Flight of the Lost Balloon is one of the more interesting failures in the 50s/60s Jules Verne cycle. Rarely seen today, the movie has a game cast, a director with excellent genre credentials, and some outstanding widescreen photography to display….
Girl in Gold Boots (1968)
\ Before there was “Showgirls” there was “Girl in Gold Boots”. This film is even worse and worse made. You know, I really think the director took himself seriously when he made this movie. Sad, is it not? But I…
She Demons (1958)
Story is about four people getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island and at first they believe it’s unoccupied but when one of them is discovered murdered with spears they quickly change their mind. The Captain is Fred Maklin (Tod Griffin)…
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
In the autumn of 1975, Roger Corman set out to make the fastest, cheapest drive-in movie in the history of New World Pictures. This wild, uproarious cult classic is the result. Candice Rialson is Candy Hope, a starry-eyed Midwestern beauty…
School for Unclaimed Girls (1969)
This is a rather odd movie, appearing after the JD/reform school movies of the late 50’s and early 60’s, but before the sleazy WIP films of the 1970’s. It’s also British, so all bets are off. The British are famous…
Donovan’s Brain (1953)
Veteran actor Lew Ayres, best known to many old movie buffs as ‘Dr Kildare’, plays Cory, a scientist experimenting with monkey’s brains, seeing if it is possible for them to exist outside the body. He is assisted in his innovative…
Little Revolutions
I want you to get up right now. Sit up. Go to your windows. Open them and stick your head out and yell – ‘I’m as mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this anymore!’ Things have got to…
Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956)
Science fiction has long held an honorable place in the entertainment industry. Gulliver’s Travels was written as a satire on Society in Swift’s period, but its theme is essentially science fiction. The books of Jules Verne are noteworthy for featuring…
Savage! (1973)
The story of a CIA(or some kind of military special forces adviser) played by James Iglehart as Savage set in some south east Asian country(read:Vietnam) who first helps the dictatorship and then realizes his mistake and turns on his former…
Venus in Furs (1969)
In Istanbul, the trumpet player Jimmy Logan (James Darren) is dazed and confused on the beach and finds his musical instrument buried in the sand. Then he sees a woman in the sea and he pulls her body from the…
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Death Rides a Horse is one that Spaghetti Western fans (and fans of Lee Van Cleef) would thoroughly enjoy. The FILM is most watchable (read below about the DVD and possible hopes for a Region 1 letterbox DVD release), and…
$1,000 on the Black (1966)
Johnny Liston has just finished his twelve-year term in prison and returns back to his hometown to find out his brother Sartana rules the nest and has married his woman. Knowing that his brother framed him, Johnny with the help…
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
Some would claim that this is the last of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Westerns – a genre he created. It started with the three Clint Eastwood ones – Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, The Bad…
Castle of Blood (1964)
The premise is hardly an original one and the pace is quite slow at times, but my attention was held throughout the film’s entire duration. The opening sequence in a tavern reminded me of a similar scene in Jean Epstein’s…
Wild, Wild Planet (1966)
Not a bad variation of THE MYSTERIANS crossed with BRAVE NEW WORLD with little WESTWORLD tossed in. I have to say the sets were pretty darn impressive in design for such a low low budget. How many indies have we…
Bandolero! (1968)
Mace Bishop is slumming his way across Texas when he hears that his brother has been caught robbing a bank and is due to be hung, along with his whole gang. Posing as a hangman, Mace manages to convince the…