The Ghost Ship (1943)
This was pretty good entry in the Val Lewton Horror Collection, even though it’s...
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The Space Children (1958)
Somewhere on the California coast, midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, a small...
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Direct sequel to “Curse of Frankenstein” is just as good. Dr. Frankenstein escapes the...
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
THE BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS is a classic “good bad movie.” Big Tor Johnson...
The Brain (1962)
Back in 1944, Hollywood produced “Lady and the Monster”. Not even a decade later,...
Hands of a Stranger (1962)
talky script and some overacting in key scenes doesn’t help put the viewer in...
Untangling The Movie Business
What a week with movies being pushed back into fall, AMC stalling bankruptcy by...
Unearthly Stranger (1963)
Filmed in stark black-and-white with virtually no visual effects, “Unearthly Stranger” relies on sheer...
City in the Sea (1965)
When you consider that this movie is directed by the great Jacques Tourneur, stars...
Mars Attacks the World (1938)
To make “Mars Attacks the World”, they edited together selected pieces of the serial...
The Night Walker (1964)
Wealthy widow in Los Angeles dreams of a handsome mystery man who romances her–also...
Monster from Green Hell (1957)
I was surprised at the amount of giant wasp animated action in the film...
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Toho decided to throw a block party for monsters in Tokyo, and invited every...
Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966)
A paunchy, fiftyish sleazeball is…agent for H.A.R.M! He hits on girls young enough to...
Hand of Death (1962)
A scientist (John Agar) experimenting with nerve gas accidentally infects himself and soon he’s...
Fangs (1974)
The highlight of this undistinguished drive-in vehicle is the unchained ham-on-wheels performance by Les...
Hara-Kiri (1962)
This film is the purest distillation of the spirit of Greek tragedy ever put...
Overlord (2018)
I guess this is what we do nowadays. We see a piece of work...
Gentleman Killer (1967)
A Spanish-Italian co-production full of action , exaggerated characters , shootouts and lots of...
Bad Man’s River (1971)
The film deals with the bandit Roy King (Lee Van Cleef) and his band...