Village of the Giants (1965)
Bert I. Gordon’s “Village of the Giants” is a humorously poor version of the “big thing make boom” movies in which a small group (Maybe 6, hardly a full village) of teens take a formula that makes them grow really…
The Skull (1965)
This was among the first vintage horror films I recall watching, but it took me this long to re-acquaint myself with it (after I had foolishly abandoned the prospect of a second viewing as part of a late-night Italian TV…
One Million B.C. (1940)
Considering how much worse this movie could have been, I’m a bit surprised, what with old Hollywood taking on prehistoric times with the well-scrubbed likes of hunky Victor Mature and nubile Carol Landis. Frankly, both look like they just stepped…
The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
A peculiar film,very much greater than the sum of its parts. It is important to read its plot line as written in wartime . The theme of a child abandoned by parents who are physically present, yet emotionally distant would…
The Spotlight is on James Cullen Bressack
“I consider myself someone who just loves making films and hopes people enjoy watching them.” James Cullen Bressack. When Bressack makes a film, he puts a huge effort into the preparation with the script, sets, locations, equipment, and general production…
Voodoo Woman (1957)
Hearing that there’s gold in them jungles Pittsburg gold digger Marilyn Blanchard, Marla English, and her boyfriend Rick Brady, Lance Fuller,are hot to get their hands on it but need help, a professional jungle guide, to get to it. That…
The Uninvited (1944)
The Uninvited has been right at the top of my must see list for years now and any film with that amount of build up is liable to disappoint; but that is not the case with this film, as The…
Caltiki, the Immortal Monster (1959)
Ours is a sick culture. Either that, or a strangely apologetic one. Because if there is any genre that is sure to garner praise without any reservation; it’s a Holocaust flick. You want an Oscar? Make one. You don’t like…
Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956)
Eros was a typical British B movie production/distribution outfit of the 1950s who naturally drifted towards horror and sci-fi, a field in which their output ranges from the highly-regarded Fiend Without a Face to cheap, cheerful and not very highly-regarded…
The Last Of The Redmen (1947)
One more version of the oft-filmed LAST OF THE MOHICANS, this one was shot in color and has what might be described as an ‘interesting’ cast. The big surprise, perhaps, is the Jon Hall does not play the scout Hawkeye,…
Daughter of Horror (1955)
Dementia is a relatively short (originally running at 61 minutes, but cut to 56) noirish mood piece that begins and ends with the camera slowing zooming into the hotel room window of a damaged woman, the Gamin (meaning street urchin…
The Schizophrenia Of The Movies
In the 1985 film, “Young Sherlock Holmes” directed by Barry Levison, a stained glass window and attacks the vicar of an Anglican church. This brief 30 second scene is historically exceedingly significant in the history of modern cinema. This was…
Flesh and the Spur (1956)
“Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake” director Edward L. Cahn helmed a variety of films during his prolific 31 year career, ranging from westerns, to war pictures, to horror chillers, to juvenile delinquent epics, and science fiction sagas. Unfortunately, too much…
Savage Fury (1956)
The Fourth installment in Lex Barker’s turn as the legendary ape man. This time out Tarzan and Jane (Dorothy Hart) are fooled by a man pretending to be Tarzan’s cousin who claims to be from the Greystoke family. It turns…
Vampyres (1974)
This movie doesn’t leave an awfully big impression but it still is some good fun for the fans of the horror genre and vampire genre in particular. The movie has a splendid visual atmosphere which is mainly thanks to the…
Hannibal (1959)
This is an epic and fiction film released by the producer Ottavio Poggi and professionally directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Edgar G. Ulmer . Hannibal history is imaginatively brought to the life on colorful images with important production values…
Teenage Thunder (1957)
First, and this happens in a lot of these old movies, the ‘teenager’ hasn’t seen his teen years in a lo-o-n-g time. The “kid” who plays the lead was already 26 or 27 when this movie came out. He may…
Rock Pretty Baby (1956)
It seems that the parents of the 1950’s didn’t understand their growing children, forgetting that they had once scandalized the older generation in their teens by swinging and jitterbugging. Here, the parents of guitar playing teenager John Saxon are King…
Cathy’s Curse (1977)
This Canadian effort opens with a little girl being taken by her father to go find her mother and little brother, who have left the dad. Right away, things do not make sense. There is no explanation why the mother…
Independents’ Day – Laura Beth Love
Laura Beth Love has been working with The Asylum for several years as a Cinematographer mostly, however when she’s brought on a projectshe embraces the opportunity to wear multiple hats. Directors and Producers that work with Laura Beth have nothing…