Disaster films and science fiction are two genres that go well together, like ham and eggs one with a little more destruction, and this is because if a particular disaster isn’t something as simple as a towering building on fire or a rogue wave swamping an ocean liner, then it would be up to scientists…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
The Abominable Snowman (1957) – Review
Of all the creatures of myth, the Abominable Snowman has never quite received the respect it deserves, it certainly hasn’t had the same amount of big-screen appearances as other monsters have had, often stuck in lesser offerings such as 1977’s made-for-television horror film Snowbeast or in more family-friendly versions such as the Bumble in Rankin…
Snowbeast (1977) – Review
The amount of films that attempted to cash in on the success of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster Jaws is quite staggering, unfortunately, the number of them that turned out to be bad is quite staggering as well. But as many of these low-budget shark films hoped to get some of that sweet Jaw’s money there were…
The Man with No Name Trilogy (1964-1966) – Review
It is impossible to overstate the impact Sergio Leon’s Spaghetti Westerns had on cinema, by the 1960s the Hollywood Western had become a rather bland affair with most of its content dominating the airwaves with such shows as Gunsmoke, The Rifleman and Have Gun Will Travel but then along came up and coming Italian director…
Werewolf of London (1935) – Review
When one thinks of Universal Pictures and werewolves images of Lon Chaney Jr. stalking Evelyn Ankers through the dark European woods is probably what first comes to mind and with that particular werewolf becoming one of the star players in the Universal Monsters franchise that is quite reasonable, but years before Jack Pierce was gluing…