“The creature has to be taken alive!” There really isn’t much of a plot to 1957’s 20 Million Miles To Earth. When a top secret U.S. Air Force spaceship crashes in the Mediterranean Sea, a young boy unwittingly frees a small creature from a protective case and sells it to a local doctor. The creatureContinue reading “Cult Classic: 20 Million Miles To Earth (1957)”
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Throwback Thursday: Laserblast (1978)
“Billy, why can’t you be more ordinary?” A teenage loner stumbles upon a powerful laser cannon in the desert and becomes possessed by it in 1978’s Laserblast. The film was directed by Michael Rae and produced by Charles Band. It starred Kim Milford as Billy, Cheryl Smith as Kathy, Roddy McDowall in a small roleContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Laserblast (1978)”
Classic Cinema: The Lost World (1925)
Love and Dinosaurs With Willis H. O’Brien providing dazzling special effects, First National Pictures released what is considered to be the first full length feature film featuring stop-motion animation, 1925’s The Lost World. The silent film, directed by Harry O. Hoyt and adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s book of the same name by MarionContinue reading “Classic Cinema: The Lost World (1925)”
Son Of Kong (1933)
“Boy, look at him scrap! Just like his Old Man!” With a smaller budget and a smaller ape, 1933’s Son of Kong still manages to delight. It was released just a few months after its predecessor. Returning for the sequel are King Kong stars Robert Armstrong, Frank Reicher, and Victor Wong, all reprising their rolesContinue reading “Son Of Kong (1933)”
Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Making The Nightmare Before Christmas
“This is Halloween!” The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of the most celebrated films of the holiday season. It works as both a Halloween film and a Christmas film, so many families and fans (such as myself) watch it multiple times during the final months of the year. The movie is twenty-seven years old asContinue reading “Thirty-One Days O’Horror: Making The Nightmare Before Christmas”
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